I have kept chickens for about ten years. I have mostly Rhode Island Red and Black Sex-Link. I have had Buff Orpingtons, Plymouth Rocks, Lohmanns, Wyandottes, and one Chantecler. The Chantecler would still lay the occasional egg at ten years old. She would go broody every season up to about age 7. She was a great forager and an all around great hen. I considered her the best of my flock. A weasel found an entry to my coop recently. Among the dead was my great old Chantecler. I would like an entire flock of Chanteclers if I could find them. Unfortunately, they are not common here.
I have kept chickens for about ten years. I have mostly Rhode Island Red and Black Sex-Link. I have had Buff Orpingtons, Plymouth Rocks, Lohmanns, Wyandottes, and one Chantecler. The Chantecler would still lay the occasional egg at ten years old. She would go broody every season up to about age 7. She was a great forager and an all around great hen. I considered her the best of my flock. A weasel found an entry to my coop recently. Among the dead was my great old Chantecler. I would like an entire flock of Chanteclers if I could find them. Unfortunately, they are not common here.