How old are they and how many do you get out of them?
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WOW, after 20 years of 4 eggs a week she deserved a break! And then 3 more years, WOW I had no idea a chicken could live that long and still be productive!!! About everyone around here culls before 5 YO, but this just shows you how taking good care of your bird will pay off! This gives me hope on some old girls that I picked up in bad shape. Their feathers were dull and ragged, their combs were almost completely white, all the "food" was egg layer pellets. I am not sure they had ever left the hen house! The girls are now shinny, their combs are red, (still needs improvement) and they have started to get up early and roam the yard a bit, staying up almost as long as the young birds and Big Red (my Roo) is paying attention to 2 of them now. I was told they were 3 1/2 YO, but I think they are more likely 5, at least the 1 gal, she is the matriarch and leads them around as if she is the roo calling to them when she finds something. I have never seen such large ankles on a chicken! (she's a mute)Oldest hens I had was a pair of Black Australorp, the one hen died at 18 yrs old with severe arthritis, she only laid an egg or two a week and rather just be mother to other hens chicks. The other hen lived til she was 23 yo, she laid about 4 eggs a week until she hit 20, then just 1 or 2 a week.
My oldest hens now are 2 mutt hens(old english, leghorn and who knows what X) that I got 10 yrs ago, they were 2+ yrs old when I got them, my most reliable broodies and they still lay me 4 or more eggs a week.