The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: AndrewMBaines on August 24, 2012, 10:05:12 am
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We started keeping chickens a little over 8 years ago with a random selection of 6 hens from an acquaintance.
They weren't all new then, not really sure how old they were.
One of them is still alive, so she's close to 9 years old. Last year, she would have funny turns and fall over for 5 minutes, so we assumed we'd lose her when the weather turned cold. This hasn't happened at all this year, so looks like she's still going!
Anyone got any older?
Andrew
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Someone came to me to get some Cuckoo Marans. His last one had just died at over 12 :o
I said "I expect she hadn't laid for years" "No" was the reply "She was laying the occasional egg until a couple of weeks before she died"
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We had a Black Rock that was over 10 years old when she finally went off her legs and had to be dispatched. :'(
Bless her.
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A friend of mine recently had to have Noodles put to sleep - she was 14 and had been a wonderful broody once her laying days were over :bouquet: