Wow, 8? I have one that still lays at 7.5 years, and 3 Polish that lay at 7 years. One's a JG, and who would thought that Polish would still be laying?
Do you still have Caroline?
I've been thinking of this thread lately because I have (had) a sweet hen that wanted to be picked up all the time and now she flogs me all the time. If I pick her up she pecks at me a lot. If I put her down she won't leave my side. Go figure. And she talks up a storm the whole time.
Well you still have a lot of birds! I think I'm down to 32. Mine are all skinny too, and molting. I actually do have a bantam! Well, it's from a bantam hen and a Blue Jersey. As a 4 week old chick, I found her wandering in the yard, and to me that meant "finder's keepers". I thought you...