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You can also keep checking. I've noticed that McMurray seems to add availability again at the last minute (so you might be able to order them 2 days before hatch day, even if you could not order them 2 months before hatch day.) I read somewhere that they candle the eggs when they transfer from...

Straight run just means they have not sorted the chicks by gender. It does not tell how many chicks. From McMurray, you can usually order 1 straight run chick, or 5 straight run chicks, or 100 straight run chicks, or any other number you want (unless they sell out of that kind-- you cannot...

True, but I think your chances might be better. When I look at photos (and the smaller number I've seen in person), I see that EEs usually have a high rate of red or yellow, and the Whiting True Blues seem to have a much higher rate of white/black/blue without the red or yellow. The one time I...

Why couldn't you add more? Hatchery policy, or your own limit based on how many total chicks you wanted?

Yes, that's also what I assumed about the pullet. But you originally said yellow was ONLY in gold/silver split males, without mentioning that the dilution genes can also cause a chicken to show yellow color.

I have seen a "Yellow Partridge Dutch Bantam" pullet that has some pretty obvious yellow on her. Not male, not gold/silver split. I thought OP was just talking about what colors they want to see in their flock, not the genetics involved. So by saying "no red, no yellow" they would be ruling...

You could order several EEs from Ideal, and butcher or sell any that are the wrong color (which might be some or all of them.) If you wanted to order from McMurray, their Whiting True Blue might have some that would fit your color preferences (I'm seeing lots of white and some black in photos...