Chicken Math 101 – with Quiz!

In Missouri, the yearly ‘personal property tax’ assessment includes livestock, (which includes chickens) and you have to state how many you have each Jan 1. I have used a similar chicken math method to come up with 4 hens each year. If I ever need to prove I was correct in stating 4, I will refer them to this article, which I have printed out and keep handy.

One of the most fun articles on the forums! But so TRUE~

Omg this is fantastic! I had a good laugh reading it, it made my day hahah!

Hilarious!!! This could be applied to arguments for why the coop/run/chicken yard need to be expanded or fortified.

I always knew that my one Novogen (whose sister flew away last year) and my Buff Brahma (whose sister died young) both didn't count, but now I have the proof!

Chicken math at its finest.

Cute and entertaining.

Took me about half way to realize the pictures weren’t real math! I’m pretty good at math and I just didn’t get it at all, x + 1 = 1/2 a chick. What? I was so confused! LOL Then I got it and I was like “now how do I explain why you can look outside and see at least 6 chickens but yet I only have 1?” (They are all named)

Love your instructional dedication!

This made me realize that I have 0 chickens (all are named) so I guess know I can go get more
Lol ?
(Also where did you get the chicken emoji there really cool)

The article is incredible and you have just convinced me to go buy more chickens

This is hilarious! I think this means I can add a few new breeds. Since of course they don't count!

Good article but I do have a problem with the naming. I named my 3 cows that will be on my dinner plate someday... Before I read this article I had over 50 chickens no your right I don't remember all their names but, they all had a name at some point so that counts.

This was egg-celent and the problems were fun! I needed a notebook tho.

Cute article.

Huh, I guess I can go get more chickens now... I have 0 chickens! (All are named, all of different breeds)

the perfect thing to show my parents! technically only have a two quail if it counts for them too, might as well go get 10 more!

It took me many tries over the last year, and more re-reads than I can count, but I finally looked past all the confusing diagrams and found that this article wasn't serious.

Well yes, it is serious. It has seriously-good hints about how to get more chickens!

All my chickens are named, so it appears that I have no chickens! Oh no, how could such a thing happen? I only see one solution: get more chickens!

Well done you even had me fooled there! Thanks for sharing your secrets!

You have no idea how much I needed this article.

This is an awesome article. Everything is totally true and it is full of facts.