Red comb on a 4-month-old...pullet?

ShinShien

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Why would my CX (she came in a supply of 8,000 CX, so what else can she be? she's just grey and was given to me to avoid being pecked to death) have a red comb and wattles if she's only 4 months old? What age do meat birds lay eggs, if they lay eggs? I'm guessing they do.
 
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She looks sexually mature, at at the point of lay, are you sure of her age? They are genetically designed to mature quickly, but I'm not familiar with the breed.
 
Looks like a pullet are you sure it is 4 months?

I think so. Here's a pic of her at a week, maybe two, back Dec. 29th 2016.
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Usually, those that survive to laying age lay large brown eggs. Your girl doesn't really look like a CX, though. She could be a Dixie Rainbow, often sold as meat-type birds, but are a bit slower growing.
 
Usually, those that survive to laying age lay large brown eggs. Your girl doesn't really look like a CX, though. She could be a Dixie Rainbow, often sold as meat-type birds, but are a bit slower growing.
She came in a shipment of white CX chicks. There were three oddballs, black, barred and grey. The black and barred turned out to be roosters and are gone. The grey is this chicken here.
 

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