MJ's little flock

[Shadrach]

I’m sure an old chicken needs more time to recover than a young chicken. But not many chicken owners have chickens old enough to compare them with people of older/old age. Many people think a 5 yo hen is old. But knowing they exceptional can get 20 years old (like 105 in human age) and they can lay eggs until 10 yo (fertility of woman stops at 40 - 55) put a 5 yo hen in another perspective.

Following such a scale, the 5 yo chickens are still quite young and my 10 yo chickens are about middle aged.

Looking at their early development you get another picture. Mature at about 6 months old is normal for a hen. Humans are still children at 2.5-3 years old. Or should we count the embryo phase too?

No sense scale:
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1=5.2
5=26
10= 52
20 = 104

It is very difficult to scale due to the accelerated growth and learning curve in the first year. One past that I think it's around 7 chicken years t 1 of ours.
I haven't read any recent statistics on the subject, but not that long a go 10 years old was a good age for dual purpose breeds (heavier birds) and 12 years old for bantam breeds.

 

[BY Bob]

That would mean I have 3 100+ yo hens, measured in human lives.

Inbreeding sure is not beneficial for longevity.

Today I saw Pearl (black Dutch) jump-fly on the coop and run. Humans definitely cant when they reach . And both 10 yo black Dutch laid eggs last year.

That's amazing. Eggs at 10. Wow!

Split the difference, what does 7.5 look like.......

Revised No sense scale:
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1=7.5
5=37.5
10= 75
20 = 150

 

[BY Bob]

I'm going back to my earlier comment that I don't think there's a reliable correlation between people and chickens.

I think you are correct.