What is this "choosing" you speak of?
A few years ago I was at the local fair and bought a duckling on a whim. He turned out to be a Rouen and was a fabulous house duck and grand companion. His name was Gunter, and then we moved to a different place in the city, this one did not allow ducks. So sadly G Duck had to pack up and move to my aunts farm(I was living w my mom, so her house, her rules, Gunter had to go). That is not a euphamism, and he is still very loved on their farm. But fast forward to close to a year ago and we knew we were buying our farm soon... visiting my aunt she gave us a butt load of fresh eggs.... we incubated a lot including all of the duck eggs, hoping that at least one would be a gunter baby(she had 2 drakes). Only 1 duckling hatched(Nibbler), we think she is rouen x runner or rouen x kacki(gunter's daughter either way). We also kept one mutt chick I helped hatch... George. Then we bought 4 point of lay hens for George after we moved to the farm.. total heinz 57 hens, but they lay well enough(small eggs tho). Then we got 8 standard bronze turkeys because craigslist and a great deal... then we ordered hatchery surprise chicks and are brooding 49 mixed poultry. Hahaha yes, we have ordered specific breeds to be delivered in June, but only like 3 of them? And some guineas for tick control, some geese, and more ducks. And another surprise box!
I'd probably do it different if we had less land. And I will probably be more selective moving forward, but I'm a "jump in head first while running into water you can't see the bottom of and just figure it out" kind of girl. I find it easier to do research on a breed if I am motivated, and adorable chicks make good motivation.
Even got some really really cool birds in the hatchery surprise box. Excited to see what is in the next one. Got an amaracauna, jersey giant, turkeys, ducks, polish and much more in the mix. I was expecting mostly "waste males" to go to freezer camp and a few cool chicks thrown in, but I don't even know if we got a single cornishX or male sex link. impressed.
From phone, please forgive any typos or other weirdness
). Well about a week later I wanted more chickens so I contacted him and bought his other Black Ameraucana pullet. This was in March of 2018. In April of 2018 I started working at a farm that I had bought chickens from in the past. Well when I went to meet the owner who became my boss I saw a practically bald Frizzle Bantam hen. I asked my boss how much for her and she said if you come back next week you can have her. She let me take the Frizzle Bantam hen (Jane Doe) home that day. About a week later I bought a Gamefowl Bantam hen as a friend for Jane. Well the Gamefowl hen (Charlotte) started laying in the summer and promptly went broody so I went back to the man I got my Ameraucanas from and bought 6 fertile eggs from him. Charlotte hatched out 6 Silkie mix chicks. The 4 boys went to an animal park near my town and I kept the pullets, Bianca and Clair. About 2 weeks after the chicks hatched I brought home a mixed bantam hen (Angelina). Then I bought 2 double tufted Black Breasted Red Araucana pullets from Ann Charles. So of my 10 chickens 4 do/will lay blue eggs (Ameraucanas & Araucanas), 1 lays green eggs (F1 Easter Egger), 3 lay cream/tinted/off white eggs (Frizzle Bantam, Angelina, & Silkie x Easter Egger), 1 lays brown eggs (Silkie x Red Sex Link), & the Gamefowl hen lays pinkish eggs. Sadly no white egg layers 
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