The cockerel will become the leader of all the flock, but he is young, so you have some growing pains to get through. When he is about a year old, he'll be invaluable to you. Well, that is my experience with the boys. They are good roosters, but a bit rambunctious and clumsy as cockerels, which is what they are considered until they are a year old.
It's always hard to rehome a rooster because everyone gets plenty of them it seems. But right now, most of us have closed coops, meaning we are not accepting any birds into our flocks, because of the bird flu. You might have luck finding a home when that threat is over. We are hoping that will be the end of June, but no one knows really.
I figured it was a super long shot. So far he's being really good with the girls and I'd love to keep him. I'm going to try and bribe my neighbors with fresh eggs and baked goods.
The chicks will be a mix of whatever your rooster is and whatever the hen is. I get pure buff orpingtons from mine because my rooster is one and so are a few of the hens. But then I also get some interesting mixes that are obviously BO over RIR or Australorp. i did get some lavender orpingtons, but I had a LO rooster at the time. He has been rehomed, so I won't get them anymore. It will be whatever a BO over LO looks like. Should be interesting. However they turn out, they will be big fluffy chickens. I love all orpingtons.
That sounds like a good plan.
