What Was Done to this Game Rooster?

[Araucana Nest]

Came across this photo on a MeWe group. What is this? The legs are pale in one photo and red in the other. Are the legs natural or was this rooster stripped of feathers on legs and vent?

 

[Araucana Nest]

 

[little chick-y baby mama]

uh....... molting?

hey, I'm not an expert.

 

[black_cat]

oh my gosh, I have no idea. It looks sort of intentional. I believe that @roosterhavoc knows gamefowl pretty well- is this something that is intentionally done to birds?

 

[Araucana Nest]

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[Araucana Nest]

Bumping up.

 

[danceswithronin]

The feathers are stripped away on the underside of the bird so that wounds can be tended more easily after cockfighting bouts. It also makes the fights more bloody. Right before a fight the bird is plucked and its wattles are cut off so that the other bird can't rip them off.

Looks like in one photo the feathers are freshly plucked and in the other they've healed. Not sure about the back though, that part kind of looks shaved.

I believe some cockfighting rings only fight to first blood too, and plucking the birds makes it easier to see when one of them has been struck.

(I'm not a cockfighter for what it's worth, I'm just a copywriter and I end up having to research a lot of different things and this was one of them at one point.)

 

[Araucana Nest]

The feathers are stripped away on the underside of the bird so that wounds can be tended more easily after cockfighting bouts. It also makes the fights more bloody. Right before a fight the bird is plucked and its wattles are cut off so that the other bird can't rip them off.

Looks like in one photo the feathers are freshly plucked and in the other they've healed. Not sure about the back though, that part kind of looks shaved.

I believe some cockfighting rings only fight to first blood too, and plucking the birds makes it easier to see when one of them has been struck.

(I'm not a cockfighter for what it's worth, I'm just a copywriter and I end up having to research a lot of different things and this was one of them at one point.)

Thank you for the information. I was mortified on seeing this. The rooster's eyes don't give away a happy boy.

 

[danceswithronin]

Thank you for the information. I was mortified on seeing this. he rooster's eyes don't give away a happy boy.

Yeah it's really sad. I think a lot of people don't think much of it because they consider chickens "stupid" animals that are so bred for human consumption they aren't worth any ethical consideration. But anyone who has raised them from infancy knows that they're sentient emotional creatures just like humans are.