Hi leighanne--I am in Charlotte, NC and would give you some duck eggs if you wanted to drive to get them. They are Indian Runner eggs, and will hatch out in a variety of colors (black, blue, silver, and some fawn & white/blue crosses that should be interesting). I know you want chickens, but ducks are cool too and Indian Runners will give you 200-300 eggs a year. Mine give me an egg a day all spring, summer and fall, and then continue to give them more infrequently in the winter. Duck eggs are more nutritious, larger, and just as delicious as chicken eggs.
My drake is very good--out of 18 eggs I've set (I just started incubating late this summer), every one of them was fertile. I've also never noticed any infertile eggs among those I've cracked open (I don't always check, but now that I know how to check, I often do just for fun). The eggs themselves are mostly very good for hatching--I get an occasional porous one, or very small, or a strange shape, but still mostly good.
Here's the only catch I can think of--I currently have only two laying hens (darn predators), so it takes me a few days to save up enough to be worthwhile. But since you only want a few, I could easily save you a half dozen or so.
Let me know if you're at all interested. I'll be happy to share anything I can about raising ducks and so on.
