Longest living chicken breed?

[troyer]

Would you be willing to share where you got your cubalayas originally?

The oldest black hen 17 years old came from Claus Twisselman (now deceased). I have a 10 year old grand daughter from her that has two chicks this year. They came from various breeders, some from South Carolina, a few places in Pennsylvania, New York, Washington and 28 years ago from Marti poultry which was a hatchery at the time. Also 22 years ago I had gotten some from Cackle hatchery, but they were unthrifty and none of them lived past two years. I have them in standard fowl and bantams. For the first two years they lay well if you keep taking the eggs. They are broody and want to hatch eggs. They also lay eggs in the winter which seems to be unique to the breed and is a good trait. Where I live it's not practical to have chicks in the winter if the hen wants to care for them. It's not unusual for us to have -10 degrees here in the winter and sometimes -20. We can also go to private message for further discussion on leads for who to contact.

 

[LabMomma]

Deathlayers they lay until they die. And they are so pretty!!! When a bird dies depends on the care the birds gets and how many eggs they produce. Lace my silver laced sebright is spoiled and she lays 2-3 times a week. She is 8 years old!
Deathlayer is the first picture. Lace is molting right now and she is in the second.

Beautiful chickens!

 

[Ashes15]

The oldest black hen 17 years old came from Claus Twisselman (now deceased). I have a 10 year old grand daughter from her that has two chicks this year. They came from various breeders, some from South Carolina, a few places in Pennsylvania, New York, Washington and 28 years ago from Marti poultry which was a hatchery at the time. Also 22 years ago I had gotten some from Cackle hatchery, but they were unthrifty and none of them lived past two years. I have them in standard fowl and bantams. For the first two years they lay well if you keep taking the eggs. They are broody and want to hatch eggs. They also lay eggs in the winter which seems to be unique to the breed and is a good trait. Where I live it's not practical to have chicks in the winter if the hen wants to care for them. It's not unusual for us to have -10 degrees here in the winter and sometimes -20. We can also go to private message for further discussion on leads for who to contact.

I would really appreciate some leads on where to get some Cubalayas in the future! We enjoy the eggs, but we keep chickens primarily as pets and we've lost most of our birds before 2 years old, which is heartbreaking. We lost one of our only two 5-year-olds a few months ago, and something is up with the other one. All hatchery birds, but I haven't been able to find a good source that is breeding for health and longevity. We just got a few chicks for this year, so I can't get any more right now. However, I would love to know for the future and it sounds like this could be a great breed for us. Please feel free to send me a direct message!

 

[troyer]

Here is a whole thread dedicated to the Cubalaya breed.https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/cubalaya-thread-for-sharing-pics-and-discussing-our-birds.352331/