Pullets or not?

[Poultrybreeder]

Did they have fully feathered or almost fully feathered wings when you got them?

 

[Rocknominoe]

Did they have fully feathered or almost fully feathered wings when you got them?

I knew you would ask that! I have a few pictures from when I brought them home. Here's the golden sex link and black sex link the day after I brought them home and the lot of them.

 

[Chicken Girl1]

I would say they were at least 5 weeks but I'm leaning towards 6.

 

[Poultrybreeder]

To me they look about 10-14 days old in those pictures, so they are really close, if not already 6 weeks by now in my opinion

 

[Poultrybreeder]

To me they look about 10-14 days old in those pictures, so they are really close, if not already 6 weeks by now in my opinion

I am leaning towards the 14 day old age

 

[Rocknominoe]

To me they look about 10-14 days old in those pictures, so they are really close, if not already 6 weeks by now in my opinion

I actually had a few sneaking suspicions they were older. Especially when other people who have had chickens kept saying, "Ummmm those are really big chicks." But I didn't know, and I went to the feed store at 8am after a night of no sleep and didn't even think to ask how old they were. I didn't even pick them out, the feed store lady just grabbed 4 different ones and said, "Here you go!" and we brought them home.

They were breeds I was interested in so it wasn't a big deal. But I guess I learned a valuable lesson!

 

[Chicken Girl1]

I would say they were at least 5 weeks but I'm leaning towards 6.

This was meant for the birds in the beginning pictures not the last picture

 

[Poultrybreeder]

Those feed stores will do that sometimes, especially if they are really trying to get rid of the chicks. One time I was just looking at some Barred-Rock chicks leftover after Easter, they looked about 6 weeks already. The feed store lady just grabbed them and handed them to me, she said that I was going to take those home with me, I didn't have a choice, but they were free, she didn't charge me, they were all pullets, so I got lucky on that part anyway

 

[enichoels]

I agree that they all look like pullets.

Not sure how old these chickies are. These are our first chickens. From what I've read the two sex links we have are pretty much pullets. They're feathering out nicely. But the other two I'm on the fence about. We have a Rhode Island Red, looks to be a pullet, but I worry, naturally. The other is an EE and boy is that thing interesting. I know those are harder to sex, but it would be great if it's a pullet, but I'm pretty sure it's going to be our rooster.

Anyone else's thoughts?
This is our EE in question.

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The 4 of them.

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[Rocknominoe]

Those feed stores will do that sometimes, especially if they are really trying to get rid of the chicks. One time I was just looking at some Barred-Rock chicks leftover after Easter, they looked about 6 weeks already. The feed store lady just grabbed them and handed them to me, she said that I was going to take those home with me, I didn't have a choice, but they were free, she didn't charge me, they were all pullets, so I got lucky on that part anyway

Mine were all half off, and they weren't marked as on sale. She just manually entered them for about $1 each. I just said, "Hey basically cheap chickens, who cares?"