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28 weeks, 5 days and Edna has earned her place in the coop vs. on the table. :P Thanks all!

Let me put this another way. She's 28 weeks at this point. If she's not layed, is she defective? Her flockmates continue to lay an egg every day, so day length is still fine.

Where I live, all of her same age flock mates are laying 5-6 eggs per week to this day.

Yes, but is she potentially intersex or defective? I thought Anconas were supposed to be early layers?

Here's some pics of Edna. She's a witch. But I love her anyway and would hate to have to eat her for being defective. Highlighted her spur bud.

Let me go get some. :)

She's looked like a fully developed hen for 4-6 weeks or more. Huge red floppy comb and wattles. She's been going in and out of the nest for that long too. She doesn't really squat much, but seems to be starting a bit. She free ranges, but I kept her locked up for 3 days a week or two ago to...