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

[Nateba]

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 orpington's proved very hard to find in the northwest.

This particular bird is very sweet. He hasn't quite figured out how to be picked up without flapping crazily, but once he's up he'll sit right in your lap and close his eyes. He's been raised on organic feed and plenty of mealworms. He's still currently on chick-hen intermediate feed. He lives in harmony with two cats, two dogs and a flock of chickens (including another cockerel.)

He is flea/lice/tick free. Delivery is a possibility if close-by. I'd like to save this beautiful bird from the freezer!

 

[Abriana]

Beautiful bird. My rooster Napoleon would not be happy if i took this guy, but i would love a lavender orpington. I'm sure he'll find a good home!

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Are you giving him away because you have too many roosters for your hens? If so, check out my thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/rooster-flocks.1174877/

 

[Nateba]

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.

We found a home for him and his brother, though! They're going to be living in Astoria, OR, reigning over a growing flock of hens.

Very impressed with the lavender orpingtons, though. Such beautiful and friendly birds. I'll miss the little guys.