Last week I finally had to admit to myself that I am soon to be overrun with chickens.
I have 13 (see signature) 2 of them are roos, one hen I promised to rehome, though no one seems to want her.
Next week, I will be getting 25 chicks in the mail. 2 are for my boss (who is giving me 2 hens at the same time he picks up his chicks) 8 are red broilers that I do not intend to keep. The rest are straight run BO's and speckled sussex and I will keep all pullets and one cockeral of each breed.
The next week, I have 25 project chicks from Alohachickens coming. I will keep 1 cockeral and all of the pullets who are large enough and pretty enough to keep breeding toward perfection.
This puts me at 63 total chickens, at least for a while.
ouch.
Legally, I am only allowed 24.
But I am on 1.2 acres and who is really gonna count my chickens?
Even so, I feel the need to delude myself into a form of denial which makes my numbers seem more sane. I need the help of an expert mathematician, I can only count down to 26 on my own, and its still too many. I need room to breed them!
I have 13 (see signature) 2 of them are roos, one hen I promised to rehome, though no one seems to want her.
Next week, I will be getting 25 chicks in the mail. 2 are for my boss (who is giving me 2 hens at the same time he picks up his chicks) 8 are red broilers that I do not intend to keep. The rest are straight run BO's and speckled sussex and I will keep all pullets and one cockeral of each breed.
The next week, I have 25 project chicks from Alohachickens coming. I will keep 1 cockeral and all of the pullets who are large enough and pretty enough to keep breeding toward perfection.
This puts me at 63 total chickens, at least for a while.
ouch.
Legally, I am only allowed 24.
But I am on 1.2 acres and who is really gonna count my chickens?
Even so, I feel the need to delude myself into a form of denial which makes my numbers seem more sane. I need the help of an expert mathematician, I can only count down to 26 on my own, and its still too many. I need room to breed them!