Lights and Total Lifetime Egg Count

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Most of mine are done by 5-7 years old with an occasional egg after that.

 

[RonP]

I have a 9+ Buff Orpington that will lay an occasional egg. Her eggs are very thin shelled and rarely make it out of the nest.

I also have a 9+ Booted Bearded Millei Fleur Feather Legged Bantam that laid over a dozen hard shelled small eggs last year.

Both birds were raised together as chicks. Both still seem healthy and happy.

I have several 8+ Reds and Rocks that are still occasionally laying, but I have no idea which ones or how often. I can tell when an older hen lays though. Their eggs are "different".

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I have a 9+ Buff Orpington that will lay an occasional egg. Her eggs are very thin shelled and rarely make it out of the nest.

I also have a 9+ Booted Bearded Millei Fleur Feather Legged Bantam that laid over a dozen hard shelled small eggs last year.

Both birds were raised together as chicks. Both still seem healthy and happy.

I have several 8+ Reds and Rocks that are still occasionally laying, but I have no idea which ones or how often. I can tell when an older hen lays though. Their eggs are "different".

They do look like old hen eggs.

 

[RonP]

They do look like old hen eggs.

I like to describe them as having "character" as they stand out from the rest...

 

[Upontheroost]

Check out the YouTube video I just posted. I'll show you how I got the chickens to lay eggs after they went on strike!