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Hi! Once their combs and wattles start to redden, it's usually about a month or so after that. (All generally speaking, as others said.) Sometimes you'll get all of the same breed and the girls are real spread out (early bloomers, late bloomers--hormones, genetics, etc...) That's why it's always so fun to get your first egg! 😄

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brutus9643 said:
i have Rhode island red, and 3 or 4 others 2 ducks, i am looking for my pictures,i have somewhere. LOL
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It can depend on breed, but I find that time of year they hatch has a big impact too.

Since they are 3 months now, they will turn 6 months in October. That is when the days are getting shorter, so some pullets will wait until the days start getting longer again before they lay. Others will start laying in October or November because the days are still long enough, but then quit around winter solstice for a month or so.

This is where their breed comes into play because the breeds that are genetically programmed to lay well in the winter time will be less affected by the daylight. I’m not sure where Rhode Island Reds fall in that respect. There are different types of RIR. Heritage kind and production kind. I imagine the production kind will lay younger and more often than the heritage kind.

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All of our 7 hens, who were hatched early/mid May of '24, began to lay by early Oct and laid throughout the winter. They are: RIR, BR, CQ, BSL.

We have about 13/14 pullets, that are mostly BYM (sires RIR & Buckeye) I will see if they lay throughout the winter, as they are due to begin laying early to late August.

We purchased from Rural King and hatched, so I would guess production stock.
 

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