I posted this in another thread, before I got the chicks today. But here is about how it goes for me.
I used to have chickens, so I have an idea of what I wanted. I knew someone who had chicks of the breed I like and I exchanged labor for birds. Our initial agreement was 12 chicks for the labor I provided. This was a few days prior to the work. The day I did the work, as I left, they said "So you wanted 20 chicks, right?" So chicken math has begun, not even by me. Today I went to pick up my chicks. I'm greeted by a "would you mind taking 30?"
Well story short, I got a lot more birds than anticipated. But I am not going to deny the fact that I enjoyed receiving more birds than expected. I'm really quite pleased because it means that next year I will most certainly have about 50... or 70, give or probably not take 200.