I didn't know that about the chickens. Australorps are not known for being very broody and Orpingtons are, so I'm hoping they will do enough of that so that I don't have to buy chicks all the time.
Buckthorn is a name from Watership Down! But he's not for eating, not yet anyway. I hope he will make lots of babies that we will eat lol! I don't plan to name them. The names of my other five "foundation" bunnies are Pinto, Holly, Coco, Peppercorn, and Clover. Pinto is the older buck. Peppercorn is an older doe who I'm getting free, and she will mostly be to foster kits if the other girls don't do well with their first litters. Holly and Peppercorn will come to me already bred so there will be kits soon, with luck. Moving pregnant does can cause problems.
I don't have plans for the pelts. Rexes have really nice pelts too. I would like to be able to use as much of the animal as possible. The woman that I am getting the Rexes from sells rabbit feet key chains, I didn't know those were still a thing.