Washtenaw County chicken named oldest living chicken

(CBS DETROIT)- The town of Chelsea, Michigan has a inhabitants of about 5,400 individuals. A well-known resident, is not even a human.

Peanut, the oldest residing hen on earth is a Chelsea resident.

“I by no means even knew chickens may reside that lengthy,” stated Peanut’s mom, Marsi Darwin.

Peanut the hen is formally documented because the oldest residing hen. Guinness World Information despatched Marsi Darwin the official paperwork after she was urged by a buddy to submit. Darwin says her mom handed away in 2022 and submitting the entire recordsdata Guinness requires served as a a lot wanted distraction.

‘It did preserve me fairly busy. They do make you soar by means of some hoops,” Darwin stated.

Throughout that point of submittal, Darwin mirrored again 20 years when Peanut was nearly by no means born. She says when Peanut’s mother laid her nest, the entire eggs, besides Peanut’s hatched. Not pondering a lot of it, Darwin went to get rid of the egg since leaving it within the nest might have attracted predators.

“I walked right down to the pond and I used to be going to throw the egg within the pond. And I went like this to throw it, and I heard it cheep. I could not imagine it, so I held it as much as my ear and it cheeped once more,” Darwin stated.

She regarded intently and noticed a crack. Peanut simply wasn’t in a position to crack the shell to get out.

Darwin cared for Peanut in her house for 2 years after which joined the opposite chickens in an outside coop till she began getting older. Now she spends the newer winters inside.

“I am writing slightly guide, slightly image guide, and I am pondering that I would name it “A Survival Information by Peanut” as a result of she has been by means of quite a bit. And simply that, if you happen to’re in bother, say one thing. You understand, holler,” Darwin stated.