Peanut, a 21-year-old hen from Michigan, is now recognized as the world’s oldest living chicken by Guinness World Records.
Meet Peanut: Peanut has lived on a farm in Waterloo, Michigan and despite being abandoned by her mother after hatching, she has lived for over two decades — far beyond the average 5-10 year lifespan of a chicken.
* Her guardian, Marsi Parker Darwin, revived Peanut by warming the cold egg and helping the chick hatch as she was missing a part of her beak, called the egg tooth, which chicks use to break free from their eggs.
Her life in the spotlight: Peanut quickly became a favorite due to her unusual personality and loved to be held and get attention.
* Her age was proven using photographs that documented her life over the years.
Aiming for the top: The record for the oldest chicken ever is presently held by a red quill muffed American game chicken named Muffy, who was 23 when she died in 2011.
* Despite being arthritic and slightly unsteady, her guardian believes Peanut might well live to break Muffy’s record.
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