The world's oldest chicken!!
A hen named Peanut, from Michigan, USA, is now confirmed to be the world’s oldest living chicken, over two decades after surviving a brush with death when she was abandoned by her mother.
Born in the spring of 2002, Peanut is at least 20 years 304 days old as of 1 March 2023.
She is a bantam breed of chicken - a Belgian d’Uccle/Nankin mix to be specific - raised from birth by Marsi Darwin, a retired librarian.
Bantams are smaller than standard-sized chickens, but are otherwise similar in most respects.
“Peanut is a doddering old lady now but she has had quite a life,” Marsi said.
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We had a neighbor with one Rhode Island Red hen. Her name was Henrietta. She was the last of a flock tended to by the kids... when they WERE kids. God only knows how old she was, but she still laid an egg a day. The neighbors moved and left Henrietta with us. She continued to lay an egg a day until her death around two years later!
ReplyDeleteAwww! So good of you to take her in! Glad she rewarded you with her eggs. RIR's are great birds! Blogger is acting wonky again, won't let me reply as Chickenmom.... sigh....
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