Peter William Smith, 57, picked up a silky bantam chicken named Betty White from its enclosure at Oakvale Wildlife Park in Salt Ash, in NSW Hunter region on January 2.

A photo of Squiggy -- a bantam rooster being cared for at the Funny Farm Rescue in Mays Landing, New Jersey. He's been missing since Tuesday, November 8.

Backyard chickens are on the rise in Sydney. Selena Griffith with her daughter, Amelie,10, and Bill the bantam rooster. Credit: Peter Rae ...

The winner of the Rooster Crowing Contest went to contestant No. 3, a Modern Game bantam rooster who trounced the dozen competitors by emitting 23 crows even though he weighs barely a pound.