In the years that followed, that little chick grew up to become a healthy adult bantam hen named Peanut.
And Peanut, now 21 years old, was officially named the world’s oldest living chicken earlier this year, according to the Guinness World Records.
She’s also the star of a new children’s book written and self-published by Darwin, titled My Girl Peanut and Me — On Love and Life From the World’s Oldest Chicken.
On their property, called “Darwin’s Eden,” they’ve raised an array of animals, including Welsh corgis, parrots, chickens, ducks, guinea fowl and peafowl.
She set up a cage in the living room, where Peanut lived for the first few years of her young life.
She far surpassed the previous record for the world’s oldest living chicken, which was set by Cheddar, a 12-year-old clucker, in April 2022, per the Great Lakes Echo’s Jack Armstrong.
The oldest chicken ever documented lived to the age of 23 years and 152 days, according to Guinness World Records. »
