I have to admit. I super new...10 weeks into Chickens that I bought at Jones Valley Feed. I did fall in love with the Lavender Orpingtons but I couldn't find any locally and I didn't want 15 of them.
There's a lady in Happy Valley who raises them. Can't think of her name right now, but occasionally she advertises on CL and she's legit - her chickens are healthy and well cared for. Every now and then she takes a handful.of roosters to the swap in Anderson at Eppersons and hers are the only ones that look like quality birds. (Don't buy birds there, as a rule.)