The two possible colors are red and white. The eyeball is covered by the eye ring. When the eye is open, the eye ring appears as a ring of skin around the eye (thus the name eye ring). Fig. 5. Parts of a rooster's head. Source: Jacquie Jacob, University of Kentucky. Fig. 6. Comb types. read more
The most distinctive external parts of a rooster are the comb, sickle feather and cape. Roosters also have hackle feathers, saddles, wing bows and hock joints. The back claw of a rooster, called the spur, is usually larger than the corresponding part on a hen. read more
Divination, a part of many religions is derived from the Latin divinare "to foresee, to be inspired by a god" and as a part of divination comes alectryomancy, which means rooster and divination respectively, with the intent of communication between the gods and man in which the diviner observes a cock, pecking at grain, with Judaism forbidding acts of divination in the Hebrew Bible Deuteronomy 18:10-12. read more
Quick Answer. The red part that sticks out on the top of the rooster's head is called its comb, and the part dangling beneath its chin is called its wattle. read more