Down here, the poults aren't much smaller than the mother hen. Some hens can and do lay eggs two or three times a Springif they were previously unsuccessful, but for one to have very small poults in late August, that is unusual. I assume hens lay earlier down south than up north, so it may be possible further north. I have a hen on my property with7 poults. They are all near the size of the mother hen. I haven't got a real close look at them yet, so I don't know how many of them are jakes. I hope they all are, but I'm not holding my breath. I need a new crop of gobblers in my area.