Chickens not what I ordered

[Luettgenchicken]

Hello, I’m hoping you guys can help. We ordered Easter Eggers and lavender Orpington‘s from cackle hatchery. Through a farm store. When we picked them up, I didn’t notice, but some of the chickens had feathers on their feet. Those are definitely not what I ordered. I’m wondering if they’re females. Can you tell from looking at them if any of them are makes? Like the brown one with the big tail feathers is that normal for a hen? That should be the Easter Egger. Also, the white Cochins, there is one that gets riled up and its hackles looks like first queen eleizabeth in her white collared dress. Do females put their hackles up against another chicken? Is that a male trait? And last do you know what the all white one is? Thank you.

 

[nuthatched]

The green legged white birds are also easter eggers, the gray birds with dark legs are the orps, the dark birds are ees and the white with the feathered legs and Columbian (black collar) are light Brahma.
You got what you ordered plus some brahma.
All are pullets

 

[sourland]

What type comb do the Columbian colored birds have? They may be Light Brahmas. The others, including the white bird, look like Easter Eggers.

 

[SummerTheAnimalGirl]

Pullets mean female. Cockerels are male

 

[Luettgenchicken]

What type comb do the Columbian colored birds have? They may be Light Brahmas. The others, including the white bird, look like Easter Eggers.

Like a pinkish color

 

[Luettgenchicken]

Pullets mean female. Cockerels are male

Oh my God I was on one site and it said pullets are hens and I’m like s**t. Thank the lord. I’m learning. Have had chickens like 6 years . Every day is a new lesson.

 

[Luettgenchicken]

Oh my God I was on one site and it said pullets are hens and I’m like s**t. Thank the lord. I’m learning. Have had chickens like 6 years . Every day is a new lesson.

Pullets or hens. Nt pullets are hens

 

[nuthatched]

Shit they are all male? Or just the brahmas?

I said all are pullets. Hackle flaring is just a way of communication

 

[SummerTheAnimalGirl]

Oh my God I was on one site and it said pullets are hens and I’m like s**t. Thank the lord. I’m learning. Have had chickens like 6 years . Every day is a new lesson.

Haha, all the terms can get confusing for sure! Technically, a hen is a mature female, a pullet is an immature female. Rooster is a mature male, cockerel is an immature male. But rest easy, you have a pretty bunch of

 

[Luettgenchicken]

I’m babysitting them outside.along with my border collie. Waiting on coop and run to be complete. New stuff for these ladies . Can’t have them inside all the time. Yesterday rained and was cold. Got them in early May. A couple of my other ones. They get to free roam.