I have admired your birds for quite some time. I just got lucky. I live near one of the best breeders of black bantam Cochins in the country but he rarely sells any of his birds. Never eggs and never chicks. I got a pair from him and lost the roo and have been working with just the hen who almost never lays. Makes for a very slow project. I won't buy any blacks that aren't great since they are so popular. And honestly $50 for that many chances is worth it.