NiteMareTender
Songster
Hello all. I have read through a bunch of the posts regarding this as well as the informative sticky ones but I guess I need reassurance that my Columbian Wyandotte is just a REALLY late layer. My first trio of hens, White Leghorns, were typical and laid around 18-21 weeks. We got them in the spring from an online hatchery and introduced an Asian Black roo when they were all approximately 12 weeks old.
My next batch of chicks consisted of around a dozen CornishX and 3 Wyandottes, 2 of whom were crushed in the brooder by the much faster growing Cornish. This was around August and the remaining Wyandotte grew up with the giant meat birds. (She hangs out with them to this day).
I know she wasn't going to lay at her maturity age because of the season but she's yet to lay her first egg (nor have the 3 remaining Cornish hens). They coop with the leghorns, are allowed to free range when I am home, share an enclosure with 4 ducks (separate areas) and generally don't leave the run all too often. I added a laying sapphire gem to the mix about a month ago and she, 2 of my 3 female ducks and the leghorns are giving me eggs on average 5-7 eggs a week.
Is there a timeframe where I should be worried about her laying ability?
Thanks for whatever help you can give.
My next batch of chicks consisted of around a dozen CornishX and 3 Wyandottes, 2 of whom were crushed in the brooder by the much faster growing Cornish. This was around August and the remaining Wyandotte grew up with the giant meat birds. (She hangs out with them to this day).
I know she wasn't going to lay at her maturity age because of the season but she's yet to lay her first egg (nor have the 3 remaining Cornish hens). They coop with the leghorns, are allowed to free range when I am home, share an enclosure with 4 ducks (separate areas) and generally don't leave the run all too often. I added a laying sapphire gem to the mix about a month ago and she, 2 of my 3 female ducks and the leghorns are giving me eggs on average 5-7 eggs a week.
Is there a timeframe where I should be worried about her laying ability?
Thanks for whatever help you can give.