My oldest so far was 9. I currently have a couple of 8 year old buff Orpingtons and a few 7 year olds bantam cochins and d'uccle. I find about half mine pass around 4 years of age, the other half goes on to live 6 plus.
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A chicken living 16 years? O.O That's longer than some dogs and cats live!I got my first batch of five chickens when I was five, from hatching them out in our Kindergarten class. One of those from the original batch, Little Peep, survived through predator attacks, free ranging, winters, you name it. She eventually died when I was in high school at age 11. I've had others live to be around 7 or so but none that old. Interestingly enough, she never went broody until she was around 10 or so and hatched herself a young one, though not from her own egg which she would lay about once per week. Maybe she felt her time was near and had to become a mother finally hahah. She laid light blue eggs so my best guess is she was an Ameraucana or Easter Egger. I believe Matilda was the oldest living chicken on record, living to be 16. The important part of that sentence being "on record" who knows how long they can really live.
I was wondering how long a CCX rooster would live and how big it would get, if you didn't process it at at 9 weeks.