chicken math

  1. treslilbirds

    Has this ever happened to anyone else??

    I was just trying to get some chicken feed and oyster shell at TSC yesterday. As I was headed out the door, these 4 little red sex links must’ve snuck in my cart. :confused: :lau All I can say is God bless whoever invented the MHP brooder idea. We’ve had a cold snap here in NorCal with...
  2. ChxLadyCass

    From incubator to broody hen: when to transition

    Hello! I have 5 eggs in my incubator that about 14 days in. I had my BEST broody mama go broody on a handful of eggs (not sure if they are fertilized or not, due to a recent rooster injury). My question is, when should I move the eggs from the incubator to my broody hen? My hen is the best...
  3. nychick83

    Chicken Math: x+y = how many birds?!?

    This is a spin-off of one of my other posts where we went in depth into how important "Chicken Math" is to the health and well being of your flock. As many of you know, I am putting a website together (which is up and running but still a work in progress) and I said I would post some helpful...
  4. hannahsflock

    Introducing my flock

    This thread is going to be dedicated to photos of my flocks of chickens, as well as updates as I incubate and raise chicks, and try out new breeds. I will start off with the story of my journey up to this point - The very beginning - 2009 We moved to a small farm in December 2009, and...
  5. GmaClucky

    Hi Everyone

    I have loved the Backyard Chickens pages for a long time, just looking things up on the forum pages whenever I had a question - then I'd get stuck going down the "rabbit hole" looking at page after page and loads of pictures of (mostly) beautiful chickens! I have quite a a few chickens; among...
  6. hannahsflock

    Chicken Math

    I haven't seen any active 'chicken math' threads on BYC lately, and I love reading these kinds of stories. So I decided to make a thread myself. My chicken journey has been a long one. Ever since 2009 (and the original plan of a couple of egg layers) I have expanded my flock to include several...
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