To be fair, you can't tell the sex on day-olds in most breeds(except for the obvious ways, such as sex-linked, etc.) Unless you can vent sex, which I actually can and do, not as accurate as those that have been doing it at the hatcheries, but accurate enough to help myself out with keeping...
I'm okay with the risks of shipping eggs, I've shipped eggs myself, and ordered eggs multiple times. Most of them were rather successful. Young chicks-I would be more hesitant. I like to pick up birds if I can, but as much as I love Bredas, I wouldn't travel the same way for them, as I have for...
They're definitely something! I can't wait to get more, haha. Luckily my friend who lives just fifteen minutes away from me, has some Blacks and Mottleds. Too bad her birds quit laying for the winter.
I was hoping to purchase eggs; there's just something about hatching the eggs myself. At this...
Oh, those Blues are beautiful. I have Black and Mottled, but I wish I could find someone who would part with some Blues. I've been contacting people for ages, it seems. :(