Our local post office is so...well...blatantly incompetent that I'm actually afraid to have live chicks shipped here. At least with eggs I don't worry about a living, breathing creature being brutalized before it even gets a good start in life. I'm looking forward to being able to breed and hatch exclusively from my own flock...but first I have to build my flock, and not many people around my area seem to favor the birds I'm most interested in. I did luck out in finding a breeder of Bielefelders and Cream Legbars in the Phoenix area who invited me to come to his farm to inspect his chickens before buying eggs to hatch...or to possibly by chicks from him instead. I'm actually pretty excited about that impending trip.
Let me know what you think of the Bielefelders! I'm interested in maybe bringing in a second breed.

MrsB