BLRW late layers every time or does it vary?

[HensInTheForest]

We have a beautiful creamy light buff egg layer in our flock Trying to figure out who it is. Daughter says it’s the Wyandotte we have only one of those with pairs of everything else And only one buff egg every few days.

My friend says they lay WAY late no way it’s her. She is 20 weeks, this color showed up one week ago.

Others it could be SF, BO, LO, EE.

Assume not the light Brahma she is only 21 weeks. . .

 

[aart]

You might have to 'catch her in the act'.....or:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/who-is-laying-and-who-is-not-butt-check.73309/

 

[HensInTheForest]

You might have to 'catch her in the act'.....or:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/who-is-laying-and-who-is-not-butt-check.73309/

Wow cool info! I’ll see if I can check a few . . .

Thanks Aart!

 

[Ridgerunner]

Of those methods, I trust looking at the vent the most. If the vent is soft. pink, and moist she is laying or real close to laying. If the vent is dry and tight, she is not laying. The others are more signs that she might be, but she might not. The others are good to see but not all that definite. For instance, I saw a pullet squat but she did not start laying for another 6 weeks.

My friend says they lay WAY late no way it’s her. She is 20 weeks, this color showed up one week ago.

I don't agree that it can't be her. I'm not saying it is her, just don't discount her. I've seen a pullet from the same flock, the same breed, hatched at the same time and raised together start laying two months or more after the other started. Breeds can have tendencies but that is an average. If you have enough for averages to mean something then you can say "On average, half are laying by this time". Some can start quite a bit earlier, some may be quite late, but on average this is when they start. You only have one. Is she a way early, a bit early, a bit late, or way late? You don't know until you see the egg.