We lost one of our leghorns day before yesterday. Haven't had them before this batch so I don't know their life span, and can't imagine why she died so young. She is just over 3 years old. So sad about that.
We do not do necropsies here, although we would if we lost more than one bird at a time. So, it's a mystery.
The leghorns are my most reliable layers, but no matter, I'd keep them if they weren't. I have 3 Australorps who are just over 7 years old right now. I think I still get an occasional egg out of one of them, but don't know for sure. I just know I get the occasional torpedo egg and that's what they used to lay. I suppose any of the girls could lay an egg like that occasionally. They are still beauties.![Love :love :love](/styles/byc-smilies/love.gif)
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![Sad but relieved face :disappointed_relieved: š„](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f625.png)
The leghorns are my most reliable layers, but no matter, I'd keep them if they weren't. I have 3 Australorps who are just over 7 years old right now. I think I still get an occasional egg out of one of them, but don't know for sure. I just know I get the occasional torpedo egg and that's what they used to lay. I suppose any of the girls could lay an egg like that occasionally. They are still beauties.
![Love :love :love](/styles/byc-smilies/love.gif)