Chicken Math

[jaks2578]

We started with 6 chicks from Tractor Supply Easter Weekend (2 leghorns + 2 Delawares + 2 Red Rangers).

Add 2 Silkies + 3 Brahmas the following weekend.

Add 6 Ameraucanas + 4 Olive Eggers two weeks later.

Add 2 Silkies yesterday...

Unfortunately 3 Ameraucana chicks passed away this week.

Today’s total = 20 chicks in 6 weeks. However, the day is young...who knows how many will be here by this evening.

We added 15 more chicks today!!!!!

NEW TOTAL = 35 Chickens

 

[Mybackyardpeepers]

I bet you will end up getting five or six!

How many colored silkies are there?

 

[Mybackyardpeepers]

We added 15 more chicks today!!!!!

NEW TOTAL = 35 Chickens

Ugh I have to eliminate a couple before I can add, but on the plus side my daughter took another rooster off my hands.

 

[Mybackyardpeepers]

This has me smiling big time, we started with 4 hens 3 years ago with a 4’ x 12’ with the run tractor coop, since then we got a small brooder coop, and a permanent 6’ x 8’ coop with a 11’ x 22’ run. One of our first hens, a Jersey Giant went broody 2 years ago so my wife Tana had a friend who gave us a dozen fertilized eggs, 7 hatched, sex links, with 3 little Roos, only one of the cockerels survived but it started the expansion. We had a little Americana go broody and she hatched 6 then a Rhode Island Red hatched 3 three weeks later. We were up to 26 chicks, hens and roosters. We think a hawk got one of our little hens then one hen we found dead in the nesting box. 3 weeks ago something got in the yard and got 2 hens and one of the older chicks. We sold 3 of the pullets so we are down to 10 hens, 3 roosters and 5 chicks with one being a cockerel. Loosing any of our flock is sad but we do love our chickens. When I go outside and whistle it’s like a heard of dinosaurs running at you expecting a treat

Your flock is awesome. Yes even giving them to my daughter is hard for me! they were my babies at one time.

 

[Mybackyardpeepers]

If I could have roosters, I think I would just get roosters. They are so beautiful and it would be really cool to have a bachelor pad!

Everyone was trying to get me to make one, don't think my neighbors would appreciate it.

 

[Mybackyardpeepers]

Supposed to have 3, got 5 because I got an extra silkie in case a chick died in shipping (none did). So I ended up with four silkies and my mystery chick, a Plymouth White rooster that I rehomed because rooster. Back down to four. Had one silkie killed by a dog.

Decided to order "a few more" because three didn't seem like enough. Ordered four more - all different breeds. Then I ordered 3 Orps and a mystery chick. Also decided to incubate a dozen bielefelders. Ended up with three bielefelders, four chicks from the hatchery, and my three chickens outside. Rehomed the remaining silkies. Turning into a chicken lunatic at this point.

Bought two more chicks to go with the four in the brooder. Rehomed two of the bielefelders and two of my hatchery chicks. Lost another bird to dogs. So now I have four teenagers in the run and three new chicks in the brooder - all I have left is the blue and lavender Orps and the one female bielefelder chick I kept.

Still thinking about adding a Polish chick to the brooder if I can find one locally to replace the Polish hen I lost this weekend. But I've basically lost my kitchen pass because I am almost 5 chickens over my initial maximum quota and incubated a dozen hatching eggs in secret before I was found out, lol.

3 + 2 = 5 - 2 = 3 + 4 = 7 + 2 = 9 + 12 = 21 - 9 = 12 - 4 = 8 - 1 = 7 and a half (have one solitary egg left in the incubator).

TLDR: 3 chickens = 5 chickens = 8 chickens = CUT OFF.

Is there really a thing called the cut off? . I'm already thinking silkies from hatchery since can't find anything local. One probably, still have 5 in my family room!

 

[Mybackyardpeepers]

Chicken Math is REAL!!!!!
I wanted chickens, my boyfriend didn't. We compromised and got the rental program (2 baby chicks and 7 eggs) , so my daughter can experience the "whole" hatching process. 21 days after, we fell in love. (5 hatched) and a year after we are at 30 chickens and 3 just hatched Saturday ohhh... and 4 Ducks

Those 3 are my new grankids

Awww thank goodness I have week olds in my dining room or I would have to run out and get some!!! Absolutely adorable!

 

[Mybackyardpeepers]

It's called rent a coop. And they give you everything you need to have them for almost a month. That's what started all

What happens after a month or am I being suckered? Lmao

 

[Mybackyardpeepers]

When we went to buy ours a year ago there was a husband and wife looking at the baby chicks and we overheard this conversation:

"Aww they're so cute when their little! Hunny, can we get chickens again?"

"Never again."

I think mine is really learning the phrase "happy wife (with chicks) happy life!"

 

[Mybackyardpeepers]

Oh I think I have this! First started of with 6 chickens then + 3 ducks - predators= 1. Then + 3 ducklings = 4.
Then I went online and bought 36 chicken eggs. And they will be hatching next week.
Thank god my husbands not popped his top yet.

Mine starts then I get rid of one then gain 3 then one sadly passes so he feels bad then gain 5. Lol