Silver duckwing leghorn old enough to lay eggs?

TerriChad2020

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I have 3 gold laced bantam Sebrings and 1 silver duckwing leghorn. I had gotten my chickens at a farm auction so I am not away of the age but I have had them now about a month and a half now. We had gotten 2 roosters with the leghorn that we were not aware were roosters and there was a bit of tension on the pen but the roosters have been rehomed to a very loving home and everyone has called down however my leghorn I was thinking may be old enough to start laying eggs but since we have not had any as of yet not even the bantams but I know they are not big layers so I want too concerned there. But with my leghorn maybe I think she's older than she really is or could there be something wrong with her she doesn't seem to have anything wrong she's very healthy but I'm still new at this I'm going to post a pic from today if someone could please tell me if maybe she's just not old enough yet... Her name is isis and she's super sweet, but pretty skittish at times
 

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Silver Duckwing Leghorns (in the US, at least, which is where I assume you are) are relatively rare, and farm auctions aren't really a great place to get reliably labelled birds. There's a high chance she's an outcross with another breed, especially given how small her comb is (Leghorns tend to have very large combs). She may not lay on schedule for a Leghorn.

Her comb isn't red yet, and she still looks pretty gawkish and teenager-y to me. I suspect she needs a couple more weeks.
 

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