Thank goodness someone shared a link to this so I could be privileged to read it. What an utterly brilliant piece and so professionally written. I will share this with anyone who does not understand chicken math as this is undisputable proof! Well done!
This is GREAT!!! I told my husband that “I wanted 10 chickens….but if God wants me to have 20 chickens then 40 chickens it is!!” Now I have the math to prove it!
Also, the chickens that you you put for sale, but your husband/child said that you should hang on to “for a few more weeks” (code for: keep forever) don’t count in overall total.
#5 is a circular random reference and cannot be resolved, therefore has no numerical value.
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and ANOTHER thing; In the state of NY it is ILLEGAL to sell LESS than 6 chicks. Add that to the number cruncher and see what comes out!
Wonderful article ! It’s a great way for people to cheat on their math.
One thing I would add is that disabled chickens don’t count, since if you took the time, care, and effort to parent the hen/rooster, it is a part of the family!
Let's see here.... if my flock is based off of chicken math, well then they simply do not exist! All of my chickens are named! And even if they weren't my actual flock size would "minimize" to around 15 maybe even less! I love chicken math!
... also, if, by some cruel act of fate you have one duck or chicken that is lonely because she is alone, you sometimes have to get a new baby.
For example I had 2 ducks and one passed to the magical pond in heaven, the remaining duck was lonely so I had to get a duckling. But you know sometimes babies don't survive so you need to get 2. Also, babies need to be at least 3 to make a little sleeping pile otherwise they sometimes just die from being cold. You would not want the lonely duck to have 2 new babies and then they die! She just lost her sister and would be devastated to have a baby die too. So we lost 1 duck and now we have 4, which is actually just 2 because we are replacing the one who died.