Will she lay again?

[Fierlin1182]

One of my hens' third birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks. She stopped laying about a year ago and occasionally still squeezes one out. Is it worth keeping her, do you think?

 

[pgpoultry]

What sort of hen is she? It sounds as though she is at the end of her egg-laying days.

If she is a brown egg laying type, she almost certainly is (though I have a 5.5 year old Warren that lays most days.....but she's a clucking miracle!).

 

[kidcody]

It depends if you don't mind having a egg every once in a while. She will only get slower (laying) as she ages.

 

[Fierlin1182]

I have no idea what breed she is! We got them all from a feed store, they look like mutts to me. She's been laying at an egg-a-day rate for two years though.

 

[PtldChick]

Can you post a picture for us?

 

[Fred's Hens]

This is a management decision. Some hens never lay well and are culled earlier on. Some begin to slack toward the end of year 2 and are culled.
Some folks here at BYC feed their pets until a natural death. This is pretty much the dividing line between livestock, valued mind you, but livestock and pets. You'll have to make the decision as to that demarcation.