Bessemer lays claim to world’s oldest chicken
Matilda, a [14-year-old] bantam hen in Bessemer who has been a prop in the magic act of “Mort the Mystifying and Donna” for years, recently was designated as the World’s Oldest Living Chicken. She has a letter and a certificate from Guinness World Records to prove it.
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[Donna] Barton noted also that Matilda receives the best of care and is petted and pampered and even tucked in at night.
“Most chickens live outside and put up with the cold, wind,’coons,’possums. … I don’t know if that chicken ever hits dirt,” she said.
9 Responses
Matthew Heidecker
25|Mar|2005 1I belive that hens should be looked aftered like dogs or cats. I have just have built a new hen house with lights, fans , frig and a tv. Also last year i had a hen hamed blacky which lived to a age of 12 years of age. If we did this I bet hens will live well over 10 years of age.
alice
18|Dec|2005 2my chicken (meg) is turning 10 in april 2006. she stays out in the cold she is a very tough chicken, she hasnt aged one bit and may well live to 18!!!
fay
05|Feb|2006 3i dont know exact age of my chicken but m sure my chicken age will be round about 12-13 years.i take care of it and i love my chicken.
Steve
12|Mar|2006 4I have a banny chicken that will be 19 years old in July 2006. My neighbors had her for 9 years. I had her for 10 years.
Cassandra
02|Jun|2006 5My dad had chickens since he moved in his house about 10 years ago. He has one chicken left that will be 9 in about 2 weeks in the middle of June, and she is still Laying EGGS!!!! This is amazing, everyone I have talked to says they have never heard of this Anyone have any comments on this please let me hear them. candyloveskisses2003@yahoo.com
Tony
18|Jul|2006 6I had a chicken; a white-legged horn rooster actually, that took over the world once. His plans for world-domination began early in life but quickly turned into an obsession that he dedicated his life to. Unfortunately, he was gunned down by the FBI when he attacked the White House.
haley
10|Dec|2007 7I have a hen she will be 9 this coming year her name is francis. I got her full grown from my sister in 2000. she had her a year. I don’t know what kind of hen she is i can’t seem to find another like her hope i will soon. oh and my sister’s boss found francis walking on a busy highway and stopped to pick her up. lol so she might be older
Krystal.s.m
15|Jan|2008 8my hen Linka is teh most beaytyfull hen i hav seen.
i saved her from the chop when i was 4 and we have been best friends since. i am 15 at the moment 16 next month and she was about a year old when she found me so im havin a guess at 10-12. she has out lived all her fiends and sadly out lived her babies to : (
she lives in a tree and sometimes when its cold i put her in the chicken hutt *she prefers the tree*
she still likes to sit on nests in hope of haveing a baby again (she cannot have her own but she is a great mother.) im glad to know mi best friend is liveing a long and happy life.
Thanks
Krystal
st.krissi@hotmail.com
Korie
22|Apr|2008 9I have a silky that is going to be 15 this year and she has stayed outside, in a cage obviously, with the raccoons, possums, wild cats etc her whole life. She is the only one left out of my grandfather’s “original” flock.
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