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I just don't think any chicken laying eggs before 20 weeks to be a good idea.
That said, I don't do hybrids.
The Comet is a sex linked hybrid of white rock and new hampshire. In theory, they start laying faster than essentially anything else, its easy to ensure you only select hens for your flocks, they are moderately small birds taking up little space, and they pop a medium egg almost every day once they start laying.
Those are the plus column.
Minus?
They have a productive life of about 1 1/2 - 2 years, rarely go broody, are useless as breed stock as a hybrid, aren't really good for anything but lots of medium eggs, and tend to die early. "Comet" because their life blazes across the skies at high speed, and then they are gone, burnt out.
Due to COVID, I had little choice in birds when starting my flock this year.