Yay, have fun with your flock. :) I had one gold laced wyandotte, she was the prettiest thing. My eldery neighbor, Al, likes birds a lot but his wife won't let him get chickens, lol. He used to come over every so often to watch my chickens. He'd always point at my gold laced wyandotte and say...
I know how hard it is to decide! I like option #1 the best simply because that's how I got started, too. I got a mix of 7 different breeds and that how I discovered that I absolutely adore the Dominiques. I now breed Dominiques (and would encourage you to look into them, too!!! gotta spread the...