First time experiencing chicken math

[andreanar]

Had 10 chooks. 1 was a cockerel, so leaves me with 9 pullets. So I had to replace him, right? So, I pick out 2 new chicks, but that would leave the 3rd one all alone, so I take all 3. 3 chicks=1 cockerel. But, I'm thinking, none of my 27 week old pullets are laying, so its not like they count as whole chickens! So, there is no reason that I cant go to the chicken sale coming up. 2 pullets=1 hen. 3 chicks=1 hen. So I really only have 5 1/2 chickens.
I think that's how it adds up.

 

[21hens-incharge]

If none are laying I think you actually have 0.

Now if any are bantams that drops you into the negatives. Negatives create a vortex that draws chickens to fill the negative space.


I think you have to do something soon lest the neighborhood be over run with chickens drawn to your very empty coop!

 

[eatbeef14]

Love it. I think I only have 2 chickens I better go buy 18.

 

[rebrascora]

You are clearly into advanced Mathematics! Whilst I've experimented with addition and multiplication and sadly some subtraction, I hadn't considered chicken algebra..... ie 2p=1h and 3c=1h so 9p+3c=5.5h....Wow!
Hope you have plenty of space! From experience, chicken maths is great until it suddenly gets out of hand, particularly going into winter.

 

[lulu_lulu]

What this chiken math about??
Are u gonna trade 3 chick for 1 hen or something??

 

[ocap]

be careful about over crowding ... an acre is 209 feet by 209 feet ... each hen requires 10 square feet so multiply 209 by 209 and divide by 10= 436 hens per acre without building a second story

 

[hlhutchinson]

If none are laying I think you actually have 0.

Now if any are bantams that drops you into the negatives. Negatives create a vortex that draws chickens to fill the negative space.


I think you have to do something soon lest the neighborhood be over run with chickens drawn to your very empty coop!

 

[hlhutchinson]

Had 10 chooks. 1 was a cockerel, so leaves me with 9 pullets. So I had to replace him, right? So, I pick out 2 new chicks, but that would leave the 3rd one all alone, so I take all 3. 3 chicks=1 cockerel. But, I'm thinking, none of my 27 week old pullets are laying, so its not like they count as whole chickens! So, there is no reason that I cant go to the chicken sale coming up. 2 pullets=1 hen. 3 chicks=1 hen. So I really only have 5 1/2 chickens.
I think that's how it adds up.

Yep math looks good to me

 

[asher]

I never used to count because then I never had to admit how many I actually had if someone asked. ;-)

 

[shartnett5]