Then if the 17 years old doesn't know a pullet from a cockerel then you look and make the choice of what you want. Surely you know one from the other. I'm starting to see there are ways to tell them apart. One has a deeper peep than the others. That's the male. And the cockerels all seem to have...
Look like hard work and labor to build a quality name can come tumbling down in a short time if the standards aren't kept up. I hate to see that happen.
Really sorry about you chicks. Like some other post said, I do my best to buy locally and go pick them up.