Well, I ordered my replacement chicks

[Moonwalker]

I went ahead and ordered the chicks to replace the ones the dog killed.
I ordered from Cackle again
This time I ordered:
5 Auracanas (pullets)
2 Silver Laced Wyandottes
2 Black Jersey Giants
and the Happy Cackle Special which has
10 Brown egg layters + 1 roo same breed
2 ducks
2 geese
2 turkeys
10 assorted rare breed chicks

Last time I had extra ducks instead of geese, but this time I will get the geese
oh yeah, and there's this:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=50389

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

Very nice assortment! I love cackle. They always send such a nice variety of birds, and I've never had any die from shipping!

I recently ordered a Surprise special from cackle. I ordered it to come in two weeks, but who knows! I just know I am very excited!

 

[Moonwalker]

I told them I wanted them on the 12th or as soon after as possible. I'm still waiting for confirmation of the shipping date.

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

Yep, that's the same date I ordered mine for. However, my one friend put ASAP on her order form a few weeks ago and JUST got confirmation that they would be sending them next week.

 

[Moonwalker]

Yeah, they have to wait until they have all the kinds that you order hatching at the same time. That's why I ended up with extra ducks last time. They said either I would have to wait till April to get them or they could substitute extra ducks.
So I'll end up with 8 ducks when these come in! I hope they are a different breed than the ones I have already.
I am thinking seriously of rigging a pool with a fountain that sucks up out of the creek and spills out back into the creek.
I was going to let them go in the creek, but when it rains, sometimes the creek rises really fast and the banks are really steep. Besides, this way, I can enclose the pool.