Finally....the clear explanation of chicken math (advanced).....the formulas offer the clarification details missing from most other articles on chicken math. I have no chickens yet....just a newbie....but with your concise explanation I passed the Quiz with 7 correct.....yes, I'm walking tall! Thanks for this.....now I will go reevaluate my chicken order.
As a beginner to keeping backyard chickens, I found this article extremely helpful. Reading this made me more competent in counting my flock (technically, I’ve 0 because all of my chickens have names, thus I also have room for a lot more chickens), and it also gave me the knowledge I needed to explain to my spouse why I need more chickens. The quiz at the end was super helpful and easy for me, but my spouse is still having trouble with it and needs to keep studying.
I needed a good laugh and this provided it. When people ask me how many chickens I have, they are shocked no matter what I say so I break it up into 1 rooster 2 cockerels, 7 pullets etc. That was they are too confused to comment.
This gave me such a good laugh I had to show my husband who is now grumbling about chicken math to himself. I received 5 extras with my last order so I’m counting those as gift chickens they don’t count for total right lol.
If the first of a breed is named then that doesn’t count as a chicken therefore it can only be the first unnamed of a breed. I was afraid my flock was too big for a moment there!