South Dakota Guy
Songster
We have three SL Wayandotte pullets at 18 weeks with different signs of maturity based on their comb and wattle development. One pullet has a comb that is about three quarters full and wattles about the same. Another is showing about 1/4 comb development and about 1/3 development of the wattles. The last one shows almost no development of the comb and wattles and the skin is still pink, not red. So my questions are:
1) Is there a correlation between comb and wattle development and when a pullet begins to lay?
2) Do pullets ever lay eggs before fully developing their comb and wattles?
3) If the first question is yes, can I expect the pullets to begin laying in order of the most developed combs and wattles?
1) Is there a correlation between comb and wattle development and when a pullet begins to lay?
2) Do pullets ever lay eggs before fully developing their comb and wattles?
3) If the first question is yes, can I expect the pullets to begin laying in order of the most developed combs and wattles?