How long do Production Red hens live?

[HENS-and-MARES]

The question is simple, how long do production red chickens live?

 

[AltonaAcres]

Well in my experience chickens live around 7-10 years, (they free-range so that can change things), but I do feel chickens bred solely for egg production do have shortened life spans. Our production reds lived about 3-4 years, but they were already who knows how old when we got them. Our white leghorn lived about 5-6 years and we got her as a chick. It depends

 

[Fintechie]

My first batch of 12 (recently lost to 2 bobcats) chickens are reaching 20 months old. I found that the productivity is very poor, esp. for the east eggers. A friend of mine who raised chickens for 10 years told me that chickens after 3 years old are basically not laying at all...

 

[Fintechie]

How long do you keep your chickens?

 

[AltonaAcres]

I keep most of my birds until they die of old age, but some as sell as pets after they stop laying. Mine lay for between 2-5 years.

 

[aart]

The question is simple, how long do production red chickens live?

The answer is simple too, until they die.
Real answer is, there's no hard number of months or years PR bird might live.
too many factors to take into account.
Generally, maybe 2-3 years.

 

[HENS-and-MARES]

I keep mine till death. They are my pets.