Getting started - essential - get some chooks!

After all my reading and research, I decided to purchase one of each of the following breeds:

• Barnevelder
• Light Sussex
• Plymouth Rock
• Silver-gray Dorking
• Welsummer

Unfortunately, the Plymouth Rock and Silver-gray Dorking died within the first month, but the other birds are growing fast. I purchased two replacement birds - an Aracana and a Black Leghorn.