Well, we need to remember "It takes a Village". Since none of my neighbors keep chickens, I need to make up for each household in "The Village".
Now that is a perfect explanation for me!
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Well, we need to remember "It takes a Village". Since none of my neighbors keep chickens, I need to make up for each household in "The Village".
maybe you could change the date on it to 2010, and distribute it nation wide. The politicians won't remember if it's something they approved of or not.
Sorry, but your math is wrong.Here's my chicken math:
Eggs per person per week, normally: 15. (3 eggs x 5 days a week)
Eggs per person per week in an unusually large harvest: 26. (3 eggs every day, plus egg salad, quiches, custards, sauces, etc.)
Layers @ 4 eggs per week*, for 26 eggs per person per week: 14.86 (round up to 15)
Replacement pullets for 15 layers in a three-year cycle: 5
Roosters** for 15 layers at the 1:9 ratio illustrated: 1.67 (round up to 2)
Total laying flock per person: 22
Broiler chickens per person per week, normally: 2.5 (2 chicken dinners at 1/2 chicken per meal + 2 chicken lunches at 1/4 chicken per meal)
Broiler chickens per person per week in an unusually large harvest: 5 (4 chicken dinners at 1/2 chicken per meal + 4 chicken lunches at 1/4 chicken per meal)
Breeding hens to provide 5 broiler chickens per person per week at 3 chicks per hen per week*: 2.14 (rounded to 2)
Roosters at 1 per 8 hens: 1 (rounded up)
Broilers in brooder for 8 week cycle: 40
Total broiler flock per person: 43
Total chickens per person: 65
I'll say 100 birds are about right for the two members of my household (DW eats less than I do). So, at 50 birds, we're clearly not contributing our share to the bumper crop of poultry and eggs - and I haven't accounted for the three nearby unpatriotic families selfishly not raising chickens.
*allowing for reduced periods of lay during molt and winter. Numbers of bantam hens should be increased relative to their egg size, approximately 3:2. Broilers further allow for losses in incubation and brooding.
**if roosters weren't required, they wouldn't be in the illustration. Duh!