ISA-Brown page. :)))))))

[Scrambles55]

So I have heard that most ISA Browns live short lives because of health problems. Also they don't lay very long. Is that stuff true?

I do not have ISA, but I did have RSL hens. They passed before the age of two. They were great egg layers and that I what caused their demise.

 

[TheChips]

I have heard them live up to 5 years. Mine are only 8 months old and I hope my 3 girls live to be 3-5 id feel so blessed. We never know how long our animals have so I treat them so well , while theyre around
My isa chickens are my diamonds

 

[chickenboy190]

I have heard them live up to 5 years. Mine are only 8 months old and I hope my 3 girls live to be 3-5 id feel so blessed. We never know how long our animals have so I treat them so well , while theyre around
My isa chickens are my diamonds

Oh okay. Yeah I would also!

 

[chickenboy190]

I do not have ISA, but I did have RSL hens. They passed before the age of two. They were great egg layers and that I what caused their demise.

Oh okay thanks!

 

[TheChips]

I looked back a few pages and I love all of your isa brown photos thats for sharing!

I think its great you rescued those 8 hens theyre beautiful and look so sweet.

After my isas are gone i was thinking about adopting chickens that were either neglected, owners can no longer keep them etc. I want my coop to be a safe place for the ones who dont have a good home

 

[chickenboy190]

I looked back a few pages and I love all of your isa brown photos thats for sharing!

I think its great you rescued those 8 hens theyre beautiful and look so sweet.

After my isas are gone i was thinking about adopting chickens that were either neglected, owners can no longer keep them etc. I want my coop to be a safe place for the ones who dont have a good home

I never rescued any. lol If you were talking to me that is.

 

[TheChips]

chickenboy a few pages back someone rescued 8 isa hens. I was saying thats amazing of them to do that

 

[chickenboy190]

chickenboy a few pages back someone rescued 8 isa hens. I was saying thats amazing of them to do that

Yeah I know but it seemed like you were talking to me.

 

[cmom]

Dummy here... what does ISA stand for??

ISA stands for Institut de Sélection Animale, the company which developed the hybrid in 1978 for egg production as a battery hen.

So I have heard that most ISA Browns live short lives because of health problems. Also they don't lay very long. Is that stuff true?

I have some that are around 5 years old. They only lay maybe 2 or 3 eggs weekly.

 

[nicalandia]

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Not really, what happens is that they force them to lay about 330 eggs per year, this can take a toll on any chickens if they were able to do the same feat.. now add to that the fact most of their lives is spent on small cages, then you may short the lives of any bird, now if you were to give them the chance to live normal chicken lives, they would live as long as normal chickens hens do, but I hardly see a 2 year old hen(except mine) living that long, they go to freezer camp sooner than that..