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Nope, it's not just yours. My barred rock, Rhode Island red, and welsummer are all 24 weeks and haven't even started to develop their combs and wattles yet. My BR is starting to make what sounds like the egg song a lot, but she doesn't have ANY of the other characteristics of being ready to lay. None of my birds do (except the 1 that's laying). My EE is 28 weeks and no signs of nuttin'. One day she went into the nesting box and shuffled things around and made egg song at the top of her lungs all day, so I got really excited; but that was about 6 days ago and not a peep out of her since and no squatting or any signs whatsoever. My leghorn is also 24 weeks but she's been laying for 2-1/2 weeks and has become a reliable layer, giving us an egg every morning around 10 a.m.
Nope, it's not just yours. My barred rock, Rhode Island red, and welsummer are all 24 weeks and haven't even started to develop their combs and wattles yet. My BR is starting to make what sounds like the egg song a lot, but she doesn't have ANY of the other characteristics of being ready to lay. None of my birds do (except the 1 that's laying). My EE is 28 weeks and no signs of nuttin'. One day she went into the nesting box and shuffled things around and made egg song at the top of her lungs all day, so I got really excited; but that was about 6 days ago and not a peep out of her since and no squatting or any signs whatsoever. My leghorn is also 24 weeks but she's been laying for 2-1/2 weeks and has become a reliable layer, giving us an egg every morning around 10 a.m.