I had 3 ISA Browns. They were wonderful funny friendly smart chickens, and excellent (basically every day) layers of extra-large brown eggs. Unfortunately in the first year, year and a half, I lost two of them to internal laying type issues, and the third seems to be going that way too now, not yet two years old
I won't be getting them again. But I sure did like them, and hope that Maryanne, the last survivor, can hang on a while longer even though she's no longer laying and is clearly not right.
Note that this is just a sample size of 3, and only one line of sex-links -- I have heard of plenty other people having much better luck, longevity wise, with sexlinks.
Pat
Note that this is just a sample size of 3, and only one line of sex-links -- I have heard of plenty other people having much better luck, longevity wise, with sexlinks.
Pat