I tend to order chicks in the winter; after all, egg production will be down and I"ll have visions of an eggless summer so I put in the order as the snow flies. Last year I hatched eggs from our own hens which was great fun unfortunately the ratio of roosters to hens must have been about 10:1 and really, how many folks want half-grown roosters in the fall? So this year I got smart and ordered all pullet chicks. We are trying out Speckled Sussex who seem to be very vigorous chicks at about 3 weeks old.
But the fear of egglessness - well, I needn't have feared because we are awash in eggs! We have dark brown eggs, light brown eggs, blue eggs, green eggs, beige eggs - eggs for the house, eggs for the neighbors, eggs for training friends, eggs for the dogs - we've got eggs!!!
Maybe next winter I keep away from those chick websites!
