How many chickens

[RLockhart68]

wow what a Colection they look lovely

Thank you when I mentioned that I wanted chickens this year my husband was afraid I would get "boring white ones". Just the other day he mentioned what colorful mix I chose

 

[RLockhart68]

i started with 6 red sex links for a couple of years, lost 4 to predators. got 6 different breeds to replace the 4( see my math is off already). one of those turned out to be a rooster. a hen went broody so we let her set on 8 eggs, thinking not all would hatch. wrong! got 4 pullets and 4 cockerels out of that hatch, culled the roosters. another broody who hatched 2 eggs, went to atwoods and got 4 more chicks to keep them company. total at present is 14. somebody stop me!

CMA- chicken math anonymous. We offer support but, unfortunately, we have not found a cure.

 

[MysteryChicken]

We started with 6. Now have 84. Count includes turkeys and guineas. We butchered 2 Turkeys yesterday. The count was 86.

 

[RebelEgger]

I started with COVID chickens as well. Went for 4 EE, came home with 5. Was supposed to get 4 australorp a month later but the lady had an incubator failure and lost all her hatch. So we just have 4 now - 2 we’re Roos so we rehomed one to my niece. Our coop actually is better suited for only the 4 so it all worked out. BUT hubby is going to build me a bigger coop eventually and HE jokes about having 30-50 chickens so I’ve got the green light to go chicken crazy! Lol
And he wants ducks so he has no argument anyways. Good luck convincing your hubby to allow more.

 

[coach723]

Started with 2 that were dumped about 11 years ago. Now have 27 - 25 hens and 2 roo's, number varies between 24 and 30. Too many is when you can't house them or care for them properly, or when it's not fun anymore. For me, if I had a bigger coop, I would have more. Lobbying for a bigger coop now, we shall see!

 

[Hei 20]

Ah! Well what a lucky boy! Sounds like he gets lots of love

Ah! Well what a lucky boy! Sounds like he gets lots of love

Yes he does.

 

[Offshoreorca]

I started with five (3 hens, 2 roos), then that grew to 13 (11 hens, 2 roos) the next summer. Then I got an incubator this spring and now I have 3 wheaten ameraucanas (2 pullets, 1 cockerel), 2 black copper marans (1 pullet, 1 cockerel), 4 salmon faverolles (all pullets), 1 silkie hen, 1 cochin-silkie cross pullet, 2 cochin-brown layer cross hens, and 12 cochins (10 hens and 2 roos). 25 chickens oh, and we just got three muscovies. And a new larger coop I just finished building.... Chicken math is real!!!!