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    Lavender Orpington Rooster (Approx. 13 wks old, Portland, OR)

    Sorry- a little bit late with this reply. We had to re-home him because of the city code in Portland, OR. It's the usual "no roosters within city limits" story. I have a few extremely loud hens already, and the neighbors are very patient. The crowing is just a bit too much to stay off the radar...
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    Lavender Orpington Rooster (Approx. 13 wks old, Portland, OR)

    I've got a beautiful Lavender Orpington cockerel (well, two actually but only one has started crowing) that I'd like to re-home in the very near future. It just started crowing this week. I picked up the rooster as a baby chick from Eugene Backyard Farmer (Eugene, OR) because the lavender...
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    Consistent, loud crying from a 20-week-old hen

    To follow up on this: I built a little fence around the coop separating it from the front yard and have been allowing the chickens to free-range all day. If I keep the coop shut and dark until I wake in the morning, the chicks stay pretty silent and are quiet when I open up the door for the day...
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    Consistent, loud crying from a 20-week-old hen

    I'll definitely take the advice and give the chickens some more outdoor time. I naively built the coop after doing some research about size requirements (4ft^2 per chicken) but didn't really consider that they would be spending hours a day inside. I think I'll just experiment with them ranging...
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    Consistent, loud crying from a 20-week-old hen

    I’ve got a flock of three hens, all about 18-20 weeks old. I live in an urban area, but I’ve got a yard and the chickens roam for a good portion of the day. We do have a lot of feral cats and coyotes in the neighborhood, so they also spend some time in their coop/run. One of the hens (a...
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    Buff, Salmon Fav, Welsummer- Pullet or Roosters? (Approx. 5 weeks)

    That's kind of a strange picture of the comb. Here's a better one: It's got some black in it's feathers, but it's not solid and I've seen quite a few pictures of hatchery Favorelle pullets with much more black.
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    Buff, Salmon Fav, Welsummer- Pullet or Roosters? (Approx. 5 weeks)

    Bump!
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    Buff, Salmon Fav, Welsummer- Pullet or Roosters? (Approx. 5 weeks)

    Hey all! I picked up my first set of chicks about 4 weeks ago and I’m watching them quickly grow. This is the list of breed (order of pictures): -Salmon Faverolle -Welsummer -Buff Orpington I believe they were about a week old when I purchased them, so they’re approximately 5 weeks old at...
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