Explaining Chicken Math

[kbh82310]

I'm gonna add one, I've tried to hold off but I cant. Plus he said if they sent an extra he would let me keep it. So I'm just gonna say she is a packing peanut and get rid of the invoice before he can see it.

 

[annewandering]

kbh8230, cknnewbie gave you excellent advise above when she said not to ask. remember, IT IS BETTER TO ASK FORGIVENESS THAN PERMISSION.

And its a heck of a lot better than lying to your spouse. Just do it!

 

[JoshU]

Crazy chicken math.........<iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=442137939203054"

 

[Sjisty]

Wow, I'd hate to have his feed bill!

 

[afarhat8]

joshu, great, great video. now, if someone is really, truly excellent at chicken math, how many chickens would the person in the video have? i would guess 12 - 17, assuming that person was a harvard professor who taught chicken math at a post graduate level, but that's just my humble guess.

 

[CyndiChick]

I think I agree. I saw lots of roosters, so you have to subtract them since they don't lay eggs. And you have to not count some because they might get taken by predators. So... yeah I think I agree with 12 to 17 chickens there. Does that mean we get our post graduate Ch D (Doctorate in Chicken-math-ology)?

 

[kbh82310]

In a matter of 1 day I ended up ordering 12 more chicks in 2 different shipments. Started with 4 then placed a order for 4 more and not even 2 months later I have 3 more orders for 18 chickens and 4 ducks coming between July and September. I didn't even want chickens to begin with and now I can't get enough of them!

 

[RoxyBird]

I'm gonna try this again- it's getting worse...

So, a year and a half ago I started a flock. My city ordinance allows 6 hens, so I had a date on which I was going to pick up 6 chicks, but I wanted to talk to the feed store lady who knows all the things so that I could be prepared (we have an AWESOME local store here). SO, I went to the store about 2 weeks before the chicks I wanted were to be stocked (you all know where this is going).

Came home with a lot of knowledge, feed, lamps, feeders and three straight run bantams. Oops.

Went to the feed store on the appropriate date and came home with 6 chicks plus 1 extra EE = 7 +3 or 10 birds at this point (cheek poofs decrease willpower, you know...)

Later on discovered that one of the bantys was a rooster... but a super duper awesome sweet one- traded for two banty "pullets" a friend's kids had brought home from a 4-H project. Found out in a couple weeks that OOPS, I actually traded one rooster for two roosters... so 11 birds.

She took the two roosters back, partially because it was so funny... and found out another one of the bantys was a rooster! The fourth rooster was a very handsome and sweet banty too, so he went to the feed store's owner, who found him endearing... and thankfully chick season was over by this visit. = 8 birds (already breaking ordinance, mind you... but no one here cares as long as the ever elusive fairy keeps leaving presents once a month or so).

In fall I fell victim to baby chicks again and brought home 4 Australorps (and one black sex link by accident, but we love our little accident) = 5+8 = 13 birds.

I gave two away as 14 week old pullets to a neighbor as a baby shower present, and my single banty (a silky) fell ill and had to be put down . = 10 birds.

This was way too many for the city, but I had to fill the hole in my heart that resulted from losing the silky so you know, I did what any single gal would do... I started dating a guy who lived outside city limits! Of course he had never had a chicken of any sort, but he fell in love immediately, because my girls are super chicken ambassadors...

He also wanted 6 chickens, so we got him 10, and built a ridiculously over sized & tiger-proof coop, because he loves them so. So, 20 birds now...

THEN, he visited his friend down South and brought back 12 hatching eggs for my broody! They hatch this weekend and they are all still alive, so far! So... 30 birds! Of course that inspired me to order 6 hatching eggs for my other broody cause she's been broody twice now, and that's only fair, right?... so 36 birds, if all goes well. He's not an enabler, he's a keeper... right?

 

[kbh82310]

I'm gonna try this again- it's getting worse...

So, a year and a half ago I started a flock.  My city ordinance allows 6 hens, so I had a date on which I was going to pick up 6 chicks, but I wanted to talk to the feed store lady who knows all the things so that I could be prepared (we have an AWESOME local store here).  SO, I went to the store about 2 weeks before the chicks I wanted were to be stocked (you all know where this is going). 


Came home with a lot of knowledge, feed, lamps, feeders and three straight run bantams.  Oops. 


Went to the feed store on the appropriate date and came home with 6 chicks plus 1 extra EE = 7 +3 or 10 birds at this point (cheek poofs decrease willpower, you know...)


Later on discovered that one of the bantys was a rooster... but a super duper awesome sweet one-  traded for two banty "pullets" a friend's kids had brought home from a 4-H project.  Found out in a couple weeks that OOPS, I actually traded one rooster for two roosters... so 11 birds.


She took the two roosters back, partially because it was so funny... and found out another one of the bantys was a rooster!  The fourth rooster was a very handsome and sweet banty too, so he went to the feed store's owner, who found him endearing... and thankfully chick season was over by this visit.  = 8 birds (already breaking ordinance, mind you... but no one here cares as long as the ever elusive fairy keeps leaving presents once a month or so).


In fall I fell victim to baby chicks again and brought home 4 Australorps (and one black sex link by accident, but we love our little accident) = 5+8 = 13 birds. 


I gave two away as 14 week old pullets to a neighbor as a baby shower present, and my single banty (a silky) fell ill and had to be put down .  = 10 birds. 


This was way too many for the city, but I had to fill the hole in my heart that resulted from losing the silky so you know, I did what any single gal would do... I started dating a guy who lived outside city limits!  Of course he had never had a chicken of any sort, but he fell in love immediately, because my girls are super chicken ambassadors...


He also wanted 6 chickens, so we got him 10, and built a ridiculously over sized & tiger-proof coop, because he loves them so.  So, 20 birds now...


THEN, he visited his friend down South and brought back 12 hatching eggs for my broody!  They hatch this weekend and they are all still alive, so far!  So... 30 birds!  Of course that inspired me to order 6 hatching eggs for my other broody cause she's been broody twice now, and that's only fair, right?... so 36 birds, if all goes well.  He's not an enabler, he's a keeper... right?   

Definitely a keeper! Or else you would have to go back down to 6 chicks

 

[CyndiChick]

I have had a chicken math flare up.... 32 eggs currently incubating Hubby just shakes his head (and then wakes in a panic after falling asleep on the couch bcoz he forgot to remind me to turn the eggs!) Can't wait to see what happens!