Horned Rooster

[ivan3]

While rooting around through the American Memory section of the Library of Congress (searching chicken/rooster/poultry related photos/etc.) I came across this shot attributed to the Chicago Daily News (1910). There are several legitimate chicken related photos, attributed to the same rag, on the site so I'm wondering if this pic is legitimate. Or was the photographer having some fun (glues spurs on head?). Anyway, just wondering if the breed can be determined from the plate and, if anyone has heard of a `horned' rooster outside of the old Rt. 66 corridor...?

 

[Frozen Feathers]

Weird. I couldn't find anything.
There are so called "horned" breeds or v-combs. So I imagine you could get a bird that looks like it has horns. My guess though, is that they are his spurs glued on his head... considering the roosters spurs appear to be missing.

Some "horned" breeds.

A "Mad Hatter" being developed by a breeder in Maine.

Polish have them, but it's hard to see with all that fluff on their head.
La Fleche are v-combed.

 

[lacyloo]

wow the chicken looks like he has a spur coming out is head

 

[lamprego]

Horned Rooster Intrigues in Southern Brazil

PORTO ALEGRE — A horned rooster is drawing attention from residents of Balneário Pinhal, on the northern coast of Rio Grande do Sul.The owner, Anderson Santos, bought the common white rooster, which has two red horns in place of the crest, from a neighbor two months ago and gave the fowl the suggestive name “Chifrudo,” a Portuguese colloquialism for “cuckolded.”

 

[Goronson Chicks]

Weird. I couldn't find anything.
There are so called "horned" breeds or v-combs. So I imagine you could get a bird that looks like it has horns. My guess though, is that they are his spurs glued on his head... considering the roosters spurs appear to be missing.

Some "horned" breeds.

A "Mad Hatter" being developed by a breeder in Maine.

Polish have them, but it's hard to see with all that fluff on their head.
La Fleche are v-combed.

Here's ours in Maine. (He's a Gold-laced Polish.)

 

[Wanderers tales]

Such breed will exist in 2025 I have already harvested the genetic material needed. All I have left is to enhance the horned beak mutation. And after I prefect the breed from genetic flaws, I may sell the first pair in an auction by 2026. I even intended to name the breed “ShamoSaurous” but it turned out there’s actually a dinosaur by that name so I think I’ll just name it the Kurdish shamo.