Oh wow, an EE?? He looked so different from the others, I figured he was the rare breed. All the others are definitely EE's, so the one that died early on must've been the free one!
I have hatched one other time with my broody Buff Orpington named "Honeysuckle". At that time I also purchased a few chicks from the feed store and she wanted nothing to do with them so I took her chicks away and raised them in the brooder with the bought ones. This time, I'm considering...