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deanojul67
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 Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 9:44 pm Post subject: 2 How long's?? |
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| Here I am again, with another couple of question's, I'm wondering how long i can expect a hen to lay for,? and also in turn how long would a chicken live for if allowed to die naturally? |
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George
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Hiya
Hens can carry on laying eggs for most of their life, however, the number of eggs laid would fall dramatically as she gets older, so if she's laying 5 eggs a week at 2 years, she might just lay 1 egg a week by the time she is 4 years old.
Hens can live to 8 - 10 years depending on the breed |
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Deb_Moderator
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| Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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What he said.  |
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CP
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:03 am Post subject: |
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A friend of mine has a hen which is about 13 years old, but she doesn't lay anymore!  |
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jaydee67
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:08 am Post subject: |
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| Our oldest is just over 3 - that's how long since we hatched our first chicks! However it is one of only 3 left from our original 8 hens. |
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deanojul67
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:14 pm Post subject: |
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| teenage hens wow, so jaydee have all the others died of natural causes?? |
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jaydee67
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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| yep - but don't ask me what! |
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deanojul67
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:57 pm Post subject: lol |
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| lol did they taste OK?? |
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