Yep, they saddled early. At least started saddling early. My boys are feisty. I think my boys were about 5½ weeks when they started growing in. It could be linked to hormones.
My 10 week old boys. Well, 9 weeks in these pictures. It's interesting how leg feathering effects spurs.
My Brassy Back OEGBs are 10 weeks, with no visible budding of spurs yet.
The JungleFowl are the same age.
I think leg feathering inhibits spur growth most of the time. It seems to slow spur growth, or cancels it out completely.
4½ to 6 months is common around my place when it comes to spurs. The ones that took longest to grow spurs was my Black Sumatra, a couple Silkies & the Malays.
My old man Silkie took a good 7-8 years to actually grow one spur.
A Silkie bantam 2yrs, just starting to grow spurs.
The Black Sumatra...