One of my friends did a swap for some SFH eggs and our chicks (straight run) will be much less expensive than that... Is there anyone in your area that will incubate eggs for you? Eggs can be gotten from other bird owners other than the original folks who imported them. I think highly of the original hatchery, but I guess my long-winded point is that you CAN get them other places, cheaper. If you have an incubator, you could give it a shot yourself. Just put up a "Wanted" add for SFH eggs. Apparently the roos (if you get some) are very easy going, but if you can't have roos, they probably would not be hard to re-home.
We can have roo's but we would be keeping them for eggs, so spending almost $80 and getting no hens, or even maybe just one, wouldn't do us a lot of good! lol! (We don't have space for more than maybe 6 chickens max.) I could get an incubator or see if one of my several friends that has chickens could do it, but I highly doubt anyone even remotely close to me would have those eggs...I can definitely check around though...and that is something great to keep in mind. Thanks!