Either my hens are crowing... or the hatchery sold us straight run.

[TaylorGlade]

And the second pic looks to me like that is another pullet

That's the two that we have that I thought something was wrong with it because it looked so different. We call them Bonsai and Munchkin. They are very small comparitively.

 

[Red Mangrove]

4/5 of your first image are males

 

[TaylorGlade]

Here is a photo of the whole flock:

Here they are checking out the new cream legbars about to go in the mini-run

Here are the full 12 - including the two Lav Ameracauna .

 

[Red Mangrove]

8/10 dark birds are roos
1/2 lavender are roo. Right one has obvious sickle feathers developing

 

[JacinLarkwell]

What store did you get them from? Feed stores are notorious for mislabling their chicks, either by accident ir because they figure that the sign is close enough for what they got. Unfortunately it's employee error when unpacking since they don't always know a lot about birds and they don't really get training other than the very basics of 'pull dead ones out if the bin, and make sure the bins are clean and have food and water.

 

[LaFleche]

Contact the hatchery and add the picture to your complaint.

Paying for vent sexed pullets and getting mostly males is unacceptable and they need to send you ASAP pullets of your chosen breeds that are of the same age as the ones you have.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Contact the hatchery and add the picture to your complaint.

This is unacceptable and they need to send you ASAP pullets of your chosen breeds that are of the same age as the ones you have.

They bought them from a feed store, not a hatchery

 

[TaylorGlade]

8/10 dark birds are roos
1/2 lavender are roo. Right one has obvious sickle feathers developing

Thank you for confirming. I thought the lav was a roo, but got the pair as a straight run hoping for a roo and hen. Got 10 australorps and was told they were all hens. How often do hatcheries make this mistake? Now, I don't know what to do with all the roos. One is fine - but we got them for eggs. Never heard of a rooster laying one of those, though. That would definitely be a golden one if they do.

 

[TaylorGlade]

Contact the hatchery and add the picture to your complaint.

Paying for vent sexed pullets and getting mostly males is unacceptable and they need to send you ASAP pullets of your chosen breeds that are of the same age as the ones you have.

They bought them from a feed store, not a hatchery

Yes - but the feed store got them from a hatchery. I contacted the feed store. They said they've had other complaints from customers, too. They will be happy to comp a bag of feed or give us 8 more pullets in October. If they aren't auto-sexing, I may just take the feed. We have some decisions to make.

 

[LaFleche]

They bought them from a feed store, not a hatchery

How I read it, they had their carefully selected and vent sexed pullet chicks sent to the local feed store together with other chicks.

But maybe you are right, the OP might clarify.