A bald rooster without feathers who is bullied by the other birds is receiving special protection from its owner - allowing him to avoid the chopping block which awaits his tormentors.<br /><br />The three-month-old bird, named Syd, ambles round the farm in Ang Thong, central Thailand, but is constantly pecked and kicked by the other roosters.<br /><br />Breeder Kittipong Petchprasom, 32, said that the attackers are the rooster's own siblings.<br /><br />He is now keeping Syd in a different coop to try and prevent attacks. He even keeps the bird as his own personal pet instead of selling it for game fighting or the chopping board - the fate which awaits the birds bullying hapless Syd.<br /><br />Kittipong said: "This poor rooster was always pecked by his siblings because of its different appearance, so I have to hand rear him in a different coop.<br /><br />"Apart from having no feathers and living outside of its flock, he's just a normal rooster. <br /><br />''I've started to feel a lot of affection for Syd now, so I will raise him as a pet instead of selling him. <br /><br />''The other birds will be sold and be used in bird fighting sports or eaten, but Syd will stay with me and have an easy life.''
