Hi, I"m a newbie, my have a little feathered footed bantum the same age, but she wants nuttin to do with laying egge yet...a real charatcer...LOL We bought 12 peeps in the spring from our local store, and only 2 were hens! All but 2 roosters made the soup pot....yummy I'm getting 6 four month old RIR's tomorrow, can't wait for them to start laying too.