I appreciate everyone’s input. I’m hoping the breeder just has fast maturing hens in his line and is correct - I don’t want to have to find new addresses for that many birds 😬
The black with the head in the feeder looks identical to the middle black. The one far left has a little bit more comb/wattle development than the other two, and is slightly pink, but nothing near what the lavender marked cockerel has. The lavender marked pullet is larger than the one marked...
I bought five straight run Orpington’s in hopes that I would win the chicken lottery and get all pullets. I have two lavenders and three blacks. The photo isn’t the greatest, but the breeder has marked them P for pullet and C for cockerel. They’re currently 8 weeks old, which I know can be early...