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Hiya, Katie, and welcome to BYC! :frow

You could try post your roosters in the Virginia thread with some photos. May find someone there.

Otherwise, I've had pretty good luck in my local and state poultry groups on Facebook. I've used Craigslist in the past too with success. @N F C mentioned somewhere that she put a posting of her chicks on a board in TSC and that worked. I've never tried that but I'm going to!
 
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KatieH13 said:
Just wanted to introduce myself and say hello. I'm Katie and we recently moved to Virginia from Oregon. We started a garden and of course needed chickens. We bought 6 to start with and even though they were all supposed to be chickens, we ended up with 2 brown leghorn roosters. Looking to rehome them. They are about 3.5 months old and super healthy. We are in Patrick county.
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I think I know what you mean. But “males” are chickens as well. When a chicken is under 12 months old, the males are called cockerels and the females are called pullets. Once they reach the age of 12 months old, they are called cocks and hens. I learned the hard way, and am only trying to inform you of what I had to learn.
 
Harley Stargal said:
I think I know what you mean. But “males” are chickens as well. When a chicken is under 12 months old, the males are called cockerels and the females are called pullets. Once they reach the age of 12 months old, they are called cocks and hens. I learned the hard way, and am only trying to inform you of what I had to learn.
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It's not a specific age if you're a chicken owner. If she lays eggs at 6 months, she's now a hen and needs layer feed. If he's breeding the hens, he's now a rooster.
 
Debbie292d said:
It's not a specific age if you're a chicken owner. If she lays eggs at 6 months, she's now a hen and needs layer feed. If he's breeding the hens, he's now a rooster.
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The standard convention is a pullet becomes a hen at one year of age and a cockerel becomes a rooster at one year of age.
The arrival of puberty does not signify adulthood. There is a lot more development before they are considered adults.

Additionally, POL pullets and hens do not need to be fed layer feed. They do quite well continuing on chick feed or All Flock or Flock Raiser or any other complete feed that offers 18-20% protein with around 1% calcium with a container or two of oyster shell on the side. This is a useful method of feeding as there are many times during the life of a hen when she does not need the extra calcium of an active layer. When she is forced to eat it, it adds strain to her kidneys to excrete it. And layer fed is a bad option for anyone that keeps males.

I have been feeding a 20% protein total with OS on the side for over 6 years with no egg quality issues in fully developed hens.
 

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