Rhode Island Red 30 weeks laying?

[jessvolvochick]

By her comb how can I tell how close she is to laying she doesn’t squat so I know she isn’t already but can you tell from her comb how close she is. She is my first RIR

 

[nuthatched]

Nor close yet.

 

[CCsGarden]

Maybe in 2-3 months. She still has some way to go

 

[jessvolvochick]

She is 30 weeks old how does she still have another 2-3 months? What is the normal laying timeframe for RIR?

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

She is 30 weeks old how does she still have another 2-3 months? What is the normal laying timeframe for RIR?

Not sure where you are in the world, but shorter daylight hours will affect when she starts laying. They need about 14/16 hours of daylight a day for them to regularly lay, which she probably isn’t getting.

This article shows how to see when they will start laying by looking at their pelvic bone: Here !

 

[jessvolvochick]

Yea we are in summertime more than 13 hours of

 

[nuthatched]

She is 30 weeks old how does she still have another 2-3 months? What is the normal laying timeframe for RIR?

What's your birds diet?

 

[jessvolvochick]

She eats I mix layer pellets and bird mix layer alternating and lots of scraps from our kitchen

 

[nuthatched]

She eats I mix layer pellets and bird mix layer alternating and lots of scraps from our kitchen

Bird mix as in bird seed? Cut out the bird seed. If it's basic 16% layer, it's barely adequate nutrition and mixing a bunch of seed in there takes barely adequate nutrition, makes it inadequate nutrition.

 

[jessvolvochick]

No I meant bird mix it’s layer feed but more seed style wheat oats corn ect suitable for her from 18 weeks and older