We have a Stray Banty Rooster...." Barney "

[brin]

The other morning we were awakened by the Rooster's call.....:confused3: Sounded like it was at our front door...Sure enough he was...My Mrs. named him " Barney " he has been hanging around and dodging our Brittany dog and a Hawk or two....He Cock a Doodle Doos a lot...

 

[Stimw]

Years ago my aunt had a rooster that would chase the Mailman! The PO stopped mail delivery until it was penned up!

 

[Scooby074]

Now you need some hens!

 

[creekbend]

If you have no future interest in raising chickens, he looks like he would be ready for the "pot".

 

[dave1949]

I had bantam chickens as a kid. A rooster and three or four hens. He was a mean little devil. He would grab the skin on the back of my hand and hang on so tight, I could pick him up off the ground. Imagine if he had teeth. Chased everything and everybody. They are too stupid to know fear. :laughing: Can be good entertainment though.

 

[brin]

Years ago my aunt had a rooster that would chase the Mailman! The PO stopped mail delivery until it was penned up!

Years ago we had a Banty Rooster who had 2 inch spurs and he attacked anyone who came near the barn...even if we swung a stick at him...finally he got my MIL in the calf of her leg and my son shot him....I had him mounted by a Taxidermist....So now my son is grown and married and his wife asked me if she could have the Rooster....I gave him to her and he now sits proudly on top of a cabinet in their kitchen....LOL

Now you need some hens!

I told my wife...I need to find him a hen....that is why he is Cock a doodle doing all day long....he is calling a Hen...

If you have no future interest in raising chickens, he looks like he would be ready for the "pot".

I am telling my wife you said that....she will not be happy She is the one that named him Barney...

I had bantam chickens as a kid. A rooster and three or four hens. He was a mean little devil. He would grab the skin on the back of my hand and hang on so tight, I could pick him up off the ground. Imagine if he had teeth. Chased everything and everybody. They are too stupid to know fear. :laughing: Can be good entertainment though.

I know exactly ...that's the way our first one was....In fact when I bought those Bantam Chickens the old lady selling them insisted I take two roosters with the dozen or so Hens....The minute I got them to their hutch on the farm and let them go...The meanest Banty rooster...killed the other one. He was a bad to the bone Rooster.... and like yours, he knew no fear.

 

[bucktaker]

Are you sure his name is Barney? Looks like Mr Russel Crow to me

 

[Gary Fowler]

The other morning we were awakened by the Rooster's call.....:confused3: Sounded like it was at our front door...Sure enough he was...My Mrs. named him " Barney " he has been hanging around and dodging our Brittany dog and a Hawk or two....He Cock a Doodle Doos a lot...

That is a pretty rooster. I had one similar but some wild dogs got into them and killed almost all my chickens. I had about 30 hens/roosters and when they were finished I had 5 hens left and 2 bantam roosters. The dogs killed all my large roosters. I have another crop coming up now. One bantam hen brooded 10 chicks and they are growing like weeds. None are bantams though. Wife incubated 6 more. I don't know what sex they are yet, hopefully most are hens otherwise, my dog loves boiled rooster with broth poured over his dog food. All the dead chickens from the dog attack (I was in Angola at the time) ended up as dog food. The dogs really go for that cooked chicken meat. My (actually wife says her)German Shepherd loves to chase the chickens, he has caught several chickens and many times caught a wild goose that hangs around to eat my chickens feed, but never has he hurt one, SO FAR> He will catch one now and then and pin them to the ground, He brought one up to me carrying by the wing but the hen was unhurt when I made him drop it.