How Long Will Chickens Lay Eggs For? Here’s How We Manage Hens Aging On Our Commercial Farm!

[TarkTheWild]

Named all mine. Cant kill em now. Their good pets.

[muffassa]

I never killed my hens, my favorite hen trudie layed eggs till the day she died. She was 17yrs old. All my chickens are buried in my backyard. We still miss them.

[moises.]

I personally keep all my egg layers even when they stop, they always took care of me so ill take care of them

[houndisgone]

We had a hen that was nearly 11 years old, she just recently passed away. Laid and hatched eggs all the way up until a couple months before she passed away. She was a good hen, miss her a lot.

[nikribble]

We had a female duck show up on her own to our little farm, so we kept her and started taking care of her, but months went by and she never laid an egg. My husband said "if she doesn't lay an egg by Christmas, she's gonna be Christmas dinner" laid her first egg on Christmas Eve 😂 I had to name her Lucky after that

[countrygirlxo]

Older hens tend to make good adoptive mothers ❤ they will take care of ducklings, kittens, even puppies sometimes. That’s why the saying is “mother hen.”

[lazaruswoods]

Just bought chicka today for eggs. When they stop producing, they'll be pets. After feeding my family, the least I can do is let them live their remaining days in peace. ❤

[bellasu]

We have chickens and my tough grumpy husband who grew up on a farm where they raised and grew their own food was always like “I’ll never make one a pet as well eat it”… yeah tell that to “chickpea” his pet chicken he’s rescued from predators and sneaks inside for treats as she answers to her name and he lets her ride in the truck with him or just Picks her up for snuggles because he loves her. One time she went missing and this man walked inside carrying her while crying because he had thought she was dead. It was so adorable and proved my point that unless we are absolutely starving and need to feed our children the chicken is going to live forever.

[slimeblitz]

Nah she pulled an egg out of the dead chicken like it was a mystery item 😭

[eldongee]

I got an 11 year old red that still lays 3 a week

[blaisejacques]

"Hello Ms. Chicken, thank you for agreeing to this meeting on such short notice. Now we all know you have been the best egg layer for 4 years in a row now, and this company appreciates all that you have done, however, you have aged and no longer are a contributing chicken. Therefore, we have taken the liberty to book you a 6pm appointment with the butcher, the swing of his ax will be swift and hopefully painless. Thank you again, we will hang a bronze plaque in honor of you in the CEOs office." -American Corporation

[jenniferwilson]

They deserve better after a lifetime of service.

[leannsixberry]

I had a red hen that layed eggs for me for 14 years! 🐣🥚

[soldtheark]

I’d never kill my hens when they retire I’d let them live on as grandma chickens.

[lennyj]

For me, my chickens
are more than eggs. They're my girls ❤

[BlindTom]

The chicken industry and the pork industry are the cruelest things in the world.

[canseeu]

I have a 14 year old black sex link. She laid eggs up to the age of ten. She has definitely earned the right to retire with us and just do nothing but forge for bugs. Even old chicken are useful.. she gives us lots of manure and she even teaches the younger chickens how to get along.

[Flat_Cat_edits]

I named my chicken “Rotisserie” thinking it was going to be a meal but now she like my dog 😂

[rm]

I don't have the heart! They've given us so much they deserve a good retirement.

[musical_costumer]

I loved how you went from "look at my cool cute chickens" to "mm dinner"