Chicken years

[TDubz]

An old Post but I was wondering myself. From what I have found, it varies a little bit by breed of chicken. I put this together based on Buff Orpingtons. This is based on experience, not some scientific formula that I developed.
6 months of age = 12 years of humans age
1 year = 18 years old
1.5 years = 24 years old
2 years = 30
2.5 years = 35
3 years = 40 years old
more of less, after this multiply actual age by 10 and subtract 10. so a 6 year old chicken would be about 50 years old. (6 x 10 = 60, 60-10 = 50)

A 13 year old chicken, though rare, is possible and would be about as possible and rare as a 120 year old human.

That's only if they are laying and putting all that stress in their bodies. It should actually be closer to the same comparison of a small. 10-15 years should be the norm, not the exception. Or an average of 5.33 years has been suggested.

 

[TDubz]

An old Post but I was wondering myself. From what I have found, it varies a little bit by breed of chicken. I put this together based on Buff Orpingtons. This is based on experience, not some scientific formula that I developed.
6 months of age = 12 years of humans age
1 year = 18 years old
1.5 years = 24 years old
2 years = 30
2.5 years = 35
3 years = 40 years old
more of less, after this multiply actual age by 10 and subtract 10. so a 6 year old chicken would be about 50 years old. (6 x 10 = 60, 60-10 = 50)

A 13 year old chicken, though rare, is possible and would be about as possible and rare as a 120 year old human.

That's only if they are laying and putting all that stress in their bodies. It should actually be closer to the same comparison of a small. 10-15 years should be the norm, not the exception. Or an average of 5.33 years has been suggested.

 

[Rortw1]

My oldest hen is 11 years - a buff orpington who raised about three clutches of chicks for us over the years. I guess that means that she is 100 in human years. I think we're losing her this week. She is not well over the past two days, and we're letting her go naturally. She's sitting in our grass in the back yard in the sun. Lovely way to go. We keep sitting with her to comfort her. So sad to see her go.

Read this while in the process of losing our oldest original hatched bird and last one left She is 8.5 years old. I am thinking about getting her euthanized but she is still getting up and around so dont want to cut her life short. She is the sweetest most neurotic bird we have ever had. She loves us and we love her.