They may do that on purpose if there are extras of the expensive types. The logic would be that if you like this one, you may be willing to pay the high price to get more of them in the future.Good catch! Thank you! Not sure why they would give an expensive hybrid as the freebie chic, but I'm not complaining. She's adorable! Guess we're just waiting on an egg now.
Or it may just be the luck of the draw. If they put the extra pullets of all breeds into a single bin and grab at random to put the freebie chick in each order, some people do get the expensive ones.