This spring - I ordered some speckled sussex pullets with Baking in the Rain and Pyxis ... then I got on a blue egg kick and sold then to a local family who already had chickens ... told them I would take any back that had roosters .... but said I paid for pullets, but hatcherys often mix in roos ....
Last night I have two full grown roos - confused and fighting in my Full Flock - and bedding down on my truck and roof !!! I spent an hour getting them and then getting them in with my bachelor pen this morning ....
What are the chances this guy just dropped them off before sunset and ran ? And WTH !???? WHY ??? I said I'd take them back. Is he ticked he got 2 roos out of 7 "pullets" ? So aren't we all.
I HATE PEOPLE
Just a thought.
( I had to go back a few posts since I'm not getting any udates)
Are you sure these are from them and not some fool just dumping chickens on your doorstep?
We used to foster kittens and I caught someone dumping a cat on our enclosed front porch! Neighbors knew we were fostering and cat people. Kittens showed up a few times.
You should not be afraid to approach them and ask them outright. Or stop for a chat and mention finding the roos on your truck. Take a friend if you must, but I see nothing wrong with having a look.
Just say, "I've never ordered from this hatchery before and wondered how the chicks turnout?"
My older brother once dropped off a hen in box that his Pigeon friend found in his yard. His friend lived not a mile from the inner city of Syracuse. I promptly listed it on CL and gave her away.