I love to see the networking! And it can be so much fun. :wee
Too many avian diseases floating around... I suggest NEVER bringing in another bird from someone else's pasture... UNLESS you have PROPER space for quarantine. Just not worth the risk to your whole flock, and yours' sounds beautiful...
Stinks to have spent the time raising a boy... the hatchery should refund you fully the cost of that chick though once it reaches a specific age... right?
Ya, the eggs would have been nice! :hmm