Poll - how old is your oldest chicken?

[steffenbsd]

Youngest:1 year 4 months.
Middle:2 years 4 months.
Eldest:8 years, 5 months.And still laying!

What breed is still laying at 8? Probably just a very special hen but that's amazing!

 

[Cluckcluck1215]

What breed is still laying at 8? Probably just a very special hen but that's amazing!

My BR hen!Shes amazing, I love her so much.
(Warning:Most BR's are over spoiled nasty little brats to other chickens though )

 

[BantyChooks]

My oldest bird is eight and a half.

 

[vachick15]

My BR hen!Shes amazing, I love her so much.
(Warning:Most BR's are over spoiled nasty little brats to other chickens though )

Strange, Olympe seems perfectly fine to me and my other girls.

 

[aart]

I eat them before they hit 4yo.

 

[BirdHead]

I eat them before they hit 4yo.

A whole chicken don't cost but 2-3$ these days @ the grocer

 

[aart]

A whole chicken don't cost but 2-3$ these days @ the grocer

I slaughter old hens and extra cockerels every year as part of replenishing laying production.
Has nothing to do with the cost of grocery whole fryer....and actually the last one I bought was between $5-6.

 

[BirdHead]

I slaughter old hens and extra cockerels every year as part of replenishing laying production.
Has nothing to do with the cost of grocery whole fryer....and actually the last one I bought was between $5-6.

You're also a northerner, complete opposite sides of the states and prices on everything. And I know, just saying ones cheaper then the other.

How's the cockerels taste? What month do you eat them at and I assume it's best for chicken tenders?

 

[Michele Chiles]

6-12 weeks

 

[aart]

You're also a northerner, complete opposite sides of the states and prices on everything. And I know, just saying ones cheaper then the other.

How's the cockerels taste? What month do you eat them at and I assume it's best for chicken tenders?

Probably cost me about $3 to grow them from chicks.
They taste great, not much meat tho...nothing compared to a grocery bird.
I slaughter cockerels at 13-16 weeks, still tender enough to grill for that crispy skinned goodness-grilled bones make great stock and before they start trouble trying to mount then girls. Old hens are taken, and stewed only, in fall after pullets start laying and before winter hits hard.