[@Bright_Ops] Adding to what BBeast said, there's also the matter of quality and quantity.

If you want more than a modest population of those creatures to start out with, you might consider more might. Toun made loads of hain for little extra cost to start with because of his creation domain.

Also, if you want said population to learn technology, even from other cultures, that might take a while unless you invest some might in that as well. The chippers might have a hard time reaching them if they live somewhere inhospitable.