So, my Orpington pullets are 9 months old. 4 out of 5 have been laying for several months now. We hatched chicks that are several weeks old from most of them. But I have one black orpington hen that's just an oddball. She's HUGE. I'll have to get an updated picture of her tomorrow, but she's bigger than our rooster, no lie. She also doesn't look like the rest of the Orpingtons, which I've just chalked up to them being hatchery chickens. I've had several people mistake her for "my huge rooster." She's never crowed, or acted anything like a rooster - she's actually at the bottom of the pecking order and pretty timid. But she's also never laid an egg, either.
At nine months old, is this odd? I know Orpingtons tend to be late blooming, but she's the only one that's never laid an egg. The rooster DOES try to mount her (with no success so far.) Will this pullet EVER lay an egg? How old were your orpingtons when they started laying if you had a late bloomer?
At nine months old, is this odd? I know Orpingtons tend to be late blooming, but she's the only one that's never laid an egg. The rooster DOES try to mount her (with no success so far.) Will this pullet EVER lay an egg? How old were your orpingtons when they started laying if you had a late bloomer?
