Maturation process

[Ponte]

Brought home three Buff Orpington’s on April 3, 2019.
One has a huge comb-wattles and began laying 2-3 weeks ago.
The second one has almost no comb-wattles. The third one has a little pink comb-wattle.
What is the beta on the maturation process?
(They are all on good feed so that’s not the issue.)

 

[PioneerChicks]

Maybe they are different ages?

 

[Ponte]

Maybe they are different ages?

No, they where all three days old when I got them

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

I don't know for sure but maybe they had different parents so their genetics are different?

 

[Ponte]

I don't know for sure but maybe they had different parents so their genetics are different?

I assume they had different parents but shouldn’t chicks within a breeds have fairly consistent maturation ?

 

[Shezadandy]

Our first little flock had 2 each of 5 breeds, all shipped to me as one-day old chicks. One of the breeds was a Speckled Sussex. Floppsie was the very first in that group to lay at 140 days old. Her sister of the same breed was the VERY last to lay at 190 days old. So - there can be a giant variation.

 

[imnukensc]

Just like people, birds mature at different rates.

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

I assume they had different parents but shouldn’t chicks within a breeds have fairly consistent maturation ?

Not necessarily, there is many variations in a breed and they can all grow and mature at different rates.

When I keep my chicks as growouts, they all grow at different rates depending on who their mother was even though all of mine have the same father.

 

[sunrise.superman]

I have 3 Wellsummers at the same age and they all have different combs...I call em small, medium, large and only 1 has started to lay yet, Ms. Medium.