HOW OLD IS YOUR OLDEST CHICKEN AND HOW MANY EGGS DO YOU STILL GET

[SpottedCrow]

Obelisk is 5. She lays an egg almost every day from March to July.

 

[DDRanch]

My beautiful and sweet Mary Virginia is 5 and I get a blue egg pretty consistently every day. Right now she is moulting so she is laying about 4 a week.

 

[Malbri]

My black sex link hen lived to be 8 years old and laid every summer regularly, but winter production definetly slowed down more each year

 

[Chicabee19]

My beautiful and sweet Mary Virginia is 5 and I get a blue egg pretty consistently every day. Right now she is moulting so she is laying about 4 a week.

WOW -- dd... that is an amazing bird! What kind is it?​

 

[crazy huhn]

Great, that sounds like many more years to come for my girls.

Are there particular breeds getting older than others, laying more eggs than others when getting older?

 

[claud]

I have a hen that is about 9 years old. She lays an egg almost every day in the summer. Her egg is a bit strange looking but perfectly good to eat.
She's a Rhode Island Red(production type most likely).

 

[CottageChicken22]

AMAZING!! I thought hens stopped laying at around 2 years old!!!! LOL, you learn something new everyday, huh?

 

[TheNewMrsEvans]

Seems like the SLWs laid the longest. Strong for 5yrs, then a few a week for another two yrs. The BJGs slowed down at like 3 yrs of age...slackers! But I had one live to 13yrs so that's ok with me! I keep them forever, even if they are retired. They are pets first! Egg-makers next...

 

[CottageChicken22]

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AMEN!!

 

[SpottedCrow]

Same here...it's like when it starts getting light by 6...when Obelisk starts laying again, the spring is coming..,LOL