Chicken math

[ChickAsThieves]

That's a smart idea. I like brooders that have an off season purpose.

Me too. It's way too big to be useless for most of the year. If we were having a big cookout it would also be perfect to fill with ice and put all of the cold drinks in!

 

[rodewarrior]

Yeah so, power is out here. Got my genny running great. Neighbor asks if I can grab a plug from hardware while im in town to get his going. I get to TSC, he calls and says forget plug. I'm looking at sign "we got chicks"...... Needs I say more.
I got 16 babies to raise now. Ha ha ha..... Can anyone see the big sucker sign on my forehead, I'll keep y'all posted on how things go

 

[Spartan22]

Yeah so, power is out here. Got my genny running great. Neighbor asks if I can grab a plug from hardware while im in town to get his going. I get to TSC, he calls and says forget plug. I'm looking at sign "we got chicks"...... Needs I say more.
I got 16 babies to raise now. Ha ha ha..... Can anyone see the big sucker sign on my forehead, I'll keep y'all posted on how things go

Ha ha ha, same here victim of my own doing came home tonite w/ day old chicks

all I needed was a feed scoop & mower filter.

 

[pioneerchick816]

I was in TSC and I WALKED AWAY CHICKLESS!!! So proud of myself lol

 

[SunHwaKwon]

I was in TSC and I WALKED AWAY CHICKLESS!!! So proud of myself lol

Great job! I need to go there after work and I'm hoping they don't have anything I want.

 

[Peeps61]

I got my four BR pullet chicks and RIR pullet chicks yesterday! They are happily chirping in the brooder now!

3 Buff Orphintons and 10 EE chicks coming at the end of the month!

 

[LadyVictorian]

I was given the maximum of 6 chickens the start of the year because that is the minimum I could have bought from my work. Ended up realizing my work really wasn't going to carry chicks because the county doesn't want us to sell them so I ordered online and decided to get 8 chicks. Was given the okay and put my order in. Waiting impatiently for the 8 chicks to arrive at the end of April I discovered a local Silkie breeder and fell in love with the looks of the silkie breed. Figuring I needed a crash course in chick upbringing I convinced the family to let me get 2 silkies, when I got there I found out the limit I could have for silkies was at least 3 so I picked out three silkie chicks and got a free one in case one didn't make it, that gave me 4 silkies with 8 on order. A few days ago I asked the family if we could get more chicks because the chick breeds I wanted and couldn't buy at the time are being sold local by a breeder and got the go ahead. I am not adding 3 more chicks from another local breeder at the end of April....wait....I still just have 6 chickens right? xD

 

[LadyVictorian]

Also to ad if anyone in MN is selling faverolle's I am so screwed because that is the last chicken on my wish list and next year I want to get blue and lavender orpingtons, a blue, a black, and a partridge silkie, and I want a few other blue lace red wyandotte. >.<

 

[21hens-incharge]

I was given the maximum of 6 chickens the start of the year because that is the minimum I could have bought from my work. Ended up realizing my work really wasn't going to carry chicks because the county doesn't want us to sell them so I ordered online and decided to get 8 chicks. Was given the okay and put my order in. Waiting impatiently for the 8 chicks to arrive at the end of April I discovered a local Silkie breeder and fell in love with the looks of the silkie breed. Figuring I needed a crash course in chick upbringing I convinced the family to let me get 2 silkies, when I got there I found out the limit I could have for silkies was at least 3 so I picked out three silkie chicks and got a free one in case one didn't make it, that gave me 4 silkies with 8 on order. A few days ago I asked the family if we could get more chicks because the chick breeds I wanted and couldn't buy at the time are being sold local by a breeder and got the go ahead. I am not adding 3 more chicks from another local breeder at the end of April....wait....I still just have 6 chickens right? xD

Actually..... Since the silkies are still chicks they don't count and since some or all may be male that means that they would never lay....
-4 + 8 on order = 4
The chicks on order are not there yet so they don't count.
4 - 8 = -4
Some or all may not make it....
-4 + - 8 = -12

Um I think you need to search locally or place an order since you appear to have a serious deficet!!

Not to mention if the Silkies end up being females and going broody. That complicates the math!!!!!

 

[LadyVictorian]

Actually..... Since the silkies are still chicks they don't count and since some or all may be male that means that they would never lay....
-4 + 8 on order = 4
The chicks on order are not there yet so they don't count.
4 - 8 = -4
Some or all may not make it....
-4 + - 8 = -12

Um I think you need to search locally or place an order since you appear to have a serious deficet!!

Not to mention if the Silkies end up being females and going broody. That complicates the math!!!!!

This means TSC needs to get in those bantams so I can have a few end up in my car somehow on a drive home one day. Dang hitchhiker chicks and their magical appearing bodies in a box in my passenger seat. I try to explain to the parents they just show up against my will. It's not my fault those roving gangs of chicks travel in packs of 6 or more to hijack vehicles passing by locations that sell chicks.

I hope they understand and see me for the victim I am to these tiny cute crime lords.