Comments on: The World’s Oldest Chicken http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/ Enough with the excuses. Go vegan. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:49:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Janet Maki http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-13373 Janet Maki Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:17:45 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/#comment-13373 I have a Black Sexlink hen who will be 16 in April. Her name is Grandma and she has been retired from egg laying for sometime now. She goes to preschools and kindergarten classes and loves all the attention. I have a Black Sexlink hen who will be 16 in April. Her name is Grandma and she has been retired from egg laying for sometime now. She goes to preschools and kindergarten classes and loves all the attention.

]]> By: Abe http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-13213 Abe Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:52:19 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/#comment-13213 My chicken, Dovie, a little white Bantam just passed away today at the age of 9 1/2. I have had her since I was 2. She and I loved to swing on the swing set together and walk around the yard. Dovie even had her own feeding spot in our coop. She always had something to say everytime I entered the coop. She will be greatly missed. My chicken, Dovie, a little white Bantam just passed away today at the age of 9 1/2. I have had her since I was 2. She and I loved to swing on the swing set together and walk around the yard. Dovie even had her own feeding spot in our coop. She always had something to say everytime I entered the coop. She will be greatly missed.

]]> By: Ken Wakefield http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-13128 Ken Wakefield Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:20:09 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/#comment-13128 I have 3 bantams hatched beginning October 1995 and they're still laying eggs today. Is this a record? At the moment they are 14 years and 3 months old I have 3 bantams hatched beginning October 1995 and they’re still laying eggs today. Is this a record? At the moment they are 14 years and 3 months old

]]> By: Dennis http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-12590 Dennis Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:52:07 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/#comment-12590 I know a pet shop in holland that a chicken lives and it is an astonashing 18 years old so I am annoyed because the man who owns the chicken does not know I gonna tell him. I know a pet shop in holland that a chicken lives and it is an astonashing 18 years old so I am annoyed because the man who owns the chicken does not know I gonna tell him.

]]> By: chickenlover http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-12385 chickenlover Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:40:45 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/#comment-12385 I have a five y.o. RI Red named Walter. He has ten children, seven remaining. Three are roosters and four are hens. Walter watches over a flock of twenty five chickens. He is loved by all, neighbors of course. I have a five y.o. RI Red named Walter. He has ten children, seven remaining. Three are roosters and four are hens. Walter watches over a flock of twenty five chickens. He is loved by all, neighbors of course.

]]> By: Krystal S.M http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-12200 Krystal S.M Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:02:38 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/#comment-12200 Kat, im sorry for your loss, sadly they all decide to leave us at some point. id just gotten over the loss of my best friend "linka" who was arounf 12, and i found a baby chick outside my door, and the mother just roosted and left it out on the ground, naturaly i put the wee thing in a box wiht a hot waterbottle and brought him/her to school wiht me, we named him/her "nugget/peep" and id nurtured the wee thing til it was time to leave the house (3 months) and roost on its own. turs out it was a she and last night my dad had to put her down when i was at work because she had fallen realy sick, so gutted. i hope we all take care of our chickens, no matter how old they are. Kris XX Kat, im sorry for your loss, sadly they all decide to leave us at some point.
id just gotten over the loss of my best friend “linka” who was arounf 12, and i found a baby chick outside my door, and the mother just roosted and left it out on the ground, naturaly i put the wee thing in a box wiht a hot waterbottle and brought him/her to school wiht me, we named him/her “nugget/peep” and id nurtured the wee thing til it was time to leave the house (3 months) and roost on its own. turs out it was a she and last night my dad had to put her down when i was at work because she had fallen realy sick, so gutted.

i hope we all take care of our chickens, no matter how old they are.

Kris
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]]> By: ryan http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-12148 ryan Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:29:28 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/#comment-12148 wow really steve? dumbest thing i ever heard. wow ????why arent you in the world records ?????? dumb wow really steve? dumbest thing i ever heard. wow
????why arent you in the world records ?????? dumb

]]> By: Beth http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-12119 Beth Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:18:18 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/#comment-12119 I have one chicken left her names Pecky. she 11 and i thought that was pretty old but guess shes not the only one. Shes bantamn and hasn't laid eggs for years. i kind of feel sorry for her that all the other 10 chickens are dead but she so spoiled and get tons of attention :) she likes to sit on the couch and eats anything! I have one chicken left her names Pecky. she 11 and i thought that was pretty old but guess shes not the only one. Shes bantamn and hasn’t laid eggs for years. i kind of feel sorry for her that all the other 10 chickens are dead but she so spoiled and get tons of attention :) she likes to sit on the couch and eats anything!

]]> By: kat http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-12065 kat Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:16:32 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/#comment-12065 my chicken died yesterday at 16 :( and she layed her last egg wen she was 15 R.I.P. Princess my chicken died yesterday at 16 :( and she layed her last egg wen she was 15 R.I.P. Princess

]]> By: Parker Reed http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-10907 Parker Reed Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:59:36 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/#comment-10907 My grandmother has a chicken, a silver duckwing bantamn, that will be 13 in May of 09. This hen was hatched and raised in mid-eastern Ohio in the midst of coyotes, chicken hawks & large chicken-eating cats. She is not some sissy indoor chicken. Not to look down on these over domesticated chickens. But just to make the point that this chicken has survived winters where it has gotten below -10 degrees. She has survived floods & a tornado that felled a giant oak onto her chicken house. She is so tough that she even was faithfully watching over her flooded nest of potential unborn chicks while standing in the flood waters filling her house. Her name is Mother-Hen. She is a very great grandmother hen. She has also survived the trip to Mississippi where she no doubt prefers the warmer weather in her later years. The peril of living in Mississippi is nothing to scoff at either. Not only are there many chicken hawks prowling the southern skies but Mother-Hen has to live out her years in the midst of 75 other chickens who are no doubt vying for her longevity crown. Not to mention that she is living in the homeland of Colonel Sanders. Ok, Kentucky is the actual homeland of the Colonel, but Ol Miss is still south of the Mason Dixon line, dangerous territory. Ths is all true. Just ask my grandmother. My grandmother has a chicken, a silver duckwing bantamn, that will be 13 in May of 09. This hen was hatched and raised in mid-eastern Ohio in the midst of coyotes, chicken hawks & large chicken-eating cats. She is not some sissy indoor chicken. Not to look down on these over domesticated chickens. But just to make the point that this chicken has survived winters where it has gotten below -10 degrees. She has survived floods & a tornado that felled a giant oak onto her chicken house. She is so tough that she even was faithfully watching over her flooded nest of potential unborn chicks while standing in the flood waters filling her house.
Her name is Mother-Hen. She is a very great grandmother hen. She has also survived the trip to Mississippi where she no doubt prefers the warmer weather in her later years. The peril of living in Mississippi is nothing to scoff at either. Not only are there many chicken hawks prowling the southern skies but Mother-Hen has to live out her years in the midst of 75 other chickens who are no doubt vying for her longevity crown. Not to mention that she is living in the homeland of Colonel Sanders. Ok, Kentucky is the actual homeland of the Colonel, but Ol Miss is still south of the Mason Dixon line, dangerous territory. Ths is all true. Just ask my grandmother.

]]> By: Bev & Gerhard http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-10792 Bev & Gerhard Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:09:44 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/#comment-10792 Hi All We live in Gauteng in South Africa. This is really super to know as we have a little hen that we have had for almost 10 years and she still lays eggs every now and then. She is very spoilt she sleeps on the top of the microwave in the kitchen at night but during the day the roams around the garden and keeps it clean of all sorts of pests (we never use poison in our garden). When we are having a meal on the patio she is there with the 2 Jack Russells and the cats waiting for her tit bit. She is definately the Queen of the Castle, and we love her to bits, and everyone that meets her wants to go out and get one just like her. Hi All
We live in Gauteng in South Africa.
This is really super to know as we have a little hen that we have had for almost 10 years and she still lays eggs every now and then. She is very spoilt she sleeps on the top of the microwave in the kitchen at night but during the day the roams around the garden and keeps it clean of all sorts of pests (we never use poison in our garden). When we are having a meal on the patio she is there with the 2 Jack Russells and the cats waiting for her tit bit. She is definately the Queen of the Castle, and we love her to bits, and everyone that meets her wants to go out and get one just like her.

]]> By: Betty http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-10788 Betty Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:24:33 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/#comment-10788 hi. I have a 12 year old bantam hen that will be 13 this coming spring. I thought she was the oldest till I found this site. her name is Twinnie because she had a twin who got ate by a bobcat a few years ago. She's spending this winter in the house nice and warm, and just looking at her makes me smile......... hi. I have a 12 year old bantam hen that will be 13 this coming spring. I thought she was the oldest till I found this site. her name is Twinnie because she had a twin who got ate by a bobcat a few years ago. She’s spending this winter in the house nice and warm, and just looking at her makes me smile………

]]> By: Krystal s.m http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-10704 Krystal s.m Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:47:27 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/#comment-10704 hey everone :( im sad to say my baby linka died... so i gues shes out of the running. i miss her and hope shes in some sort of chicken heaven? :D hey everone :( im sad to say my baby linka died… so i gues shes out of the running.
i miss her and hope shes in some sort of chicken heaven? :D

]]> By: Vera Mills http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-10630 Vera Mills Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:09:23 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/#comment-10630 If you check the 2009 Guinness World records on page 128, you will see that the record for world's oldest chicken is held by Blacky the mini bantam from Australia. She was my parents pet, but has now sadly gone to the chicken house in the sky. She still keeps the record, till another can prove an older chicken. We still miss her and it is an honour to be included in the current book. If you check the 2009 Guinness World records on page 128, you will see that the record for world’s oldest chicken is held by Blacky the mini bantam from Australia. She was my parents pet, but has now sadly gone to the chicken house in the sky. She still keeps the record, till another can prove an older chicken. We still miss her and it is an honour to be included in the current book.

]]> By: Ciku Kimani http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-10423 Ciku Kimani Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:30:24 +0000 http://new.vegblog.org/2004/07/02/the-worlds-oldest-chicken/#comment-10423 My brother gave me my chicken 15 years ago, it was about a year old! It is still healthy and hatching! Have never been able to name her, I just call her chicken. My brother gave me my chicken 15 years ago, it was about a year old! It is still healthy and hatching! Have never been able to name her, I just call her chicken.

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