The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: MiriMaran on March 18, 2010, 09:11:38 pm
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As the subject says - how old is your oldest hen? Mine is a sprightly 4 years old.
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My oldest is the 9 year old ex-batt. We once had a Pekin bantie cock that lived until he was 12 !! He was buried with full chicken honours, under the magnolia tree in the garden. :chook:
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I was told that ex batts rarely live longer than 3 years, because of the stress of their earlier lives, so hearing about a nine year old ex batt is fantastic! ;D
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I think she must be super hen - all the others (19) that we re-homed at the same time, died long ago. Some to the fox, but mostly just dropped off their perch during the night.
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We had 15 ex-batts 2 years ago and now have only 2. The same really, fox, unexplained deaths, dog attacks. Its not a good record is it?
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I got six in October 2008, then another four last year, only got 7 now, one died, hester got another, a third disappeared. Wonder if they keep a frecord at BHWT, maybe they won't give me any more :'( :'( So mine aren't old, but I have a duck aged 9 still laying too. ::)
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i know someone who has a 11 year old laying, and still fertile Scots Dumpy,
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Good grief!
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Some of my ex batts are over 3 years old, so I consider them to be doing well.
Until recently I had three bantam hens, a mother and her two daughters. The mother lived until 16, and the daughters 14 and 15. I had one called Betty bantam a few years ago and she too made it to 16. They all carried on laying until they were about 11.
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Wow