This morning my boyfriend asked "Hey, I heard you talking about chicken math to the kids, I mean what exactly IS chicken math?" I answered, Oh bless your little heart, could you be any cuter?
You know how incredibly sad you were when we lost 2 hens over the winter (old age,) and you know how you said “I guess that means you get to add 2 more chicks this Spring.” Well, In response to your excellent point, I did an awesome job fulfilling your request. I went to our feed stores website and found 7 breeds that I’d really like to add to the flock, but you said 2 so as difficult as it was I called the feedstore and reserved the 3 breeds that would be impossible to live without as they lay egg colors that we don’t yet have! And waited patiently.
And as excited as I was on pick up day, while I was driving there I realized that just like this past winter, we could actually lose another one! Or worse, we could lose one of these forthcoming babies
. So I called the feed store and thank god, they were able to add another, they really are the best! Then I went in, picked up my four out of the reserved bin and to my horror, because there were 5 in this bin, I had left one little chick all alone 
. That poor little chick who had 4 flock mates to keep her warm, was now sad and all alone. You know she had to come home too! I tossed her in my box and started for the register to check out when it suddenly dawned on me, wait, what if this one is really a cockerel 
? Intent on having 5 Pullet’s I absolutely had to go back and grab another. And when I made my choice there was yet another one who I know I heard saying “pick me, pick me!” But a sweet young family with little kids had just entered the room and I selflessly decided to leave some chicks behind for them. I checked out and came home. I knew you’d be really happy that I only got 6 instead of7! ........... And THAT my dear is Chicken Math. If the kids can understand it, I’m sure you can too!!
You know how incredibly sad you were when we lost 2 hens over the winter (old age,) and you know how you said “I guess that means you get to add 2 more chicks this Spring.” Well, In response to your excellent point, I did an awesome job fulfilling your request. I went to our feed stores website and found 7 breeds that I’d really like to add to the flock, but you said 2 so as difficult as it was I called the feedstore and reserved the 3 breeds that would be impossible to live without as they lay egg colors that we don’t yet have! And waited patiently.
And as excited as I was on pick up day, while I was driving there I realized that just like this past winter, we could actually lose another one! Or worse, we could lose one of these forthcoming babies
. So I called the feed store and thank god, they were able to add another, they really are the best! Then I went in, picked up my four out of the reserved bin and to my horror, because there were 5 in this bin, I had left one little chick all alone . That poor little chick who had 4 flock mates to keep her warm, was now sad and all alone. You know she had to come home too! I tossed her in my box and started for the register to check out when it suddenly dawned on me, wait, what if this one is really a cockerel ? Intent on having 5 Pullet’s I absolutely had to go back and grab another. And when I made my choice there was yet another one who I know I heard saying “pick me, pick me!” But a sweet young family with little kids had just entered the room and I selflessly decided to leave some chicks behind for them. I checked out and came home. I knew you’d be really happy that I only got 6 instead of7! ........... And THAT my dear is Chicken Math. If the kids can understand it, I’m sure you can too!!
This was hilarious
And multiplying.
cause I'm banned !
