What is up with this roo?!

[tamtam84]

About a month ago, I took my 7 hens to live temporarily with my aunt's flock in IL because we are in the process of selling our house and moving. When I first saw her roo, I thought he was molting. No feathers on his neck, and no tail feathers at all. But we've gone to visit every weekend and he still looks the same!

I have actually seen some of the other hens pecking at his neck, so now I'm thinking it's just a pecking issue, not a molt. I've never had a rooster, but I thought it would be the other way around! I thought the roo picked on the hens, not the hens picking on the roo!

So my husband and I are curious as to what breed he is and why his feathers aren't regrowing. Any ideas???

Thanks!

 

[sunny & the 5 egg layers]

WOW!

 

[Papa Rooster]

That is funny. his head looks like it is floating.

 

[Diamond Wire Farms]

Turken or Naked Neck cross?
No idea why he doesn't have tail feathers though.

I wouldn't set any of your girls eggs unless you like that look.
Those bare neck genes are STRONG.

 

[Rennie]

That looks ... wierd!!

 

[heather112588]

idk but i could never take a roo like that seriously...

 

[cackydoodledoo]

Well if the feathers on his upper neck and back that are yellowed are just that way from dirt etc... then he is a white leghorn same as the hen in front of him. If he wasn't always like that and had feathers previously then I would say he was all leghorn but if his neck has always been that way then I would say he has some turken or nn somewhere in him!!!!!! Puts new meaning to the words "Funky chicken"!

 

[theoldchick]

Poor guy! He's suffering from pattern bald neck syndrome. Not really, I just made that up. My first concern was he had some kind of mite. Then I wondered if he was getting picked on by a dominant rooster, or if he was over-preening. I would put an Elizabethan collar on him to add to his embarrassment. Then I would deworm/de-lice my chickens before bringing them home.

 

[silkiechicken]

Good roos can be total pushovers. My bet is he is letting the girls come over to him, lowering his head, and allowing them to pluck feathers off. That is what my rooster does... calls his girls over to pluck his neck feathers.

 

[LindsayB]

I don't think his neck and tail are supposed to be bald...He looks like a red sex link rooster, picked VERY badly.

Poor guy!