Chicken math

[Spartan22]

@Spartan22
So your brooder will hold the 600

? Sounds like good chicken math to me

I wish, but that will be irresponsible ha ha, maybe take off the two 00 since we have minimum regulation.

 

[pioneerchick816]

Bummer Spartan22

I'm working my way up to about 20 by April, so I'm thankful I have land & not so close neighbors. I have to keep building stuff for more chickens

 

[Spartan22]

@pioneerchick816 I got 20++ layers right now and 13 six week olds in the brooder, and picking maybe 6 or more tomorrow, the store just informed me they have 12 different breeds of 1 day olds.

 

[pioneerchick816]

Awesome @Spartan22

you have a business!!

 

[Peeps61]

My most recent order of chicks will be at the feedstore this Friday! I have four RIR's, and 4 BR pullets coming. The following Friday, I'll have my 3 BO's. Then, the first Friday in April, I'll have my 10 EE! Chicken math at it's best. I'll probably figure something else out that I need between then and now.

 

[BluesLadies]

I had actually never been around chickens until I moved in with my now husband. I was a city girl my whole life. He had 10 white Leghorn's and a rir. We now have 8 heavy breeds, 4 Japanese bantam, 3 silkie, 2 serama, 41 eggs in the incubator and 13 chicks in the brooder. Needless to say I quickly fell in love with those fluffy butts.

 

[Spartan22]

I had actually never been around chickens until I moved in with my now husband. I was a city girl my whole life. He had 10 white Leghorn's and a rir. We now have 8 heavy breeds, 4 Japanese bantam, 3 silkie, 2 serama, 41 eggs in the incubator and 13 chicks in the brooder. Needless to say I quickly fell in love with those fluffy butts.

Haha

another city person fell into chicken hoarding lol ...ditto

 

[Spartan22]

Awesome @Spartan22

you have a business!!

They paid for their own coop and feeds, fair enough? Now if I can have the 3 cats clean their own litter boxes

wife hates cats but our kids asked for them

 

[Folly's place]

You know that dogs have owners, and cats have staff! Mary

 

[csharpdev]

Chicken math is easy. My plan was to slowly (over 3 years) build a flock to 18 hens and then buy 6 started pullets and cull 6 oldest birds each year to keep them young and productive. I started with 8 last year, 3 died bringing me down to 5. I'm hen sitting 2 older birds for a friend while she moves...that makes 7. There are 25 one week old chicks living in my garage and I have plans for 25 cornish X this summer.