RE: Hi Everyone! New member, Can anyone help us identify our little Banty Roo?

[One Chick Two]

Hi Everyone!

So happy to have found this forum- so much wonderful information shared here. I hope I can in turn help others here.

Hubby and I are having a great time raising 39, 10 week old Rhode Island Red hens in rural Northern Calif. Wonderful, friendly girls! We originally had 51 hens with a semi-covered, but well-fenced pen, but with no roos. We'd felt fairly secure about the situation. However, due to a coyote attack, plus a terrible raven incident, we lost 12 girls in two days. : (

To regroup and make our defenses better (and help better protect our flock) the next day, we did a tremendous amount of research. Roos were highly suggested as a first line of defense. In desperation bid to help our remaining girls while we awaited the new order of male/female chicks to help replace the lost chickens, we drove 2 hours to the nearest farm center, and purchased a full grown male Bantam since he was the closest to their size available. Fortunately, he is a sweet little guy.

Does anyone know what kind of Bantam "Sir Banty Bantsalot" is? I've looked, but haven't seen anything just like him. Could he be a mix? He seems to be good natured, but slightly shy, timid little fellow with a tiny, cute crow that makes us laugh. (Hubby calls him, "Sir tries alot.") He "talks" and grumbles under his breath, and has short legs and has to run fast to keep after the girls, with a large pointed comb and waddle. He stands very erect. The girls are much larger than him, so it's unlikely we'd have fertile eggs, but he's so pretty we would love to give him an according lady friend or so.

Any info would be very much appreciated!
Thanks! : )

 

[redsoxs]

Greetings from Kansas, One Chick Two, and

! Great to have you with us! Handsome and proud looking rooster! You might post the pic in the link below for some breed predictions. Good luck to you!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/15/what-breed-or-gender-is-this

 

[One Chick Two]

Thank you so much for the lovely welcome redsoxs. Hope you are enjoying enjoying gorgeous weather like we are today.
Just didn't know where to begin looking to identify this little guy.


We really like the little guy. Hope we can figure out his breed. Wouldn't mind more like him. : )

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Welcome to BYC!!!

Glad to have you aboard!!

 

[drumstick diva]

Don't judge him prematurely. A lot of the bantams roos love tall chicks. I don't know breeds that well but, he looks to have some game breeds in his mix

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! Glad you joined us!

 

[IndigoChicken12]

So...if you have standard size hens, but a bantam roo, is there a lower chance of fertile eggs? Beautiful rooster!

 

[One Chick Two]

Thank you so much for the welcomes, the compliments and the help!

As it turns out, Sir "tries to crow" is an Old English Game Bantam BBR x Quail colored. But he has the funniest, tiniest little crow you've probably ever heard. lol This morning we were saying he sounded like a baby crying. lol

From what I've read and gathered, smaller roosters can sometimes have a lower fertility rate, although not all of them- if they can get mating properly figured out. Our RIR pullet girls are 11 weeks old now- starting to look like small adults. They are already 1X bigger than him, and are still growing. When they all first met, he did his seductive little feather dance, but the girls looked mystified. He hasn't tried since. Last night was the first night any of the girls slept near him on his perch.