Well, we went to the advertised ckick sale, poultry seminar and was distressed to find out after we wandered around a while that the chick sale was by silent auction! that should have been advertised IN capitals I think. I had even talked to one of the people in charge the day before, she gave me a rundown of what has available and never mentioned that fact. Is this common? and I'm just not up on the facts? I bid on 5 different batches ( thank goodness I did not win them all. I got 3 bantan barred rocks and a pretty little white splash silkie. They are all about 3-4 weeks old. so we will have to wait and see about sex. The silkie was hatched and raised by a OEB, mom kicked her out when she started to fuzzy feather up.