Redness on rooster's ankles

[eclectic-em]

Hello and thank you in advance for reading and or replying! This is my 8 month old rooster his ankles (I believe that's the ankles?) are red. I checked for mites and didn't see anything. His vent did have red bumps where some of the feather follicles were but no feather in it. I couldn't get a picture since I was holding him with one arm and parting the feathers with the other, lol. If additional photos would help let me know and I can attempt to get them. Please let me know if this looks like anything or you have advice! Thank you again

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Do you have a feather plucker in your flock? My Golden Comet's bum is currently pretty bald, and it's red like that. Whenever I had a chicken with a plucked bald spot, it's usually red like that.

 

[eclectic-em]

Do you have a feather plucker in your flock? My Golden Comet's bum is currently pretty bald, and it's red like that. Whenever I had a chicken with a plucked bald spot, it's usually red like that.

i do not have a plucker and he’s king of the coop. he is molting a bit, nothing major like bald spots but the redness on both ankles seems quite uniform which makes me wonder if it’s irritated by something

 

[Aunt Angus]

Hmmm.... I've seen ankles get red because of hormones, but this looks more on the scales' surface. I don't really know. Maybe it's related to molting???