Peanut, a chicken from a no-kill farm in Michigan, is the current Guinness Record holder for the “world’s oldest chicken”, at 21 years, 156 days, and counting.
花生是密歇根州一个无杀农场的一只鸡，目前吉尼斯纪录保持者是 “世界上最长寿的鸡”，21岁156天，而且还在继续。
Chickens have an average life expectancy (期望) of five to eight years. On January 28, 2023, she was officially crowned the world’s oldest chicken by Guinness World Records, at the age of 20 years and 272 days. She has since turned 21 and is chasing the title of oldest chicken in recorded history.
鸡的平均寿命为5至8年。2023年1月28日，她被吉尼斯世界纪录正式加冕为世界上最长寿的鸡，年龄为20岁零272天。自那以后，她已经21岁了，正在追逐有记录的历史上最古老的鸡的头衔。
21 years ago, her owner was getting ready to throw some bad eggs when she heard a faint chirp (鸣叫声) from one of them. “I heard a second chirp, and I realized that the chick was ___△ __ but didn’t seem to have an egg tooth to get out of its shell,” Marsi Parker Darwin said. “I gently peeled her out of the egg, and there was this wet little mess, sitting in my hand.”
21年前，她的主人正准备扔一些坏鸡蛋，突然听到其中一只鸡蛋发出微弱的唧唧声。马西·帕克·达尔文说:“我听到第二声啁啾，我意识到这只小鸡是___，似乎没有从壳里钻出来的蛋牙。”“我轻轻地把她从蛋里剥了出来，留下了这个湿漉漉的小家伙，就在我手里。”
This little chick was tiny to begin with, but it never grew past one pound, about one-third of the size of the other chickens on the farm, so Marsi named her “Peanut”. The Michigan native never imagined that the chick would be with her and her husband for over two decades. They celebrated Peanut’s birthday in May, and she’s apparently as healthy and energetic as ever.
这只小鸡一开始很小，但它从来没有超过一磅，大约是农场其他鸡的3分之1，所以玛西给她取名为 “花生”。这位密歇根州本地人从未想过这只小鸡会和她的丈夫在一起超过二十年。他们在五月庆祝了花生的生日，她显然和以前一样健康，精力充沛。
Darwin said that she was encouraged to apply for a Guinness Record by a friend who is also a chicken lover. He knew about a chicken named Matilda who had previously held the record at age 14, only to die a couple of years later. Peanut had already beaten her record by several years, so he convinced Darwin to apply.
达尔文说，她被一位也是鸡爱好者的朋友鼓励申请吉尼斯纪录。他知道一只名叫玛蒂尔达的鸡，它曾在14岁时保持着这一记录，但几年后却死了。花生已经打破了她的记录几年，所以他说服达尔文申请。
Peanut is now well on her way to challenging the title of oldest chicken in recorded history. At about 21 years and a half, she is pretty close to beating the record set by Muffy, who was 23 years and 152 days old when she died back in 2011.
花生现在正在挑战有记录的历史上最长寿的鸡的头衔。在大约21岁半的时候，她已经非常接近打破Muffy创下的纪录，Muffy 2011年去世时才23岁152天。
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