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Well....I had one 12 year old lay 10 eggs this summer! I was a amazed! The others seemed to stop laying around 8-10 years old. Occasionally, they will lay a few eggs during the summer-they were smaller eggs but the shells were perfect. Remember, chickens weren't bred for long lives -they...

I've got a 5 that are 12 years old. I don't normally feed my chickens like I do these old girls. My young chickens who are laying get Purina Layer feed plus a rare tidbits. When my old gals started to falter I put them in a senior pen and experimented on what to feed them. The key is to not...

So sorry. I feed my old girls a mixture of wild bird seed and thawed frozen veggies and lots of natural forage such as clover that I pick for them. In the summer I add cantaloupe and other watery fruit. The key is to NOT OVER FEED them.

It's emotionally draining trying to nurse sick animals. They don't understand what's going on and their instinct is to struggle. I take it as a good sign when they resist being handled, it means they have some fight left in them. With my older hens who are ill, I want to respect them by not...

Let us know how she does!

https://vetericyn.com/blog/signs-and-symptoms-of-bumblefoot-in-chickens/#:~:text=For%20mild%20cases%20of%20bumblefoot,to%20remove%20the%20dead%20tissue.

That looks like bumblefoot. https://the-chicken-chick.com/bumblefoot-causes-treatment-warning/