So I was talking to a friend of mine and he was telling me that it takes longer for Pieds to mature to "breeding age". So let's say that it would take a normal male 1 1/2 years to get to breeding age and a normal female 3 years... he was saying it takes like 2 1/2 years for a Pied male and about 4 years for a female...

Has anyone else ever heard this before? I mean he is a respected breeder in the area, but I had never ever heard anything like this. I've seen people on here breeding their Pieds at the "normal" ages.

Anyone have any insight?