Anyway to tell how old my chickens are?

[Jgrice]

Hi there!

I bought 4 Rhode Island reds that were sold as “laying or near the age of laying”. Only one of them has started laying eggs. I bought them 3-4 weeks ago. The only one laying has a fully developed comb, the other 3 have very small combs and they look younger, slightly smaller.

Is it likely they are just younger and need more time before they’re laying?

 

[floppysquirrel04]

Can you post pictures?

 

[Rory the Chicken]

The ones with the smaller combs will probably be below 6 months and the older one might be about a year old. I have a female Rhode Island Red Who is 6 years old and I am still getting an egg from her every other day so they are a good breed to stick with.

 

[Jgrice]

Can you post pictures?

 

[aart]

Is it likely they are just younger and need more time before they’re laying?

Yep, sure looks that way.

 

[GC-Raptor]

The only one laying has a fully developed comb,

That one looks around 2 years old to me.
The others look 3 - 4 months.
It looks like the 3 younger pullets are different.
Picture 1 is a red sex-link, #2 Welsummer, #3 Rhode Island Red.
That's my guess. GC