Explaining Chicken Math

[keepmumsane]

Pahahaha !
I have just googled chicken math... at least I can tell himself its a known phonomenom. Too late for me..my pair becme 4 then 9, then dropped due to a tragic dog incident, then we adooted a broody hen and a survivor of another dog incident at a friends house.up to 7 girls
.. now I have 2 dozen quail in an incubator and am thinking about getting some 'fancy' eggs to boost our ageing flock.

In good company I'm thinking.

 

[sepaditty1]

Pahahaha !
I have just googled chicken math... at least I can tell himself its a known phonomenom. Too late for me..my pair becme 4 then 9, then dropped due to a tragic dog incident, then we adooted a broody hen and a survivor of another dog incident at a friends house.up to 7 girls
.. now I have 2 dozen quail in an incubator and am thinking about getting some 'fancy' eggs to boost our ageing flock.

In good company I'm thinking.

Yes you are. You won't hear any arguments from us. You'd better go get those fancy eggs! And since eggs don't count...get some chickens while you're at it.

 

[keepmumsane]

Oh.i was running on the sow it he wont know it theory ... #snort

 

[afarhat8]

this is to keepmumsane. i hate to rain on your parade, but you are terribly wrong about one thing......in your post, you state
"too late for me...." are you kidding? honey, you are just starting.

 

[keepmumsane]

this is to keepmumsane.    i hate to rain on your parade, but you are terribly wrong about one thing......in your post, you state
"too late for me...."  are you kidding?    honey, you are just starting.    

Snort.. now they're hatching.. can't believe it worked.. .o.0 someone just told me about a heritage Chooks place that'll ship to me
Pahahaha

 

[tinychicadees]

I have read through all of these posts and have never laughed so hard in my life! I'm trying to convvince the boyfriend that we need a 2nd coop, but he's not agreeing.........lol. We went from starting with 5 bantams to +4 big hens + about 7 more hens plus a big rooster. He says if I get rid of the 5 bantams then I can get some more hens "that lay eggs", no more little ones til spring. Oh and I have 3 silkies in my basement that are 13 weeks old! But our 3 hen silkies are 2 roos and 1 hen we think. So I need to get more silkie hens and get rid of a roo. I really want an incubator though!

 

[Northie]

I've ordered our first batch of chicks for spring! I'm so excited, I want to order more... Oh and I want an incubator... Hmmmm... I might be in trouble.

 

[BullChick]

I've ordered our first batch of chicks for spring! I'm so excited, I want to order more... Oh and I want an incubator... Hmmmm... I might be in trouble.

Nahhh! You are fine! A small flock is anything under 30. As long as you never count them, you are good as gold.

 

[tlpounds]

Nahhh! You are fine! A small flock is anything under 30. As long as you never count them, you are good as gold.

AHHHHHH!

I just passed the point of small flock. I now have 36 since I just hatched out 13.

 

[downrangechick]

I'm so glad I'm not alone!! I started with 5 silkie chicken and 1 old english last spring. Then my brother was moving so I took his 7 egg layer with a coop! I wanted more so to suck up to my dh I got 6 turkeys. He just loves wild ones so why not ones that stay in our yard . Then a chicken show was coming up. My girls needed good show quality for 4h. So out of there we left with a smooth and frizzle polishs and a lavender ameraucana. The next day my neighbours dog decided to come over and caped my (umm... my daughter's I mean) ameraucana. I couldn't give her a sick bird. So I found a breeder and same day brought home 2 ameraucanas. My dh saw a D'unncle and fell in love so I bought him 3 for being a wonderful husband. I was reading posts on here and saw a post for Muscovy ducks. I sold the idea to my dh by telling him they don't quack and are wonderful for meat. So I got 2. I didn't mention they have 4 clutches a year... oops... so we are up to 29 plus 50 meaties!!! He just rolls his eyes and smiles. I just got a incubator for Christmas... so we will have to test it out real soon.