Right, some want quail or ducks or something. Others have a very specific list of exactly what chicks they want and when. Ironically, I will fill orders in almost reverse order sometimes because the right chicks don't all hatch together, or someone is not ready for them yet.Don't worry. 50+ people is not as bad as it looks like. He sometimes hatches several hundreds of birds one time. It's still early, and he will have much more eggs and chicks from March to June.
For general layers, like Legbars, Welbars, Olive Eggers, I expect to have lots of extras of them in nearly every hatch from March on. Those girls are really laying well, it's the %$^&%^*@#$%#$^ "egg eating" Copper Marans that people will be waiting for until May or June. If I ever cut back, the Marans are going long before the Welbars and Legbars. I have to hatch a lot of replacement for the Marans every year because I need a large flock of first year pullets to meet the demand for chicks. The older ones are slow to start laying and none lay as well as the Welbars, my little darlings!