What is chicken math

Laughed through this whole thread--thank you each for contributing!

Chicken math is very dangerous for us (who have been out of the business for quite a few years) whose memory is evidently not very good. We needed just enough chickens to give two retired people some eggs. Of course we realize that you don't always get hens. In the interest of economy (with our new limited income), we thought we should order straight run as it is cheaper and we could make good use of a little extra meat. So, we looked at the different descriptions of chickens and naturally each breed was better in certain climates, better at laying or better for meat. Naturally you have to get a variety so that you can see which works better for you. Part of having chickens is entertainment also at our age, so they can't all look alike. Needless to say "just enough chickens to give two retired people some egss" quickly turned into 53 chickens.
Rationale:
Some will die
Half will be roosters
Some won't lay well in cold weather
The bear did get a few

So hens enough for a few eggs turns into 20, but now you have to also take into account that my DH is old and gets a different number each time he tries to count. That's chicken math isn't it? We're already trying to decide what to order next year because hens don't lay as well in the second year, right? And we found some other breeds that might be good. We NEED more chickens, right? Heaven forbid we should eat store bought eggs again. To say nothing of all the money we're saving (thank goodness we didn't actually keep track). That IS chicken math, isn't it?

http://blog.mypetchicken.com/2014/07/25/chicken-math/

Chicken Math