Hiya, Susan, and welcome to BYC!
Have you ever considered getting an incubator or borrowing someone's and doing a hatch? You could google good breeders of whatever breed and find yourself some hatching eggs. That's how I've gotten some great silkies. I've also gotten eggs off of eBay a couple of times. I've heard of some who bought hatching eggs off Amazon. I went and looked and found these for example.
Good luck in your venture, and hope you're back to the egg business soon!

So now I'm very limited to the breed of chicken I can get.
Have you ever considered getting an incubator or borrowing someone's and doing a hatch? You could google good breeders of whatever breed and find yourself some hatching eggs. That's how I've gotten some great silkies. I've also gotten eggs off of eBay a couple of times. I've heard of some who bought hatching eggs off Amazon. I went and looked and found these for example.
Good luck in your venture, and hope you're back to the egg business soon!