There is a lady in Brandenburg ky outside of corydon who has offered to hatch me some eggs next year. I learned about her when hubby's ex co- worker got a Marian pullet from her.
80$ is higher then a lot of states from what little research I have done.
The temp in the coop is 90 degrees at 4:30 pm. The problem is we lost the trees around the old lean to when we had Ike blow through then the ice storm. I didn't realize how unprotected from the sun the coop would be.
Have you called your local 4h to see if they have someone who will do the test on less then 30 birds. Some one here with silkies in Indiana said 4h birds have to be tested before they can be brought to the class. I think he only had 2-4 silkies.