CHICKEN MATH STRIKES AGAIN

[Betsy57]

A most excellent example of chicken math at work! Congratulations. No one here will judge you for your addiction.

Ha! Hi, my name is Christine and I'm a chick-a-holic too! Pitiful isn't it?!

I just picked up 4 more week old chicks last night. They were supposed to be Easter Eggers but I think just one is, the rest look like Black Astralorps. One of my 4 day old hatchlings (first time I let mama do her thing) is looking a little droppy this morning. She was hatched first but is smaller than the other one. Gosh, I hope I don't lose my first ever naturally hatched chick! She's a buff orphington and so little and precious. She is smaller than the brown leghorn. Mama is doing so good with her but I wasn't comfortable in putting the new week old chicks in with her. She checked them out and wasn't too sure about them. So I have mama and her chicks in one area, the 4 week old chicks in one area (which were to be all hens and one rooster but looks like 2 in there) and the week old chicks in another area. MY GOSH! Take me away to the looney bin now!
Just after I wrote the above, I checked on the baby chick. She's dead

 

[mabhera]

That's why i love you....everyone here at home judge me. And I don't have that many chickens...It's just that I have chickens,

 

[Ourfamilyflock]

Sorry about the loss of your chick Christine. But glad you got 4 more to add to your flock!

 

[yorklady]

Being a newbie I can't say for sure but it is possibly a mix. It was advertised at our local Agway as a lemon Cuckoo Orpington and since I wanted an Orp we decided to go take a look. A very cute little yellow chick and looks like her Buff Orp sister except a bit more yellow and her wings are longer. She is tiny but feathering out quickly and she is fast! .Actually she came from a straight run and I am not 100% sure it is a pullet but her tail feathers are coming in and it looks like a hen in the making. My camera is at my shop but I will try to take pics to post when I get it tomorrow!

 

[yorklady]

So sorry for your lost chick. My first Buff Orp died and I cried like a baby!

 

[AZ_HenHouse]

It happened again. I have 2 more babies.
It really wasn't my fault.

My son's friends mother hatched out some chicks in her class and needed to find a home for them. She knew we had chickens (had given her eggs before) so she sent them to our house. Not sure if she asked-my son just let me know they were coming about 10 minutes before they showed up

I was told they were about 4 weeks-6 weeks old.....oops they were more like 4-6 days old

 

[cherwill]

Christine, I'm sorry you lost your buff. It's amazing how attached we get to these little critters.

DH wasn't very happy with me over the 4 EEs I added in March. Then we were at a farm where they had Gold Stars; they were really pretty and they laid beautiful, big brown eggs. Now HE'S the one thinking we need more chickens ...

 

[mabhera]

I did it again....sold some roosters and then i realized I have ONLY 11 pullets. At mothers day I had the perfect excuse for buying some chickens so I ordered them as a gift for my mother....and just 2 for me...But my grandmother wanted some also, so I gave her my 2. She wanted more So I made a new order....this time 4 of those chickens are mine....Found at the feed store some baby turkeys and buyed them all ....I just need one for the thanksgiving dinner but got 4 just in case some die. I keep looking at the auctions....but I AM NOT GETTING EGGS. NOPE. time will tell...lol

 

[momma mariana]

Haha! Well, we are adding to our chicken flock, slowly. Yet this past Sunday, my hubby's brother suprised us with baby chicks....it seems his finger had a mind of his own because instead of purchasing 24 RIR he "accidently" double clicked and he bought 48. :O

 

[Betsy57]

Gosh! Who'd a thunk 2 years ago I'd be a Chicken Lady with 50! It is so entertaining to read other's stories of Chicken Math. This is such a great forum. Thanks to all those who are responsible for it. My week old hatchling is doing okay, "sibling" died Sunday morning The other 4 week old buggers that were to be Easter Eggers are doing okay in their separate area (hopefully they're all hens but probably not! (3 turned out to be Black Australorps) and the 22 one-month old chicks are all doing okay (2 turned out to be roosters). It will be quite the challenge to get all these incorporated back in the general population of the 6 others that are 1 1/2 years old. Mama will have to be reintroduced too since she has been separate from her mates while she sat on the eggs and now is raising her lone chickie. She is a good mama!