I have an eight year-old hen, Hannah Banana and she laid an egg today.
Yes, I know this seems impossible, but she did.
I have seven chickens here in Palo Alto, so I thought she had stopped laying years ago.
Being a "back-yard" suburban lady, all my chickens are my pets and they die from old age or disease. I protect them like crazy.
Hannah Banana is my sweet heart and I didn't care that she got old, but she is very healthy--she runs around, eats, cleans herself and appears
to be as healthy as the two-year olds.
Occasionaly she sits on the nest and even gets broody. However, today I saw her sitting on an empty nest while I was in the chicken yard doing my routine chores of cleaning out the water resevoirs, food dishes, etc. When I finally finished she got up from the nest and there was an egg! I know no one else was in the coop!!!! It was hers.
Amazing. Any comments from others out there?
Geri in Palo Alto
Yes, I know this seems impossible, but she did.
I have seven chickens here in Palo Alto, so I thought she had stopped laying years ago.
Being a "back-yard" suburban lady, all my chickens are my pets and they die from old age or disease. I protect them like crazy.
Hannah Banana is my sweet heart and I didn't care that she got old, but she is very healthy--she runs around, eats, cleans herself and appears
to be as healthy as the two-year olds.
Occasionaly she sits on the nest and even gets broody. However, today I saw her sitting on an empty nest while I was in the chicken yard doing my routine chores of cleaning out the water resevoirs, food dishes, etc. When I finally finished she got up from the nest and there was an egg! I know no one else was in the coop!!!! It was hers.
Amazing. Any comments from others out there?
Geri in Palo Alto