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Brown Leghorns, will lay the longest and live the longestWondering what the longest living chicken breeds are and who lays most eggs out of them? I’ve got mostly red sexlinks and I’ve been told they don’t live long And is that true?
These two traits work completely against each other. As @Folly's place mentioned, high egg production generally equates to a shorter life.Wondering what the longest living chicken breeds are and who lays most eggs out of them?
Yes, they tend not to live long do to being engineered for high production.I’ve got mostly red sexlinks and I’ve been told they don’t live long And is that true?
Would you be willing to share where you got your cubalayas originally?I had a black Cubalaya hen that lived to be 17 years old, she laid eggs consistently until she was 14 years old. At 14 she laid 11 eggs and at 15 she only laid 7, enough to go broody once and at 16 she laid only 4 eggs, none being fertile. I have a granddaughter from her that is 9 years old and several great grands that are 4+ years old and still going strong. They lay 3-4 eggs a week if you keep taking them away consistently. Some lines are not as good as others, especially the ones that have been show lines for 10+ years. I have 2 hens and one rooster that are 9 years old. The rooster was not fertile in 2021, but was fully fertile in 2020.