Comment Comment by jen729w > In my experience there is no need to kill a chook after 3 yearsI assume you don't have ISA Browns? We just had 3, gorgeous girls, but they all started laying lash eggs at about 2yo.The ISAs are bred to lay, and -- turns out! -- 300 eggs/year isn't sustainable for a poor little chook's insides.Don't get ISA Browns. It's heartbreaking and, if you decide to treat it vs. letting them die (we did), expensive.We loved our girls to death. Chickens are amazing pets. parent jen729w 1 year ago
I assume you don't have ISA Browns? We just had 3, gorgeous girls, but they all started laying lash eggs at about 2yo.
The ISAs are bred to lay, and -- turns out! -- 300 eggs/year isn't sustainable for a poor little chook's insides.
Don't get ISA Browns. It's heartbreaking and, if you decide to treat it vs. letting them die (we did), expensive.
We loved our girls to death. Chickens are amazing pets.