Pullet or cockerel?

[albodean]

Hi All,

I'm pretty sure this is a pullet but just a few doubts as she has much bigger comb and wattles than my other girls, she is slimmer/taller and makes more noise. She is 24 weeks old.

 

[donrae]

Yep, pullet. Looks like you should be getting eggs literally any day now

 

[Gray Farms]

x2, should be laying any day

 

[albodean]

Thanks both, was hoping that was the case! She's looked like this for quite a while now and still no eggs, think the days might be too short for her to start now

 

[drumstick diva]

point of lay pullet

 

[Cel45]

Pullet, sure she does not have a secret nest?

 

[albodean]

Pullet, sure she does not have a secret nest?

I can't say I've looked but I only let them out of their run to free range at around 12pm and from what I've read she'd usually have laid by then?

 

[EggSighted4Life]

I can't say I've looked but I only let them out of their run to free range at around 12pm and from what I've read she'd usually have laid by then?

What time of day they lay can vary and usually does. I have many afternoon layers. And some of my girls don't sing to show me where they could be hiding a nest. Usually the first egg of the cycle will start early and get later each day until late afternoon. Then they take the next day off and get started early again the day after that. If I have someone in the box at 4 in the afternoon when I go to collect eggs, I know I won;t get an egg from that girl the next day.

But agreed, she does look close!

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Also, for my own practice.... I am guessing Light Sussex or Columbian Rock, am I anywhere close? Thanks

 

[albodean]

I'll have a look around where she usually goes! If I find she has been laying somewhere, what can I do to make sure she lays in the nesting box in future? And she is indeed a Light Sussex!