Penelope is 7 and I am sure she won’t lay anymore eggs, I haven’t seen her lay one since last Fall when I tried hatching that precious one of hers. But I have not seen Mr P interested in her so I am betting she isn’t fertile anymore. Dorothy will be her only chick.
I have not seen Mr P breeding Larry but her back is dirty like he has been planting his feet there so I have hopes. She is 6 this year same as the other of my niece’s hens.
The other day I notices red feathers everywhere and thought they had been scraping, but today when I was trimming butts I noticed that Sharpie is in the midst of going bald with a moult - holy Dinah! I have never seen such a thing! Of course I have never seen such a mild winter either! I am stopping her calcium as I haven’t seen an egg from her in a bit. Come to think of it, I haven’t seen one from Raven or Larry either. Though, Larry does sit in her favourite nest box for a few hours in the morning.
Past couple days I see that Sophia has laid a lovely egg, she will be 6 this year. Blanche also, but I have not seen an egg from her in a while.
Gosh all my ladies are getting so old! Even my original girls Fluffy, Henny and Curly will be 3 along with Marty. I wonder how old silkies generally live. And when they stop laying.