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. I was sent to this thread to see if someone might be able to help us identify our Banty roo.


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!

 

[Whittni]

He looks like an Old English Game Bantam, his color looks like BBR (Black Breasted Red) with copper in the front, so you could describe him as something like BBR x Quail colored.

 

[SilkiesForEver]

^ Good post.

Gosh, he is lovely!

 

[TXchickmum]

-does look like an Old English Game Bantam. We had a precious OEGB roo. -such a great addition to the flock and really helped alert the ladies to hawks so they could get to cover quickly.
Our two banty roos worked out just fine with our standard hens.

Your little roo is quite the handsome fellow! -hope he is a wonderful protector for your flock!

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Old english game banty

 

[One Chick Two]

Thanks so much for all your help, everyone. Seems fitting that Sir Banty's name starts with "Sir."
We had thought he might be some type of Japanese Bantam- how wrong we were! lol Now we can find the right lady friends for him. Thanks again!

 

[One Chick Two]

And thank you so much for the lovely compliments and terrific description of the little fellow. He's been a real pleasure so far.

s 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.