So true! I’ve seen enough posts in here to know that’s the logical approach but I was getting worried I had a non-layer on my hands (which would have been fine but of course, I wanted a layer). These birds are so unique!
We got a set of two chicks back in early March, a RIR and a Columbian Wyandotte. My RIR has been laying for several months but my CW had been enjoying these many months - 9 of them! - as a free-loader. Her comb development started during late summer but seemed to go on pause because while my...