Are you sure you didn't need to go back again? That's a lot of pretty cool breeds. I stopped at Livengood Feed in Tomball to get my horse chow and they had gotten a batch of Americauner/EEs RIR and BO chicks. The little chipmunk chicks are sooooo cute. Husband hasnt crossed over to chicken keeping yet. He was interested when I was reading some of the posts on meat birds though... we have only one grocery that has decent organic chicken breast and the thought of going from chick to plate was of interest to him.
I really want yo get into meaties myself as well! Just got figure out how to make myself a grow out pen for them. Ultimately id love to free range...but thats going to have many trial and error runs i predict...so everyone is staying penned at the moment