I'm the same - I have a bunch of pensioners! They might lay an egg now and then. I like to think they are a stabilizing force in the flock hierarchy. None of the young ones mess around with the matriarchs - they put them in their places.
That is about the most beautiful bird I ever saw. She is a tower of golden loveliness!
Frithest - You are so nice to say so! I love her - would love to have more like her! She came from Mt. Healthy, via a local feed store several years ago. I got a couple more from Mt. Healthy a year ago and...
Here's one of mine, with one of the chicks (not hers) that she hatched a few years ago. I still have her - she is "Momma Hen." She was a fabulous mother. There are 8 more chicks under her that we can't see!
Her she is with more chicks out and about.
I love GLWs too - they were the first...