Chicken Math 101 – with Quiz!

Love it and especially love the pics , WHERE does one get such great chicken graphics?

What an exquisite culmination of extraordinary studies. Dr. BaaKaaawk is a pure genius. I appreciate her sensitivity toward those of us who are less brilliant; she does not flaunt her extreme intelligence, but instead explains things in layman’s terms. For the more advanced, she has cleverly shared her formulas along with her illustrations. I believe this will revolutionize spouse/partner/family understanding of flock size and save relationships everywhere. I am overwhelmed with profound awe and sincere appreciation.

Wow, that was fascinating!

I have kept chickens for many years, and I have employed Chicken Math all these years...telling the Game Warden (as I give him countless boxes of eggs) "since YOUR fox killed 4 of my hens, now I must go buy new chicks ... lots more chicks... in case YOUR fox returns"...and other forms of subterfuge. My horse LOVES my hens, stands at their gate and mumbles to them... so do my barn cats and my Great Pyrenees dogs. I must have enough chickens to keep all my animals happy with "their own flocks". And when you count beaks in the coop at night and each night the count varies (because they're walking around and settling in) well, you can never really know how many chickens you actually do have! I love this article, it took a lot of time and superior math skills to splain it to us, and I really appreciate it. I wish you were my neighbor!

If they taught this kind of math in school, I would’ve done well.

I don't think I have any chickens!!! I'd better get some.

I really enjoyed this article and the thorough explanation of chicken math!!! Still laughing

Well done! I enjoyed this greatly.

very well thought out, and executed article.

the first bantam is the first of a breed and should, therefor, not count. That makes 32 1/2 in stead of 33. And if your little chicks are of a breed other than your existing breeds, then the first one of those shouldn't count either. so that would be another 2/3 less. But I leave it to you. If you want to count yourself rich in chickens, go ahead and count them. LOL

This is one of the most creative and enjoyable articles I have ever read. I especially love the quiz at the end. Excellent touch.

I told my husband I don't really have 8 chickens. This proves that I only have 1/2 of a chicken!

Seriously, though... this is a clever and well-written explanation of chicken math. Love it, love it, love it! And the quiz - GENIUS!!! Thank you!

Finally! An article to prove my chicken match theories to others! I thoroughly enjoyed the writing of the article, as well as the pictures! The quiz at the end was a very nice touch as well! Thank you!

Now I have my defences all prepared.

Absolutely 100% accurate explanation of proper poultry calculations for those new to or unfamiliar with the intricacies of poultry keeping. Well done!

This is hilarious.

I can tell quite a lot of thought and mathematical study went into the making of this article and I love your creative interpretations for calculating accurate flock size. Thank you for the detailed lessons and examples.

Since all my birds are different breeds and lay different color eggs and also have names, I just learned that my flock has been justifiably reduced down to one! I can't keep a poor lone chicken so it must be time to add more!







(A tiny suggestion for improving your article legibility would be to make the font size for each Proof # Title much bigger to help set apart each main section from the other bold text)