Red-necked Rooster

I just love the look of this rooster. To me he has the front end of a turkey and the rear end of a normal rooster.

Alternate capture: http://365project.org/salza/365/2014-03-16

[Chris Stapleton]

A fine looking bird

[Lyn Berriman]

Beautiful tail feathers, great colours, but hasn't he been in a fight?

[Sally Ings]

@lynnilou No, this is how he is supposed to look. The female also has the bare red neck, but her body feathers are shorter and predominately black. I was unable to get pics of her as she is sitting on eggs and I didn't want to disturb her.

[📸 Bulldog 📷]

Good greaf...

[Lyn Berriman]

@salza Thanks for that!

[Margaret Pengelly]

He is a funny fellow. Does he change the colour of his neck skin like a turkey does? Turkeys pump the blood up into their Wattle making it brilliant red but can also reduce the flow until the wattle is almost white.

[Vega]

I bet this was a hard shot to take - nice catch :)

[Candace]

Nice shot, I love chickens!

[Tricia Kano]

I like him - especially his red head. Very nice capture.

[Emilie Cartoun]

What an interesting fellow! Fun shot :)

[Sue Wilde]

What an awesome shot. He's amazing

[Suse♡]

That´s quite unusual looking! Wow, what a unique capture!

[Eric di Bosco]

...or maybe some vulture-genes somewhere?!

[Gillian]

What an ugly creature! But strangely fascinating! Incredible colours.

[Shanne]

yes, real vulture look to his head. I thought I'd seen most varieties of chickens but this one is totally new to me. I worked for someone who had 40 bantams all different, and I knew the farm she'd bought them from

[summerfield]

never seen anything like this before. he seems to be a cross between a turkey and a chicken. good for him he's still alive, some of his 'normal' looking comrades are in the deep fryer at KFC! :-D excellent capture, sally.