School hatching project

[Erinnlyn]

My Orpington rooster was an absolute darling, we lost him to neighbor dogs last year sadly, but I was able to hatch out a son of his and he is just as wonderful! My hens are completely smitten with him. His sister was also a very sweet lady while we had her. She did have something against buttons on pants, and would desperately try to rid your jeans of buttons, but other than that she was a complete sweety pie!!

I have an 11 year old cream legbar cross hen, and she is a lovely old gal. We adopted her in her senior years not expecting any production from her. She is my only experience with the breed, so take what I say with a grain of salt, but if I could duplicate her I would. She is turning 12 this year, and last spring was STILL giving us eggs. I couldn't believe my eyes!

Oh wow, almost 12! That is pretty amazing in itself, and she still lays! Very amazing. We just lost our sweet old roo a few months ago and he was 9. I got him as a 5 year old. I think he would have lived longer if the previous owner hadn't had him on layer feed his entire 5 years she had him. Very, very hard on a roosters internal organs. But we were glad to have him as long as we did. My profile picture is him. Thanks for sharing your info on yours!

 

[thecatumbrella]

My friendlier one likes his attention so much that he sinks down, closes his eyes, and starts to lay on his side while being petted. He'll also do a peck grab behavior at my arm which means, hey I want more attentions please! Lol

That is adorable!

I think he would have lived longer if the previous owner hadn't had him on layer feed his entire 5 years she had him.

Wow, how unfortunate is that. I'm sure it happens more often than we think, with people not knowing any better on feed. He was a good looking guy!