Rhode Island Red?

[AnneGirlGG]

Looks more like a single comb to me so probably one of the production red types. Time will tell.

As long as they're well-behaved, I'm good with whatever. If they aren't, they will become supper.

 

[TheChickenGirl16]

RIR is a solid guess, I also got the Meyer free chicks (meal maker and homestead helper cockerel) and my meal maker was an EE pullet while the cockerel was the same breed as yours. Super cute with their white wings and red backs. They sent the same breed last year as well. I raised both the cockerels up and ended up processing them, I had other better behaved and better looking cockerels to pick from. Assuming both of mine were RIRs based on adult color, and their bright yellow legs. Also their decent growth and weight after processing.

The one from last year, processed and plucked at 19ish weeks he was 4lbs.
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And what he turned into
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This year's, apparently I didn't get any more photos of this one before processing it at ~13 weeks, the carcass was a tad under 3lbs. I remember this one being a jerk.
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And the buckeye pullet I also got this year. Note the pea comb, if your mystery lighter chick has a pea comb then likely a buckeye, if a single comb then likely a RIR or similar production red breed.
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Thank you, @DemeterAD9.
I have a hard time identifying chicks.
I have also never ordered from a hatchery.

This is one of my RIR/NHR crosses.
He’s 15 weeks:

 

[AnneGirlGG]

Thank you, @DemeterAD9.
I have a hard time identifying chicks.
I have also never ordered from a hatchery.

This is one of my RIR/NHR crosses.
He’s 15 weeks:

He's beautiful! What's his attitude like at that age?

 

[TheChickenGirl16]

He's beautiful! What's his attitude like at that age?

He’s pretty dominant.
But not a butthead like my last Rhode Island Red.
It’s pretty hard to tell the exact personality of my roosters, as I have 9 rn, but when I sell or give them to good homes where they can have their own flocks, I’ve been hearing that they really bloom out, and turn out to be wonderful boys!!

 

[TheChickenGirl16]

This is my other RIR cross.
Except, his other half is Gold Laced Wyandotte.

He has turned out to be a very good boy. It pains me, because I might have to process him if I can’t find a good home for him before spring.
Unfortunately, I have to clear the roosters out of my grow-out pen every winter to be ready for the next batch of broodies and chicks in the spring.

 

[TheChickenGirl16]

This is my other RIR cross.
Except, his other half is Gold Laced Wyandotte.

He has turned out to be a very good boy. It pains me, because I might have to process him if I can’t find a good home for him before spring.
Unfortunately, I have to clear the roosters out of my grow-out pen every winter to be ready for the next batch of broodies and chicks in the spring.

You can see, he’s a man of action!
I couldn’t find a single still shot of him!

 

[AnneGirlGG]

He’s pretty dominant.
But not a butthead like my last Rhode Island Red.
It’s pretty hard to tell the exact personality of my roosters, as I have 9 rn, but when I sell or give them to good homes where they can have their own flocks, I’ve been hearing that they really bloom out, and turn out to be wonderful boys!!

That's good to know! I am going to be thinking about rehoming some soon. But I don't know what age is best.