Better later than never with regards to undertaking the poultry fancy---welcome aboard!!I have ten of Bob's mottled javas. Four ckl and six pullets. They are chicks from this year, only a few months old. I just finished a second pen. Later I will build two more for grow out of next year's "crop". At 63 this is my first time with any kind of chicken. I have lots of time and they take it all. I will only have McGraw's mottled javas and will keep the strain pure. That's all the challenge I need.