Chicken math

[21hens-incharge]

You know I was just razzing you right?
STILL though we all love to see the pics of the little ones.

 

[blkjak]

Yes i know. I cant believe how small guinea keets are and fast. Speedy gonzalas fast!

 

[21hens-incharge]

When you come from Africa and are a bird speed counts I guess lol. The ones I have seen are amazingly quick.

 

[JRNash]

4 embdens and two brown Chinese

 

[yellowswirl]

I originally wanted 6. Here's our story:

Started out with 6 leghorn pullets.
1 died a few days later
Came home with 1 bantam as a replacement.
A few weeks later, we discovered that 2 were actually meat birds.
Came home with 3 RIRs as "replacements," but decided to keep the meat birds anyway.
1 baby RIR escaped the daytime encloser.
Came home with 2 barred rocks.
As we were pulling into the driveway with the new babies, our neighbor came over and asked if we wanted a baby chick they found in their backyard. Turned out to be our little, adventurous escapee.

Total: 11

husband says "No More!!" but we shall see...

 

[JRNash]

They just APPEAR

 

[clickdb]

I originally wanted 6. Here's our story:

Started out with 6 leghorn pullets.
1 died a few days later
Came home with 1 bantam as a replacement.
A few weeks later, we discovered that 2 were actually meat birds.
Came home with 3 RIRs as "replacements," but decided to keep the meat birds anyway. 
1 baby RIR escaped the daytime encloser.
Came home with 2 barred rocks.
As we were pulling into the driveway with the new babies, our neighbor came over and asked if we wanted a baby chick they found in their backyard. Turned out to be our little, adventurous escapee. 

Total: 11

husband says "No More!!" but we shall see...

Welcome to basic chicken math! You've passed your first test, and are ready for the advanced courses
Haha, that's how it begins! Our original design was for 5, and within 3 weeks we were at 10 (My fault lol). Once the cockerels started developing, I told my wife we would only end up with 3 pullets, and she insisted that we keep two of the roosters. So I told her we needed more hens to make sure the boys are happy! Now up to 19, (will be reduced by about 7 in the coming weeks) and I have plans for more!
Also, so happy you found your escapee! Houdini perhaps? Lol

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Welcome to basic chicken math! You've passed your first test, and are ready for the advanced courses

The advanced courses cover the complicated formulas and conversions used to demonstrate to the objecting party (spouse) that the number of birds cannot be accurately totaled, and there for cannot be limited, as there are specific inclusional and exclusional properties for each bird that must be considered.

 

[clickdb]

The advanced courses cover the complicated formulas and conversions used to demonstrate to the objecting party (spouse) that the number of birds cannot be accurately totaled, and there for cannot be limited, as there are specific inclusional and exclusional properties for each bird that must be considered.

Sadly they don't cover sleeping arrangements for when you fail to solve for X correctly
When building your coop, add an extra room, just in case :0

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Sadly they don't cover sleeping arrangements for when you fail to solve for X correctly

- this is why every coop should feature an attached living quarters for human occupancy