malcolm Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 We have a Miss pepperpot coming up to 8 years old. Still lays 4/5 times a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzys-hens Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 (edited) We have a Miss pepperpot coming up to 8 years old. Still lays 4/5 times a week. wow that is a mighty age, we have only had one die so far and we think she was 3 Edited September 2, 2011 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatalieC Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Thats an amazing age - we lost our lovely Shirley last week, aged 5 and I thought that was pretty good going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 That's pretty good going . I've lost 3 and they were all round about 3 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vickichicky Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Wow that is good! My neighbours oldest girl is 7 next month & still laying My oldest girl so far was Benni my Ex-Batt who was nearly 5 - so not bad for an Ex-Batt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolm Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 Most of our hens pop off around 3-5 years. this miss pepperpot just keeps going.Bad tempered old lady towards other hens. Dare not put her with the three new gingers that came yesterday with a Cube. Pleased to say Two are already laying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 We have a Miss pepperpot coming up to 8 years old. Still lays 4/5 times a week. I think that is worthy of an Omlet news article or some sort of statement against the Miss Pepperpot Omlet chickens in their shop: 'lives up to 8+ years' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 My oldest hens at the moment are about 15 months old, Ruby was my oldest and she was just over 3 and a half when she went to the big coop in the sky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathybc Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 wow -some really good ages. Hermione will be 5 at the end of the month, amazed for an ex-batt, still get a couple of eggs a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 My oldest hen is ex batt lola, she is three and a half and stil going stong, she's even mellowing a bit a she gerts older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkysmum Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 My ex batt Boris was over 4yrs old when she passed away earlier this year. All my others are quite young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy049 Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Two of our ex-free range hens were just under 3. Ive still got one going, who must be about 3 1/2 now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 We have a Miss pepperpot coming up to 8 years old. Still lays 4/5 times a week. That's marvellous. All my hens have lived 2-4 years, but Chuckles at 7 years is an Omlet from our original pair, still laying. She looks matronly, and bustles around like a mother hen, telling the others when there is food around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TutuTallulah Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 We had a gold spangled hamburg hen who was around 11 years old when she died. She came to me as an adult bird and had been well trodden by a cockerel and had almost no feathers on her back. I had her for 10 years. She was rather mean to most of the others and I never dare introduce new birds so she spent her last few years on her own after she outlived the other hens. When she passed away I said 'that's it - no more' but then I went 'just to look' at some hybrids and the rest, as they say, is history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanTheDiver Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Three of my girls are 2yrs and 3 months, the other three are 19 weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Four of our girls are around 3 and a half and the youngest 4 are 2 and a half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
