Chicken math help

[AllenK RGV]

Ok I am curious on how many chicken I actually have here. I read the featured article "Chicken Math 101" but couldn't pass the exam.

We have 16 layers... 4 Sumatra Hens(18 months old), and a Feral hen who lives and lays here as well.
That makes 5 right?

Then come the silkies we have 15 of those but 4 are cockerels. As they are all bantams they count as halfs right? Since only 11 can lay an egg that must be 5.5 chicken, right?

I am sure the 5 1 week old silkie hatchlings cant even make up 0.01 of a chicken so those are free.

So I think the right answer is I have 10 chicken as you never round up.

 

[Acre4Me]

 

[Duckfarmer1]

I’m not quite sure you got the gist of the way it works...or perhaps I’m wayyyy off...it means that you start with 3 birds, and then get 2 more to be layers but throw one in for you daughter so you have to get one for your sone, then next you get five because they were a good deal so why not get ten.... at least...that’s the way I read it to be...the numbers keep growing by justifying it for reasons only you can justify. Am I right everyone? Or even close?

 

[Cryss]

We need more information. Specifically, what are their names?

 

[HuffleClaw]

You have 31 chickens in total. Only the realest will admit their addiction. Chicken math, and regular math, are actually alike. Both add, subtract, multiply, and divide the same. No matter what that enabling article says!

 

[AllenK RGV]

We need more information. Specifically, what are their names?

Ok for names and this will be hard every Sumatra is named, there is Red, BB, Hildy, and Polly. The feral is Peggy Sue. For the squirts they have loads of names David, Iggy and Sid are the frizzled silkies. For all of the other silkie names you need my wifes input.

 

[chrissynemetz]

I don't think the feral one counts since you technically don't own it...
But I'm not sure... DH believes that I have 70 chickens while I hold the opinion that it's closer to 15

 

[Cryss]

Ok for names and this will be hard every Sumatra is named, there is Red, BB, Hildy, and Polly. The feral is Peggy Sue. For the squirts they have loads of names David, Iggy and Sid are the frizzled silkies. For all of the other silkie names you need my wifes input.

Perhaps you need to re-read Proof #6.”Named chickens do not count”.

 

[aliciaplus3]

Hmmm. I think we must have 20 here as that is the max number of eggs we have gotten lately... ( 18 in each of the 4 coops, 2 roosters per coop 3 breeding pens set up with a rooster and 8 hens and 3 growout areas with undisclosed numbers each) yes there are 20 here.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Is that how I had 8 now I have 25 but 7 under age + 4 silkie + 3 cockerel so I have ?