Explaining Chicken Math

[Chilton_Coop]

I like that logic. But it does present a problem. I can understand 1 & 1/2 Bantams but what do I do with half an egg, kinda messy.
Now Moose is enough chicken to be one and a half of just about anything smaller than an emu. But, still two half eggs is still a mess.
That reminds me of an old riddle.
If a hen and a half
Can lay an egg and a half
In a day and a half ...

How long does it take
For a monkey to kick the
Seeds from a pickle?

 

[BullChick]

I need more chicks to put in with the poults to teach them to eat and drink! And the incubator holds 42, so I have to put at least 60 in to make up for the eggs that aren't fertile or quit early. A full incubator holds temp better! And we wouldn't want to waste electricity by not hatching all we can!

 

[Half-Pint]

Well, we started with 3.

Then expanded to 5.

Then added one.

Bought 3 chicks.

Brought home a dozen eggs to hatch.

4 chicks hatched.

So, 6+3= 13.

 

[Jnkbtd08]

what does the D stand for in DH?

 

[Bethel3330]

what does the D stand for in DH?

in my case, D stands for Dear. But you must read it in context. Others might mean it as something else. Hehe ;-)

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

what does the D stand for in DH?

Generally "D" is for Dear - as in Dear Husband, Daughter, Son, Wife (DH, DD, DS, DW) -- however, depending on tone of post it may also be Darn, ****, etc, lol

 

[Jnkbtd08]

lmao
wasn't sure about that
thought maybe
duh
or Da
thanks
3rd baby hatched

 

[flyladyrocks]

So happy I finally found a Math that I like.

 

[estamets]

This thread is hilarious! I am absolutely forbidden from having more than what we have coming, but my own little bit of chicken math has already started.
1.Two chickens would be perfect for us! We'll get two.
2. You shouldn't have two because if one dies, the last one gets lonely and distressed. Three chickens it is!
3. If we order three, and one dies in shipping, we're back to #2. We should really order 4, just in case...

If we lose one or two, we'll need to replace them, and a minimum order from our hatchery is 4, so... Replacing two hens with 4 chicks = chicken math at its simplest, right ?

Also, I follow My Pet Chicken on Facebook, and occasionally they post about homeless chicks being left at post offices... Chicken math might assert itself, despite the best efforts of my husband and the city authorities...

 

[mjolrdanlmj]

For Easter my mom and dad wanted to buy the kids a pair of chickens. Fine.

They went to the local hatchery the day before Easter and learned they had to have a 6 bird minimum. I said okay. I end up with 4 chickens (Ameraucana or EE's- not sure which) and 2 ducks.

I fell in LOVE with the chickens and so for my 30th birthday in May I told my husband I wanted ONE white polish chicken. Couldn't find any breeders locally so I ordered from the only place I could find that had white polish left for 2012 (McMurray.) There was a 25 minimum so I got 10 White polish, 5 buff polish and 10 red stars. They also sent a free rare breed and a "just in case 1 dies" chick.

So now we're at 2 chickens = 4 chickens. + 1 birthday chicken = 27 chickens which is a grand total of 31 chickens. Had a couple of wildlife loses

as I learned what works and what doesn't. I also managed to give 4 away to our best friends who decided they just had to have some so now I'm "down" to 24.

But now that their personalities are coming out I'm thinking I have too many roos since I ordered straight run and I love them all so I need more hens to balance out my male vs female ratio so I can re-home as few as possible. So I found a breeder locally that has 6-8 week old chickens and hubs said I could get a dozen of those, but then I found a great deal on red star hens (25 for $50!) So 12 is likely going to equal 25. Which would bring my grand total to 49.

Which leads me to my 2 questions...
1. How to I explain this "chicken math" to DH? I fear he might divorce me (or at least make me go get another job to pay for the lumber from the expanding coops I'm making him build)

2. How many chickens do YOU have? Do I have a chicken sickness also or is it just the "Chicken Math" that I've caught?

I just love your post...Once bitten by the chicken bug, math goes out the window... right along with a lot of $$$$. Glad we have understanding better halves...lmao