Probable roo and lonely girl?

[WildMountainFarmette]

This is my first time raising chicks and chickens. I got 3 chicks from the feed store and they are 7 weeks old today. One had cripple toe and I made her chick shoes to straighten her feet, did leg strengthening exercises with her, syringe fed her yogurt and probiotics, and woke up every hour for 5 weeks to feed and water her. She finally started eating/drinking/walking on her own but then just died a couple days ago

I have 2 left. An olive egger and a cinnamon queen. I haven’t done this before but I’m 99% certain that my olive egger is a roo. She/he had a huge red comb at 3 weeks old and this morning was making sounds unlike anything I’ve heard. Kinda like a sore throat scream. Is it a he, and is he trying to crow? That’s what it kind of sounded like.

So now that one is dead, one is probably going to have to be rehomed (roosters are against the law in Portland) what do I do about the girl left all alone? She’s 7 weeks old and I’m afraid to put her with new chicks if I get more because I’ve heard she would kill them. But I don’t want her to be lonely. Thoughts please!!

 

[rosemarythyme]

The best bet would be to get another chick or two around the same age - you can check like Craigslist or any local farms for started pullets.

 

[Robert G]

Yeah, when roosters first start to learn how to crow it sounds weird or funny. It always puts a smile on my face when I hear one just learning how. I've had 5 roosters but only keep 2 at all times and each one had its own unique crow. I simply re-home the extra ones. I agree with rosemarythyme, craigslist is good source. That's where I've re-homed all my roosters so far.