Well. maybe we just need to have a chicken party! talk chicken, show each other pictures, ask questions. There is a chicken meetup group in Westchester, but I kind of wasn't for me.
You should have seen the PA chicken stock I went to last year. No bio-security to speak of. it was allot of fun, but I've decided not to buy from strangers like that again. The birds I got were gorgeous, but 3 out of 4 (all from one person) died in the first year despite great effort, Vet care, and expense leaving me broken hearted. (The vet said they were full of infection. )