I actually would be quite interested, I'm very near Portland, but just invested in some rabbits and supplies so don't have much to spend this month. How much for the cockerel? He would probably fit in better with my situation than an adult roo, as I already have the one who is dominant but not mean. My orloffs who are 1 1/2 and "their" chicks who are about five months old pretty much run in their own little flock in my group although they are not orloffs. I would want a new one to hang out with them. How close is he to five months?
I do have a smaller coop I could put just the orloffs into when I want to hatch eggs. Is he spangled? Does he have a good muff and beard? One of my hens does not, so I should probably look for one with good traits and breed him to my more correct one for hatching eggs.
My orloff hens are not currently laying however, I would sure hope they get back to it if I get a roo! Anyone have experience with this? Their chicks are five months old now and they have still not gotten back to laying any eggs. They are my only white egg layers so I know I'm getting zero eggs. Last year, their pullet year, they were my best layers through the winter. However in springtime they went consistently broody and have not really layed eggs since. But they were fantastic protective mothers and raised all five live offspring successfully. They were as good as having an incubator!
Mine crow the most in the mornings and sporatically/rarely throughout the day.
