When I built my coop last summer, I intended to get half a dozen hens and maybe a rooster. Then I read that you need to have about 10 hens per rooster, so when I placed my special order at my local store, I ordered 10 pullets and 1 cockerel.
The local store kept procrastinating their order and the hatchery was running out of the breeds I wanted, so I placed my order directly with them instead to reserve the ones I wanted. However, that meant I had to order a minimum of 15, plus they threw in a free one making it 16 ... which was really too many for the coop I built, but what's a gal to do?
Then I popped into a not-so-local farm store and saw almost all the breeds I wanted, looking incredibly adorable. Told myself that if I cancelled my online order (still weeks from being filled and not yet billed), I could grab only 10 right then at the store. Which I did. Except they didn't have any Golden Laced Wyandottes, which topped my wishlist, so I drove to another not-so-local store to get a couple of those.
Ended up with an even dozen, so twice what I had originally planned, but less than I had ordered online.