Rhode Island Red?

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:
 

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