Snohomish, WA looking for a barnevelder rooster

[Hen Chatter]

For my 7 hens, would like a barnevelder or other friendly roo that will enhance dark chocolate eggers (welsummer, French black copper marans). I decided on a barnevelder because they supposedly crow less, are friendly, and hens are dark egg layers. Neighbors have never complained - lucky there - although I do live in a semi-rural area.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Have you asked around on your state thread?
Good luck
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...me-together-washington-peeps.717207/page-5137

 

[ShannonsChimkens]

Too bad you’re not looking for a white layer. Have Swedish Flower and French Barbezieux older cockerels and I drive to Snohomish every day from Arlington

Hopefully you can find one you’re looking for. I’ll check my flock tomorrow and see if there are any FBCM. Only other boys that I can think of at the moment are Swedish Isbars and Blue Laced Red Wyandotte.

 

[Silkiepoo]

I will have a Barnevelder rooster soon. They are hatching as we speak and where I live we can't have roos. I'm in northwest Oregon.

If you aren't in a hurry....

 

[gimmie birdies]

Hi ShannonsChimkens, I remember those breeds!

I have Olive egger roosters, (Cream-legbar/BCM) and (EE/BCM)
I also have (a AC/EE mix) and (LO/EE rooster) but I am in E. WA

 

[Hen Chatter]

I will have a Barnevelder rooster soon. They are hatching as we speak and where I live we can't have roos. I'm in northwest Oregon.

If you aren't in a hurry....

I gave up looking for a grown or nearly grown roo, so I tried to get a rooster chick from the Snohomish co-op but am not sure what I got yet. One is definitely a male but am not sure of the breed. I know I have at least 2 barnevelder hens, a prairie bluebell, and a marans. I am going to wait and see what happens. The Portland area is a long way to go to pick up a chicken (assuming the rooster I have ends up the wrong breed), unless you end up with plans to come to Seattle or farther north for another reason where we could meet. If yours are about 2 months old, they are a few weeks older than my chicks.

 

[Hen Chatter]

For my 7 hens, would like a barnevelder or other friendly roo that will enhance dark chocolate eggers (welsummer, French black copper marans). I decided on a barnevelder because they supposedly crow less, are friendly, and hens are dark egg layers. Neighbors have never complained - lucky there - although I do live in a semi-rural area.

I mentioned how I gave up on finding a Barnevelder rooster in another post & got 3 barnevelder chicks instead, 2 were supposed to be roosters (longer story!). I took a good look at them today (5 wks old) & 2 of the Barnevelders have a more pronounced comb than the 3rd, so it looks like I might have 2 roos. The prairie bluebell does look like it is a hen. The cuckoo marans is so much bigger than the other chicks that I thought it might be a roo until I found the website (Privett Hatchery) that supplied that breed to the Snohomish Co-op - they look like barred rocks with slight differences & the hens do have a comb, so the jury is still out on whether it is a hen or roo. Starting to get the chicken barn ready for these chicks. They will need heat again but a larger enclosure than what they have now.