None of the comb/wattles appear red enough or large enough to indicate they should be laying. There appears to be a notable difference in leg color, with 2 having yellow legs and 2 having gray legs. I'm not sure what this means with respect to age, but the ones with yellow legs look more like pullets than hens. I'd love to have someone else weigh in on this. Usually yellow legs will lose color (they will "bleach") during a laying season. as pigment is pulled from the body to produce shell pigment. The fact that the legs are so yellow suggests to me that they're pullets rather than hens.
The hen toward the back appears to be molting around the head/neck and a bit on the breast. If she's molting, it's more likely that she's a hen than a pullet, as the first molt typically happens in the fall after the year of their birth (approx. 18 months after hatch for spring-hatched birds). I've heard that some pullets will do a partial molt, but I've only seen very subtle examples of this. Alternatively, the feather loss could be from bullying, but you'd be the best judge to determine whether it's molting or bullying.
A BR should not have white ear lobes. This could suggest this bird has in its background a breed that produced white eggs, but this may make up a small percentage of its overall genetics.
The hen toward the back appears to be molting around the head/neck and a bit on the breast. If she's molting, it's more likely that she's a hen than a pullet, as the first molt typically happens in the fall after the year of their birth (approx. 18 months after hatch for spring-hatched birds). I've heard that some pullets will do a partial molt, but I've only seen very subtle examples of this. Alternatively, the feather loss could be from bullying, but you'd be the best judge to determine whether it's molting or bullying.
A BR should not have white ear lobes. This could suggest this bird has in its background a breed that produced white eggs, but this may make up a small percentage of its overall genetics.
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