Geoid Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 How many years do hens lay for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starboyhull Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 From what I have read they can lay from 18 weeks to about 10 years, although I think you have to be lucky for them to be still alive at that age..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken deficient Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Ooo! i did lots of reading about that: All hens are born with a similar number of eggs-to-be in them, so, if you have a hen that fires eggs out like a semi-automatic machine gun, then they will run out really quickly, so I think some hybrids only lay for two years or so, whilst a hen that lays eggs on a part-time basis could keep going for a decade (erratically). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutechicky Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Depends on the breed of chicken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
