old chickens

Hello everyone, I hate to come on here thinking of the grave future but we started off with 6 hens and after 10 years of love and loss were down to two. Im not trying to wish death on either but I know one day theres only going to be one left. It would hurt my family watching her get...

Hi! I have a mixed age+breed flock. My 4 older hens are going on 3 years old. My 6 young hens are about 6 months old. While my young hens are off wandering around, scratching, walking all over kingdom come, my older hens just like to sit most of the time (haha). They walk around a bit, then...

Okay so i have 3 big problems rn. So I went to collect the eggs and noticed my 10 year old barred rock chicken combs was in a weird position on the ground, looking very tired, breathing irregular, and the position she had was almost like she wanted to lay an egg. Her crop was empty so I took...

Hello all, I have been a silent fan of Backyard Chickens for six years, when I first became a chicken owner. I had three chickens until a few days ago, a Rhode Island Red (Eleanor), a Barred Rock (Iggy), and a Polish (Simone). My girls were best friends and I genuinely believe that there was no...

I have lots of birds, and the reason I'm posting this as a thread is because I want people to ask questions and learn with me. :) My flock consists of: -A Rhode Island Red (Big Mama) -An Ameraucana (Blondie Jr.) - A Wyandotte (Speckles) - A White Leghorn( See my thread "Sick Leghorn. Help?" to...

I've got an old hen, Lady Gaga, who's almost 8 years old. I didn't realize something was wrong until tonight, when I went to shut up the chickens. She was sitting in the corner of the coop underneath the roost. Even though she's old, she has never failed to get up on the roost until tonight. I...

The babies are around 5 months and at first we thought it was the young males trying to establish a pecking order but then noticed they were all going after an old female. Not sure if turkeys try to kill off older turkeys as an evolutionary thing? Thanks for any info!

I've got 3 remaining girls of what was a 5 girl flock (lost 2 this year) and 2 of them don't lay at all any more and 1 lays maybe every other day. They're still healthy, sweet girls but I can't keep them around if they're not producing - I live in downtown atlanta and just don't have the space...

Today I walked out to the coop to find Val, my eight year old hen, limp in a pile of dirt. From what I can tell, it looks like her comb was pecked at and ripped off by the other chickens. Crusted blood is all over her face, and coming out of her nose... She is also having balance and vision...

My Roo is nearly 10 years old and i would like to offer him a little help by clipping/ trimming his spurs. He has slowed down quite a bit and seems to struggle walking as he is tripping himself up. Just wondering if anyone in/near Cumming GA with experience would donate some time to me to...

We had four chickens. Then three. Then two. Now one. They've mostly died of old age. We have one left and we worry that she will be lonely. We have two options: 1. We are able to get four 10 month old chickens this weekend but we wonder about how they will treat her. She has a limp but is...

I currently have 9 full grown chickens and would love to get more. I plan on getting some more baby chicks soon but I have a few questions. All 9 currently live in the same cage and when I get more chicks soon, i plan on keeping them separate for atleast 3 months. One of my questions is, what...

In the past 2 months I have lost my 3 oldest chickens, all 4-5 years old. They all get to moving very slow, look "COLD," keep their necks/head tucked in, walk around real slow. They do eat and drink, but eventually they end up having to be put down because they have nasty poop all over their...

I've always wanted to know how old other peoples chickens got. I'd like to know how old your oldest chickens ever was and how old your oldest is in your current flock. Mine is 8 years old.