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

[@muffassa6739]

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.

[@camlee2341]

17 ? damn i thought chickens only live 5 years max....seems they will make good pets

[@nataliramirez6497]

Awwww omg

[@TraciPeteyforlife]

I happy you love your hens. But I must ask you how you keep out scavengers.

[@Emmybee444]

​@@TraciPeteyforlife probably an electric fence or something like it.

[@katters4368]

Same!!! I have an entire chicken graveyard out by my garden. The best pets plus they make a significant difference in ticks, mosquitoes, etc. and there’s nothing better than coming home after a long day and sitting out in the yard with a cold drink watching “chicken tv” 😂 I love chickens.

[@houndisgone3026]

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.

[@mansoor8228]

😢

[@Moscato_Moscato]

You are a good chicken parent! I bet she loved you and yours

[@hangsthemighty912]

Aw I'm sorry for your loss but I bet she lived such a good life 🎉

[@cherylpendleton994]

30 weeks to age 7?

[@houndisgone3026]

@@cherylpendleton994 ??

[@TarkTheWild]

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

[@Snakelady-]

❤

[@piratekit3941]

I have 3 silkies in my flock. They are not eggers by any stretch, so they get to stay for their whole lives too. Plus, they all have names.

[@JewelBlueIbanez]

My friend and her family named her chickens... Salt and Pepper, Lemon Pepper, Buffalo, etc.

[@Mark-pz3lq]

How are they good pets they don't do anything

[@hjertrudfiddlecock4394]

​@@Mark-pz3lq not true. they still process food waste and produce prime fertiliser

[@moises556.]

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

[@sandragray3951]

Thats nice. ❤

[@thebowinarrow8398]

Maybe I’m cold hearted but I’d take care of them as long as they laid eggs for me, so it’s been 7 weeks or something and I’m inviting my friends over for chicken.

[@JoshKemmerer]

That’s great. I’m not opposed to eating chickens, but I admire your loving attitude towards chickens ❤

[@kesterharding1819]

​@@thebowinarrow8398lmao savage that made me laugh

[@OnalennaRadibeela]

Most sweetest comment I have ever read❤

[@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

[@leafortner]

Aw. What a story. I couldn't kill it for nothing

[@TheEmpire822]

Sounds like you should throw the husband out.. lol

[@nikribble]

@@TheEmpire822 when you live on a farm, you usually eat some of your animals 🍗

[@TheEmpire822]

@@nikribble haha that’s fair

[@friedchicken8440]

Lol she laid an egg just to spite him

[@countrygirlxo7188]

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.”

[@bbaucom2]

We let them raise our children. They are far cheaper than a nanny.

[@gengibrekookie6022]

And tastes better in soup than younger chickens

[@tebashumba6092]

@@bbaucom2 😂😂😂😂

[@ZomBeeQueeen]

I have never put that together, thank you! Makes it even sweeter

[@sandrahbradley1511]

Well I learned something new today.💜

[@eldongee]

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

[@NatureWitch]

Wow that's really interesting I didn't know they lived that long. How many do you have?

[@spiritofmatter1881]

💚

[@saggycoconuts6104]

Amazing

[@AvanSpirit]

She’s definitely Not a commercial bred hen. She’s a heritage breed. Thank you for being a decent human being

[@Grayson4life]

Yep. Had a 8.5 year old red that laid the entire month of June at that age. She lived to be 9.5 and she might have a kid then but she got bumble foot and managed to hide it from us until when I went to treat her I found her dead

[@bellas14u]

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.

[@TheNeshuh]

Omggggg I love that❤❤

[@BudandBloomWithBlossom]

Bella, I am going to name a pet Chickpea. Oh my gosh, this is the cutest name! Thank your husband for me! 🥲😀😀🌷🌷

[@bellas14u]

@@BudandBloomWithBlossom I definitely will! It’s funny though as the other chickens respond to chickpea now also. So at bedtime when I call chickpea to come back to the coop for bed so I can lock them up(free range chickens lol) they all come popping out of nowhere to head in the coop as you see the actual chickpea hobbling to go to bed only stopping to make sure you don’t have snacks first. Otherwise she will walk in the house to head to the kitchen if we’re inside to see if she gets snacks before she leaves again. Lol

[@BudandBloomWithBlossom]

@@bellas14u Awwwww! You and your husband have to be so sweet because the chickens love you so much! 😀😀😀

[@bellas14u]

@@BudandBloomWithBlossom awe thank you so much for that! We try to ensure all the animals are loved and don’t know any suffering if we can prevent it. And that goes for the chickens, pigs, and the cow we rescued as a calf who is now expecting herself. Same goes for the puppers here also. I’d rather them know no suffering if I can ensure it or rescue them from any suffering to where they get the love and care they deserve. I think they deserve they even if some go to being food later i atleast know that they experienced room to just be and food and water and treats and especially a gentle hand. We’ve got boars that came to us considered super aggressive and over 500lbs (mind you I’m not very big lol) and within a short amount of time I was in the closed pens with them running around their face and tusks while they ate and everything and the most they did was check to smell my hands for fresh fruit treats and then continue eating or rubbing against me to satisfy their itches. Of course I’m always aware of what the larger livestock can do and that they can be unpredictable for safety reasons but if I do something to cause them to set off then that’s my fault for not remembering they are still powered by what comes natural to them no matter if domesticated or not. Plus raising my kids to know that a gentle hand is better than aggression isn’t a bad thing also along with the hard work it takes to grind feed at home for them and to cut and bale hay etc. just as earning money through the farm isn’t as important at times as keeping everyone fed in the family or the older generations we know and we even have used our own supplies of raised food/eggs/fresh veggies to donate through churches and shelters to help aid in feeding strangers because if you have been blessed with more than enough then why not ya know? (I do understand and respect others views on farms that raise some of their own food but I swear we ensure ours never feel any pain at all no matter what because I couldn’t handle it if they ever did honestly.) 💙

[@1canseeu]

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.

[@chickaboom45]

thank you for your thoughts❤

[@DivinelyHis]

I like this method much bette Ethan the horror I just witnessed 😭🤣

[@ronu7313]

Ye, right?

[@bryn1063]

​@Ro Nu wdym? Do yall forget that the animals we eat. Have feelings and families just like we do? I ain't vegan, but it's basic knowledge that a chicken has love, trust, and care for their family like a lot of animals.

[@colekter5940]

​@@bryn1063its the "just like we do" part that gets me. They deserve respect but they arent like us. They wouldn't exist if not to feed us. That means their families, life, and death amount to one thing. Sustenance for mankind. Their feelings on the issue are moot. To be afraid of this fact is to atrophy an important part of yourself.

[@leannsixberry724]

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

[@Grayson4life]

Was she a Rhode Island Red? Those are GREAT hens. Mine laid the whole month of June at 8.5 years old. She was a great bird. Breaking up fights between red sex links that were right mean hens. She would just walk between them like “this squabble is OVER.” And it was.

[@iabergils]

Wow😮 ❤❤

[@missamerica2001]

I’ve got a red Cornish that’s been at it for 10 and a speckled Hamburg for about 13! Part of the family

[@gergelyboruzs929]

Woe

[@Fyrebrand18]

Plot twist. It stopped laying somewhere around year 8 and just kept going to the store to buy eggs so it wouldn’t die.

[@80sChick80s]

Finding eggs while processing goes to show you chickens will continue to produce. My 12 year old chicken still lays eggs.

[@katters4368]

Literally what I was thinking... like if you’re killing them bc they won’t lay eggs, yet finding eggs after they’re dead, WHY ARE YOU KILLING THEM ALREADY?! 😭 lol I get that the main reason is due to the decline in laying yet still consuming the same space/food- therefore MONEY is the motivator here... its a shame and exactly why I'd never think I could make a living doing this 😂 my babies die of natural causes or tragic incidents (free range will always risk predators) and even the ones who never lay, they hang out in blissful retirement and stay as long as they like! chickens are way too intelligent and are surprisingly emotional and have their own individual personalities just like pet dogs

[@MrArtVein]

Yeah this was silly AF to me

[@theex-authoritarian3745]

My understanding as an uneducated factory man who has some experience in it. It's because as they age, they will slow egg laying if not stop completely. There are some exceptions. However it's better to use the space for a young chicken who will lay 3-5 eggs a day rather than say 0-3 a week. Besides butchering, and selling the old chickens maximizes Profits while freeing up space for the young hens to take place. Thus more eggs, more sustainable long term profits.

[@Abmb88]

@Renata this is understandable. Hobbyists and people who are self-sustaining farmers are in different situations. I could definitely understand using a hen for food who is no longer producing what's needed.

[@Kevin-ez4or]

Yeah but not at the rate needed. Yall think everyone raises chickens for fun? Its literally part of their livelihood and they cant afford to keep chickens that dont produce enough. People having one or two chickens as pets and using their eggs occasionally is not the same as the people in the video.

[@lazaruswoods6928]

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. ❤

[@baumeister5705]

If they get broody towards the end of their laying you should buy them babies so you have another generation of eggies

[@lizamay722]

This. I have seven hens and a roo. All of them are pets, and they will all have a stable family with me even if they don't lay anymore. They are my babies, and I raised them from 5 days old. They're not going anywhere.

[@salavat294]

It’s pretty peaceful in the soup-pot. Just a nice little chicken Jacuzzi.

[@korealfr]

​@salavat294 I eat animals but we don't gotta eat every animal we see my guy 💀 we eat the majority so let some live a lil

[@salavat294]

@@korealfr : Yah !! We will eat them barbecued tomorrow.

[@slimeblitz32]

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

[@YourMothersBeard]

Lmao loot crate

[@cellmoore4848]

You can pull them outta roosters as well

[@sardartalha3514]

@@cellmoore4848 and it

[@sardartalha3514]

@@cellmoore4848 and

[@BUGSBUNNY10star]

​@@YourMothersBeard PUBG NEW ESTATE

[@blaisejacques5629]

"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

[@phd2007]

EXACTLY!!!!!

[@vive335]

That’s oddly dystopian :(

[@shepherdofmysoul6]

You forgot to add...oops is that an egg...old gal was producing afterall...oh well

[@berteabdel7722]

I always cringe into oblivion whenever I see a dumbass in the comments trying to humanize animals.

[@BillWilliams-p4o]

1,000% Correct

[@libertyblaze3988]

if you have chickens in your garden and they stop laying, keep them! they are amazing at eating bugs that will otherwise eat your plants!

[@KING-ef2wm]

When you have 100 of them it doesnt realy mater

[@Macdaddyceo]

Commercial egg farmer they rely on producers, not bug eaters

[@tonemaster4608]

This is a business, not a house farm

[@meetmeinthegame403]

@@tonemaster4608 surely that means EVERYONE possibly reading the comments to the video are ONLY commercial farmers, rather than private ones… and that it’d be IMPOSSIBLE for private citizens to watch this video, and read OP’s comment. Sit down child, the adults are talking.

[@jj-nm3cd]

Nah, always took out the blow producers. Feeds the family both ways. Yall are damn soft.

[@lennyj3300]

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

[@soniaserval454]

Yes ^v^

[@samshernan8773]

Everyone has their own methods. I like to keep the older ladies around since they tend to be the best setters and mothers.

[@gretap3917]

I was going to say the same thing.

[@soldtheark3157]

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

[@LadyAngela678]

❤

[@cristiewentz8586]

It's different in a commercial endeavor. Looks like those hens lived an exceptional life before completing their purpose and feeding someone else. After all, the original chickens don't live more than three or four years if they are lucky. Most are prey much earlier. Why should people be the only ones who shouldn't eat chicken...? 🎉

[@nono-fb8tr]

Easy to say when you're not constantly risking bankruptcy like independent farmers in the US are.

[@caleidozkopie8344]

​@@cristiewentz8586 Their purpose? This is the exact sort of logic slave traders have used. It it was a black persona "purpose" to be a slave therefore it can't be unethical as they are just serving their purpose.

[@cristiewentz8586]

@@caleidozkopie8344 if chickens were humans, I could agree. Chickens, however, are rapacious prey animals with a strong bent to predation. They are eaten freely by any carnivore and omnivore larger than themselves, or nocturnal. Rats may not be physically larger, but they are nocturnal which let's them feed on vulnerable chickens with impunity. Why should humans be the only ones who can't eat them....?

[@Kloops]

If you let them live, and hand them some yarn, they’ll knit little hats for the younguns.

[@katters4368]

The visual that came from reading your comment warmed my heart and made me smile lol can just imagine a little old hen using their cute feet to knit 😂

[@paulhernandez2081]

I'm drunk. This made me giggle lol

[@themysticmuse]

😂😘

[@DGD4Landy]

​@Katters it's from the kids movie Chicken Run! I grew up watching it on vhs

[@fightvale57]

Lol this is a cute image. Brought a smile to my face😊

[@jenniferwilson9579]

They deserve better after a lifetime of service.

[@theab3957]

I know, right.

[@thegothweeb]

They run a business. If they kept every chicken they wouldn't have room for more that would actually produce eggs. They still need to make a living

[@user-ff5nv8ft6n]

Get a fcking grip they are chicken

[@kinghenry3693]

Yes feeding humans is their purpose

[@valar_euphoriants5898]

@@thegothweebso does everyone else, but some of us stick with our morals.

[@Flat_Cat_edits]

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

[@mursuhillo242]

Rottweiler, Rotisserie What's the difference

[@Jjlavids]

Oh my😂 One time at my breakfast job, someone came in with their tiny “service” pig. And his name was prosciutto 😅

[@gameguru42392]

​@@mursuhillo242 the country youre in 😮

[@mursuhillo242]

@@gameguru42392 huh?

[@Outerspacejunky]

@@gameguru42392😂

[@AliScott131999]

You guys missed the part where she said "As a commercial farm." I don't think she expects y'all to --kill-- process your chickens after they can't lay eggs anymore 😂

[@sylvilaguscunicularius3155]

The one she butchered was producing eggs still, lol. But I’m guessing too slow? Idk, I couldn’t do what she does as a living. I wouldn’t sleep at night x)

[@raerohan4241]

​@@sylvilaguscunicularius3155 It might have been laying once week instead of every 1-2 days as a younger hen would be. If you're a backyard chicken keeper, you can afford to let that go, but if you're keeping them on a commercial scale, that is not sustainable.

[@walmartiancheese4922]

​@@sylvilaguscunicularius3155 chickens do still produce eggs but they only do so very slowly

[@joshlikesfood1673]

Do you say you killed some vegetables, no you say harvest or picked. Plants are still alive, but we don't say kill, so what's wrong with saying harvest a deer, or process chickens. It does not matter that much lol.

[@AliScott131999]

@@joshlikesfood1673 idk why you wrote this

[@missamerica2001]

We have two 10 year old hens that lay one egg a day rain or shine 😂 it’s a miracle

[@basedloser42]

I swear, the happier the chicken, the longer they lay.

[@chancefluke7833]

What do you feed them

[@lilyjasmine743]

That is a miracle! What breed are they?

[@spicybeantofu]

It's cuz you love them and you're not just forcing them out of the door

[@missamerica2001]

@@lilyjasmine743 nothing fancy, one’s a Cornish red and the others a speckled hamburg, the speckled hamburg might be closer to 13 at this point. She’s old as the hills and has survived several fisher cat/ weasel attacks. Real good little girls 😊❤️

[@rm2915]

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

[@Tastykake83]

Awe a farm near me rehomes them for pest control. Almost everyone in the county has lawn chickens now and the 3 animal rescues too, to eat the ticks ❤

[@TheNeshuh]

Stoppp I love this sooooo much!!!!

[@aanimavilis1492]

That's a brilliant idea! I will have chickens among other animals and that's very smart idea!

[@soniaserval454]

This is a great idea ^w^

[@reptile2995]

Using chicken isnt good idea... ducks arr better at pest control

[@reptile2995]

Turkeys are best at it

[@aaronm968]

Old hens make good friends.

[@maryjane4846]

Good friends have a good heart ❤

[@pimpmyride7278]

Same as humans.

[@amarrevolver4452]

expensive and useless friends specially when you have a lot and get easily hit with diseases that can affect the rest

[@KoriSmith-p5b]

@@amarrevolver4452 they are not expensive! they eat mostly food scraps and their feed isn't expensive so after they stop laying they don't cost much to keep

[@hangsthemighty912]

​@@amarrevolver4452lmao said by someone that lacks the knowledge to feed them for cheap, mine go about and eat pest that are by my growing vegetables and fruits ( the only thing I get them ever so often is calcium treats), also save most of money because I don't need fertilizer because of them. Work smart not hard.

[@pruneswithbutter]

I could never kill my chickens. Those fuckers listen to my feelings. It’d be bad luck if I did.

[@maikajuan7302]

❤

[@abbieprice5067]

You are a amazing person ❤😊

[@theex-authoritarian3745]

Silence them. They will tell your secrets to the government. Everyone knows birds aren't real. They are only (tasty) government drones.

[@Mewchew2]

Aww thank u for letting them live!!

[@tkdevlop]

but you still munch on some KFC

[@anonymousone2843]

We have 14 hens right now. Some are 7. Most still lay. They are pets. We don't kill them. We wait for God to decide when they should die. God Bless 🥰

[@sarahmh3971]

Yea. I can't agree with this. I'd be a terrible chicken farmer. I keep mine but only have a few. I love mine ♥️

[@kingding-a-ling9794]

Especially finding eggs inside the ones you are killing

[@silllykitten329]

Get over it. We eat chicken.

[@inejunta6569]

I know right 😂 I get the farm mentality, it's almost farm desensitization. Could you imagine if we flipped that to people and put the farmers in that situation. Sorry. Nothing personal but I'm going to kill two dozen of you today, your not producing what I need to make enough money. Pretty sure the farmers would understand tho 😂

[@silverybound]

@@kingding-a-ling9794 bonus point if the egg was fertilized and you're eating it as balut. 🗿

[@RyanReta97]

There's that one old comic that goes 'Yeah, Helen's getting up there, once she stops laying she's gonna be our dinner!' Cut to Helen in the supermarket buying eggs and the cashier asks the hen 'Back for another dozen Helen?'

[@richarddevenezia8186]

Sounds like a Gary Larson

[@baimhakani]

That is such a boomer newspaper comic strip comedy

[@tulin_enjoyer]

That sounds fucking hilarious

[@WarriorMongoose]

Lmao dude I'm a millennial and even I know it's a not "such a boomer joke" if effing funny and Gary Larson is a comidic genius with more funny in his pinky than all of that person's comment about this being a boomer joke. Lol😂🤪

[@basbleupeaunoire]

lol!

[@call2872]

I don't think I can kill something that I've raised for a long time.

[@babyph65]

well you can't be a livestock farmer

[@AnonymousanonymousA]

Yeah

[@unitedwestand420]

Wait until your starving, nibbles the chicken starts looking juicy

[@ujjwalkachhwah1118]

​@@unitedwestand420 The thing is people do that without starving.

[@snitox]

You're a baby that's why. This is why tradition is important. It gets replaced by very arbitrary morals.

[@musical_costumer7976]

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

[@ironmover322]

The comments didn’t let me down! If you have chickens that long,, you love em!

[@Just-YOLANDA-T.C]

I watched your video like 10 times. It amazed me how you found the eggs still inside of the chicken.

[@paadoxal]

it's ovaries baby! you should look up chicken ovary photos, they're a delicacy in some parts and look like egg yolks (bc they basically are)

[@jamesball8519]

​@@paadoxal yeah you googled it

[@paadoxal]

@@jamesball8519 what? no i knew that before lol and i know what ovaries are so

[@SohanaHaider]

​@@jamesball8519 in some Asian countries people can buy whole chickens and butcher them at home. It is possible to find eggs inside at different stages of development.

[@mikehunt7360]

@@jamesball8519 u do what ovaries are? Do u know where babies come from or?

[@bitofbrownshuga3061]

I have 4 beautiful girls as pets and they still lay. They will never be eaten, I love them and they trust me. I love when they run up for hugs. ❤

[@Floedekage]

The chicken are sitting in chicken heaven now thinking; "I was in the process of making an egg for you!!! And you killed me before I could give you it!?"

[@soswanson9120]

Error: They do not hit their peak at 30 weeks of age, that's about when they start laying.

[@heatherk8931]

TRUE. I WAS WONDERING why she said 30 weeks. 52 is a year... they lay for several YEARS

[@Paintplayer1]

Yeah I was gonna say lol, mine didn't even start laying until then

[@alicehatter4973]

We had chickens for 10+ years and they all laid eggs regularly the entire time. Until a couger jumped their fence and they were all gone within a week. We were so sad.. The fence was 8+ ft wire fence

[@mikecummings6593]

That's 30 weeks after they start laying duh

[@godparticle3833]

@@alicehatter4973 sadly no land mammal can jump higher than the cougar, just got unlucky no fence can stop a climbing machine that can jump 19 feet

[@tamaravukcevic2236]

We bought chickens from farms much cheaper than the young ones and they layed eggs for years! Plus,they were kept free,out of the cage,so they were much happier than before!

[@warriorson7979]

Fun fact: A hen is born with a limited number of eggs already inside her. Egg farms artificially increase egg production during the first year with feed and lighting, so their hens will run out of eggs sooner. Basically by year 2. If you keep hens in more natural conditions, those eggs are spread out over a longer time, normally around 5 years.

[@walmartiancheese4922]

Well if they lay eggs faster they can sell eggs faster and make more money faster, decreases chance of going bankrupt and puts food on alot of people's plates

[@SAMnELLA-1]

Fun fact, every female of every species is born with ALL the eggs they'll ever have. Not just chickens. Even human female. Egg production is not like how sperm is produced. So as a female fetus in your Mother's womb, you have all your life's worth of eggs in your ovaries already. So basically your Mother gives birth to her daughter & her future grandchildren (in egg form).

[@SAMnELLA-1]

@@OM617a Yes it's so tragic & disgusting.

[@warriorson7979]

@@OM617a Yes it's one of the ingredients in dogfood.

[@sakuraice22]

Limited number of eggs, just like humans and some other animals, pretty cool

[@melissajohnson3308]

I have chickens as pets. I give the eggs away to friends and family. This is kinda hard for me to see. It's kinda like "thanks for all the eggs and know your going to be slaughtered cuz you're life means nothing else"😢I stopped eating chicken and eggs right after receiving a mom with 12 baby chickens as a gift. We know have over 30 chickens and roosters and they live happily with the cats we rescue❤

[@rosesmith6208]

problably to costly to keep all the chickens, give them away imagineif all t he chickens she has that stop laying while getting more that l ay? that would be a nightmare, lol, just remember you gave them a long healthy life with minimal chance of getting killed cruely by a predator who doesnt always makes sure they are dead before eating them.

[@tinyanimalsbigfun6453]

If you're pulling out eggs, she's still producing 😢

[@ronu7313]

Horrible isn't? she obviously kill them, make videos(more profit) and lie about playing nice & got the nerve to show their dead body being pulled apart, yeaks

[@Cookivirus]

​@Ro Nu she farms chooks for eggs and meat... It ain't that deep Old chooks still lay on occasion, it's just not nearly as consistently to equal food costs, so they aren't worth keeping around if you aren't attached or doing this for commercial purposes

[@katters4368]

@Kate Mohr some cultures with that same belief do things like round up stray dogs to kill and eat. Would you say the same if that’s what the vid was about? Bc as someone who raises chickens, they have emotions and their own individual personalities the same as dogs 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@classicalAnime]

@@ronu7313 boo hoo. So what. They’re for food.

[@ronu7313]

@@classicalAnime Boohoo so are you

[@midnightfun1277]

We have grandma chickens in our farm they actually raise the baby chicks when the mama chicken is always busy incubating or laying eggs. Its actually crazy how we do it. They all live in a tree and when we have a baby chick we shake the tree and one of them will go down, then we show the new chick in just a couple of mins they totally adopt the chick as their own.

[@folashadethomas3229]

Wow!!!

[@anothercatlady26]

I love how they use metaphors for the word: killing. The hens are not retired. They are killed.

[@spookyslut77]

People don't like the reality of the food they eat.

[@VariationsOnASeam]

​@@spookyslut77 exactly

[@parker.100]

"PROCESSING" "CYCLE THEM OUT". If you're watching this video, this is what you pay for when you purchase eggs

[@nataliramirez6497]

It's just a reality. This is what we are trying to fix. Including the poster of the video, I believe. What is said is that they are retired from egg laying, and for this reason most egg farms kill them. They are not one and the same. I will own chickens and I will not put them down as they age. Most people in this country will barely pay for what is on store shelves. Even with these issues

[@skip123davis]

@@parker.100 not only that, but the hatchling mills literally throw the mills into a grinder to kill them.

[@BlindTom61]

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

[@alexsay5536]

Go away vegan Karen

[@FrightF]

Oh yeah, whys that?

[@FrightF]

@aaryawaghole but this lady treats them fine as yoi can see in the video.

[@charleencollins1130]

But they feed us…

[@debbiependleton8507]

Puppy Mill farms by the Amish are pretty cruel too. Worst of the Puppy Mills in fact.

[@hexane8]

One of my chickens never laid a single egg and was extra bossy and woke us up in the morning but we still kept her around! Her extra large red comb and under-chin thingy were really unique!

[@Jj-jp6hq]

Whose gonna tell her. ? Lolol

[@imnotmarthastewart8120]

@@Jj-jp6hq 😂

[@cjroberts7022]

um yeah 😂 thts a rooster ...in the words of foghorn leghorn i say.isay... maam i am a ROOSTER!

[@anilmallawarachchi9978]

That's a boy ...😉

[@najmahabibty7123]

​@@Jj-jp6hq tell her. 😅

[@shellytucker3542]

We are blessed! Our 8 yr old chickens are still laying. ♥️ Chickens are amazing!

[@n9mone]

No need to exploit then

[@KissyKat]

I have no doubt this lady is a warm and wonderful person. Her smile says that. But it's a way of life I could never understand. All my hens would die of old age🐓🐣

[@walmartiancheese4922]

Yea your chickens arent your livelihood

[@Ivyandshae]

I could never do that to our females half of them got named even if we have no idea who is who they just become the grandmas of the group and keep all the others in check especially the roaster 🤣

[@kirin1230]

Had an RSA brown live for over 7 years before dying of cancer, but she stopped laying after a year or so. Those chickens are bred to pump out a lot of eggs in their first two years of life then be killed for meat, so I'm very proud of our girl.

[@hogonalog406]

We have an 11 year old hen that gives us a lovely green egg every two days.

[@MOTat18]

Green? Can you eat it?

[@hogonalog406]

@MOTat18 Yes, as in the shell is green. A green shelled egg. We can always tell it's hers because it is more teal than the others.

[@439801RS]

Are you sure it's not a duck? 😂

[@hogonalog406]

@@439801RS Yup! She is a sweet Ameraucana. She has a full beard and wonderful puffy cheeks. Her name is Cheekie.

[@MrArtVein]

So Dr Suess was legit???

[@jeffklaubo3168]

I move mine outside the pen. They may not be good for laying, but they eat the crap outta the bugs.

[@master_vator]

Ya we named them, we have 6, we have one old one and five news this year, the old one always follows me to the front door when I get home. I pick her up and she just loves me, I guess I love her to. 😊

[@User38839]

I feel if I was doing this, I’d get too attached to give them away, I love animals

[@tylerpantera8023]

We had a bull we named T-bone his name was T-bone because that’s what we raised him for he’s still in my freezer as T-bones and ground beef

[@williamswan9114]

I've had chicken set lay eggs until they're 10-12 years old not as often turn more likely to have soft shells the older they get the larger the egg TX usually

[@missvixen45]

Dang. "Give me your babies. Now give me your life!" Yall for the streets! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nono-fb8tr]

Eggs aren't babies. They're unfertilized making them the chickens period.

[@angieporter4607]

If they produced for you that long, you owe them a good retirement, not a certain death. They are great for turning compost piles and looking after young chickens and ducks.

[@Monarchlady]

That is what is wrong w animal agriculture. They use them and then when they aren’t profitable it’s the knife. It’s exploitation

[@youknowimright1725]

Yhea it's fucked up

[@zoeyredmond5501]

It’s called farming and humans have been doing it for ever, long before we had the luxury of keeping around animals that aren’t necessary anymore…. God modern people are so soft and spoiled, get some perspective

[@KoriSmith-p5b]

@@zoeyredmond5501 some people actually have a heart and don't just care about themselves, so with all due respect shut it

[@santiagolerin]

​@@KoriSmith-p5bthen go lead by example, if you really think that it's cruel to eat food...

[@eatwhatukiii2532]

My 8 year old RIR and barred rock hens are laying daily. My 8 yr old Ameraucanas are each laying 4 per week. They’ve slowed down but still paying for their “room & board”

[@katters4368]

From my experience, most breeds that are not specifically “meat chickens” will lay for over a decade. I never killed any of mine and even in their double digits was still getting so many eggs I was trying to give them away bc I couldn’t use them fast enough!!

[@Kamaljama]

We don't kill them when they retire, just let them guide the rest

[@lamtuyennguyen2070]

Everyone please don’t kill them after they worked so hard in their life for us 🙏

[@Ma5jay5dontxdoxthat]

So you want local egg and chicken farmers to just go bankrupt then?

[@ronu7313]

@@Ma5jay5dontxdoxthat No, she can keep the butchery to herself

[@Ma5jay5dontxdoxthat]

@@ronu7313 Why? That how you stay ignorant about your surroundings and environment.

[@houstonjoker3836]

They lived a good life but unfortunately chickens are food not pets.

[@NTVT1999]

@@Ma5jay5dontxdoxthat “we can’t stop executing people: it would put executioners out of a job “ should we maybe start to consider what roles we actually NEED fulfilled in society?

[@childofthefox]

I pressure can our old birds. It makes a wonderful fast meal. We always have plenty of chicken broth. And I make ready to eat soups. I really enjoy the old birds flavor. All of the meat is pressure canned for food safety. It's the most flavorful meat. I'm glad that you help the old birds into a good useful end. I'm sure I'll get lots of hate for canning mine. Thank you for sharing your hard work and time... and posting it on KZbin.

[@collettebrynes1075]

Ahhhhh hard to see them go into the food chain as part of their retirement package it’s not fair 😢❤❤

[@mistywilson8871]

Why did you crack the egg at the end instead of saving it? Can you save them as if the chicken laid it?

[@jellyowl2644]

Might not be hygienic since it wasnt layed and the chicken it was in was dead

[@smokymountainangoras]

Might be feeding the entrails to the pigs 🐷 and don’t want them to choke.

[@Daye2D410]

Why would you want to eat an egg from a dead chicken?

[@pkij140]

@@Daye2D410 This reply made me laugh way to too much.

[@loganlentz]

I had the same question. :]

[@michaelmartin6912]

Poor little chickens.❤

[@gladys4246]

They live happy healthy lives ❤❤ the way God intended 😊😊😊

[@hellothere6797]

Dont kill the old chicken they can become mom chickens,they are the chikens who sit on the eggs for chicks to hatch

[@agaimless3724]

Sorry to break it to you it's all about the breed if it's a prolific egg layer they normally don't sit

[@seanroberson8688]

Jeez, I've got 6 chickens and 4 of them are my babies, when they stop laying they just gonna grow old lmao. Thank you for what you do friend!

[@rhentertainment3941]

I could never do this, if I raised them I give them names, I don’t think I could kill them. 😢

[@sandraday6955]

same, I know it is the way but for me to have to kill them even if I never met them before it would be hard. Now put me on the farm in a barn for 3 days without food and maybe I would have an easier time.

[@dwi5582]

I kind of felt creeped out for a moment. Then I remember how the old hags always say things like, "Women need to get married when they're young, so they can give birth to babies!", as if women are lifestock. And also how people justify sexual harassment by comparing men and women to cats and fish. We probably treat humans like other animals more than we would like to acknowledge. I really, really hate those things. But who knows? I might have been influenced by such things, in a way or another.

[@sandraday6955]

@@dwi5582 Well it is traditional for women to have kids young, are more able to handle it because they are young and physically able to handle the raising of the child. The most successful couples I have seen have gotten married in college because they found they have similar interests. Some women who become jaded. Most men at the bars are there to just use us and discard us, so even if you find a they will see us as just a bar hopper girl looking for free drinks and a night in the sack. Really no one is to blame, not everyone is suited to sit in church and wait for mr or miss right to walk in.

[@dwi5582]

@@sandraday6955 We don't go to bars here. Keeping your virginity is the norm, for both men and women. And no alcohol nor drugs. The only acceptable "drugs" are cigarettes and caffeine. Still, the old hags still say such a thing. They expect us to give them grandchildren, even though a lot of us can't handle them.

[@dwi5582]

@@sandraday6955 And usually, we aren't ready for marriage and children until our 30s or close to our 30s. It keeps getting worse because it seems like newer generations have slower mental development. It's not surprising, though. We have been pressured to get married and have children quickly for generations, resulting in domestic abuse, etc. Nb: My grandma got married at 13. She had 10 children. And she tried to illegally kill her eighth child (my mom) because she was tired of giving birth and raising children, but she wasn't allowed to practice birth control by my grandpa. My sisters and I had to live with our depressed and abusive mom since birth. None of us want marriage and children. We simply want to be free, and heal ourselves.

[@Elizabeth-ex7ul]

My 12 hens are 4 yrs old and still going strong!!! ❤

[@iLitAfuseiCantStop]

We keep our flock their whole lives. We even had one hen for 20 years. It's not because theyre pets, but they dedicated their egg laying lives to nourish our friends & family, so we commit to care for them as long as they're alive. Animals lives shouldn't be about efficiency or convenience. To us, continuing to care for them is part of the commitment.

[@athenarollins4155]

Had 15 year old chicken that laid eggs every other day.

[@joinmeonthedarkside2]

Cycle them out . Defintion of killed then.

[@jer9448]

Well yeah..... That's how growing animals work.... There is many ways of saying it but all means the same. U can say "culling them", "sending them off to see sky daddy", "yeet the chicken!", Or with kids "Sending Sir Floof to loving farm"

[@Schnort]

You are surprised at killing them while watching dead ones be processed?

[@aloras405]

@@jer9448 don’t forget freezer camp.

[@joinmeonthedarkside2]

Speciesism” is the human-held belief that all other animal species are inferior. Speciesist thinking involves considering animals-who have their own desires, needs, and complex lives-as means to human ends.

[@artia25254]

Then? That's basically how human survives till this point. You really think we gonna survive this far if we refrain from killing animals for our food sources just because we feel bad to ALL individual animals?

[@edwinhernandez6627]

Chickens were my best friends growing up as a teen.❤🐔🐓🐤

[@ananichi]

They are the best pets

[@tylerpantera8023]

@@ananichithat’s debatable

[@ananichi]

@@tylerpantera8023 to me.

[@wooperdatrooper9171]

@@tylerpantera8023bro what other pet gives you food can be fed scraps and comes in thousand of different breeds

[@wooperdatrooper9171]

@@tylerpantera8023 bro why is you comment worded so badly lol

[@SolarMustard]

I had 2 Big chickens who were best friends and 4 little chickens. The 2 big chickens were best friends and 1 was a buff orpington named Potato and the other a Rhode Island Red who was named Eilonwy. Potato lays pinkish average sized eggs, and Eilonwy layed big, fat, juicy red eggs. Unfortunately a few days ago Eilonwy died because she was eggbound, and we didnt know what to do. The rest of the crew are still alive and well, but Potato has been pretty depressed since then. Our 4 little chickens, 3 Barred Rocks and 1 Easter Egger, have started to lay teeny eggs, and they are so cute looking! The Barred Rocks names are Alaska, Tinky Tank, and Charlotte, and our Easter Egger is named Betsy Ross. P.S. We also have 2 goats named Serene and Pearl and they are both Nigerian Dwarves. Also Betsy Ross looks like a velociraptor lol

[@debbiependleton8507]

Sorry to hear about the loss of your Eilonwy. When you have an egg bound chicken, get some warm water and Epsom salt. Soak the chicken for about 20 mins. Have her entire body submerged. Keep her in a quiet place and keep an eye on her. After a few hours if she hasn't passed the egg try it again. You can also feel the egg and softly manipulate it into position to pass. But that can be dangerous if it burst. Good luck in the future. You can also look it up online on what to do with an egg bound chicken.

[@SolarMustard]

@@debbiependleton8507 Thank you, however I actually already learned that :)

[@FarmGirl_of_AmbianceGardens]

My laying hens get full retirement benefits. They are kept around to teach the newer hens proper etiquette. And they’ve been known to lay eggs way past this “30 week” span you state. I’ve been raising chickens before I graduated high school and still raise them now at 65.

[@snakesonaframe2668]

I think 7 years running free in the woods is an amazing life for a chicken. As long as they’re un alived humanely, this is fine, and allows for more chickens to have the opportunity at a long and happy life.

[@rayagray6321]

Hahahaha humanely? You clearly have never been around someone who's butchering chickens. Hahahaha grow up

[@DoubleDogDare54]

Where I live, if you allow chickens to run free in the woods that is the last you'd see of them. Coyote lunch.

[@snakesonaframe2668]

@@DoubleDogDare54 this farm has predator fencing and livestock guardian dogs. Coyotes aren’t getting to them.

[@sandraday6955]

Yeah and the chicken can feed the farmer who can raise more happy chickens.

[@crashtiansClips]

"sometimes when killing your chickens that don't make eggs anymore, you find they were making eggs"

[@tylerpantera8023]

Oh well straight to the source 😂😂

[@Kat-b5w8e]

Thank you for giving these animals a good life, still I'm not so sure about those eggs though that joke was not as as some pasture-raised eggs I've eaten. Maybe some nice fat mealworms?

[@classicalAnime]

I can’t believe how much of a fantasy world people live in when it comes to where food comes from. Things get killed for food. It’s worrying.

[@classicalAnime]

@Sofia Kangas Correct, however agriculture inadvertently kills many animals in the process of sowing and harvesting. Its essentially unavoidable. Though true vegans may minimize their impact, its not 0.

[@spiritofmatter1881]

Are older chicken a main source of income from the meat for you? Would you consider selling them to land owners who simply enjoy raising chickens even regardless of eggs?

[@HeyThatsMe3]

I don't think they would do that as she stated she still makes money by butchering and selling them.

[@spiritofmatter1881]

@@HeyThatsMe3 that's why I asked how much would compensate for that. Although perhaps I should have asked that on the chickens made for meat as they are sold younger? It's the balance of accepting that lean meat is a part of a healthy nutrition and thinking what could improve on animal loves at the same time

[@gg-ky6mf]

Yup. That’s why I don’t eat eggs. The chickens pay for it with their lives.

[@Grayson4life]

@Desk Fan right and they don’t usually give a crap about the egg they lay. Lay it and walk away

[@Grayson4life]

They don’t pay for it with their lives. They pass an egg just like a woman does. Only a woman does it monthly. Not all a woman’s eggs are fertilized either. Unless a hen goes broody, she has NO desire to be a mother She plops that egg out and walks away, usually all lay on one box in hopes that some other hen might be broody and hatch them for her. But she don’t care either way. In 17 years straight of having hens, I’ve never had one go broody. And my hens grow old with me. And get fresh grass daily. They live a great humane long life.

[@Grayson4life]

@Sofia Kangas actually if humans didn’t protect chickens, they would already be extinct because they don’t have enough protection of their own even with a rooster. Most of us who own chickens give them a great life. Mine are long living and get fresh weeds and grass everyday as they are in mobile pens that I move daily. (For their protection) don’t assume you know everything about an industry because you nor I do. Unfortunately we live in a world of grays and not black and white truths. Do not call someone dense when you do not know all you should. The world will not have absolute truths in each area until The Lord comes back and makes it all right

[@Lemurai]

I’ve kept a couple as pets when they were retired, they get pretty docile and make good lap companions lol!

[@heliumlynn]

We rescue chickens just like this. No need to kill them, they’re beings not commodities.

[@cornelia-vm1mz]

If i could, id love to keep pet chicken's

[@rpg7854]

Whatever I need my Chicfila!

[@tylerpantera8023]

I’m hungry and it’s an easy target easy to butcher and clean just like rabbits

[@jennifergraceh]

Aww thank you so much for doing this! It makes me sad to think animals are killed simply because they stop being useful for people. I mean, I get it from a commercial sense, that they can’t keep all of them for the rest of their lives if they’re their source of income but there’s no reason they can’t give them away to someone like you who is willing to give them a nice retirement.

[@grimmygremlin]

​@@jennifergracehcause you can't simply give them away as pets, and that's how they make food and money to keep their other animals alive and bring in new ones.

[@BlueSkiesNW]

Correct me if I’m wrong but I believe there is a difference between commercial farming (which they do) verses having a few or a dozen or so. A friends sister and husband are commercial chicken farmers & their chickens do stop laying earlier. I believe people who raise them as pets get more from the chickens because they’re usually named(chickens do know their names) and they get love attention affection. In their situation as commercial farmers they care for so many at once I’m sure the chickens are tagged so they know which to cycle out

[@jennydelgado8517]

I think what she means is commercial in sense of her own business and industrial type farms. 😮

[@kmss04]

Ive named every chicken Ive ever had. My favorite ones will stay until they kick the bucket. My oldest ones still lay about twice a week.

[@stevensola3361]

My daughter left me with her last two chickens when she got married and moved out. They are over 11 years old and still lay eggs. I just don't have it in me to get rid if them.

[@sk3llyb0nes]

I have chickens who are almost all at least 7, and I still get almost a dozen eggs every day from early spring to early winter. I even got some a few years ago that were going to be butchered specifically because they were too old to lay, and within a few weeks, they started producing eggs and continued to this day.

[@jessicaevans7451]

Whatcha feeding them? Sounds like you've found the magic combo

[@Southern.Nappiness]

They can lay eggs much longer than that. I grew up on a farm and raise chickens now. They will keep laying eggs for a few years.😊

[@travisbeck8184]

Our hens go through seasons off and on. It’s been colder here in Florida so less eggs but we have 4 hens. 2 that have laid for more than 5 years and 2 more going on 3. Just keep them happy, fed and loved whether you plan to keep ‘em or eat em.

[@loriannbendit6296]

Me and my cousin butchered a few old hens that weren’t laying anymore and found an egg inside, I was 10 and thought it was the coolest thing ever 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💕farm life is the best life

[@0-0_kyh16]

This video is very informative, it’s important we know the process of how we get out food

[@FloridaManMatty]

“Stew Hens” and “Soup Chickens” are both AWESOME band names!

[@HowToFillTheVoid]

Omg. Should we start a punk band? Can we open a local venue named the chicken coup?!?

[@firstletterofthealphabet7308]

@@HowToFillTheVoid poultry themed black metal

[@perhapsahumanbeing]

This is the reason I will never again eat eggs from commercial farms, they are not separate from the meat industry

[@tcwd3760]

Yep, we have 2girls, Cloud and Poppy, 6mo old, one just began laying 3wks. But in old age they've earned the right to retirement. Living the rest of their lives happily and lovingly spoiled 🐔 🐥 💞

[@lilahngahere4274]

2 of my chooks are over 10 years n still laying, they are free range.

[@cosmicren]

She has a business. No point keeping around useless product. Harvest and make one last profit from them. Efficient. So many people today put feelings over business efficiency and their profit margins suffer. Glad to see someone using logic over emotion with their income source.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@silllykitten329]

Cue all the people acting like processing chickens is murder and terrible cruelty lol! If you eat meat kindly shut it, this woman is doing what makes logical and financial sense.

[@evelynwildman1290]

I have 3 old ladies left. They are between 7-9 years old and all still laying. I find diet plays a key role in their health. They eat mostly salads and meats plus a home mixed multigrain and seed scratch.

[@sc8307]

The older ladies are great at making compost. Keep them around and have either a garden or just sell the compost.

[@gsimmons1824]

People are horrible.

[@probablyhuman9947]

Are you going to say the same about every carnivore out there in nature?

[@NTVT1999]

@@probablyhuman9947 “did you hear Ted Bundy killed several women??” “But darling… coyotes kill chickens all the time 😂” You can’t be this stupid, truly? The reason our society functions is BECAUSE we rejected naturalistic order.

[@raerohan4241]

People are animals. Most animals will kill and eat another animal in its lifetime, even herbivores. It's natural. And at least we try to minimise the pain of the animals we kill - the same cannot be said for the vast majority of other animals, if any.

[@Relaxingwithpigeons]

My chickens are part of the family. So happy I am vegan

[@andyandrobinshrout6830]

It was pretty amazing when I found out that a chicken is born with the amount of eggs it will lay in its lifetime...😮❤