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agreed, my thoughts exactly.

Love to hear other folks husbandry methods and goals.

Highly unlikely. You are more apt to have your pullets kill any young chicks that are in need of being brooded. It's possible to integrate chicks into an existing flock, but you need to know how to do it, have the space to do it in. Azygous is the queen of integrating chicks into an existing...

How big is your coop? Your run? A recommended MINIMUM is 4 s.f./bird in the coop, and 10 s.f./bird in the run. That's without a roo, without adding any chicks, without having a broody hen. Add any of these issues and you need much more space IMO. While the idea of hatching your own eggs is...