The moratorium on shipping live animals (via USPS due to the global pandemic) had just lifted and I assume that they had extra chicks to get rid of - lucky me!
That’s likely - I ordered and paid for 6, they sent me 9. Common for hatcheries to add extras as insurance but I was thinking 1 extra...it was a 50% increase! Quite the gift, really.
I used Greenfire Farm this year and found them to be communicative, honest and easy to deal with. The birds are beautiful (Jill Reese Cream Legbars and 55 Flowery Hens) and I’d use them again for rare breeds, in a heartbeat.