Oh oops (sorry) in the post above I bought "started point of lay pullets" for 25 bucks each not chicks. I misunderstood and thought you were talking about picking up local layers.
Make sure they are in fact pullets! You wouldn't think someone would lie about this but some people do take advantantage of newbies. I bought "pullets" to get started also. When they didn't start laying a freind (who used to be our local 4h leader) dropped by and gently informed me they were...