How Many PET Chickens Are In Your Flock?

[HENS-and-MARES]

How many PET chickens are in your flock? If you have over 100 then post how many!

 

[ariri30]

I just know I’m too deep in to say anything. I’m afraid to count. I’m in denial

 

[IamRainey]

I intended to have 6. Started with 3 then ordered 4 more. Lost 1. Then, when one of my "hens" from the second order turned out to be a roo, I got 2 hatchings of 6 more. That's 12 total at this point (if you don't want to bother doing the math).

They all have names. They will all get to live out their lives with us. ...except possibly the roo if he can't learn some manners.

Six to eight was really the right number for my coop and run and also for our needs. I've adjusted by letting my chickens out during the day into a protected chicken yard that -- including the run which stays open all day -- about triples the size of their daytime habitat. And, in this way, we'll work our way back to 6 or 8. All of whom will be hens -- tho I still have a roo. ...I just won't let any of the hens go broody again even if we had GREAT experiences both incubating chicks and getting baby chicks the natural way with a Mama Hen.

We live and keep our chickens on a 1/2 acre suburban lot that's probably a lot more urban than most parts of the country.

 

[Wolfefarmyard]

I have somewhere around 20-30. All are pets, if anything serious happens I bring them to the vet just like I would with my dog.

And they ALL have names, when I see them I immediately remember their name.

 

[HENS-and-MARES]

25!

Nice! We had originally planned for 26 chickens, but then the hen we got to go broody “accidentally” made some fertile eggs have little chicks inside of them! Of course they had to come out and grow into
Prince Saturday:
Son of king Joop

Princess Sunday of Joop:

King Joop:

 

[WabbitSeason]

Kinda embarrassed to say till someone else says way more or something.... lol

 

[Yep I Talk To Chickens]

I have somewhere around 20-30. All are pets, if anything serious happens I bring them to the vet just like I would with my dog.

And they ALL have names, when I see them I immediately remember their name.

I have names for all mine too! Some people don't understand how much we care about our chickens.

 

[Three Little Bunnies]

Depends on how you define PET. I have fifteen pullets. I had two cockerels, but... they were cockerels. My original flock was for egg laying, but they have slowly become more of pets. I had fifteen chicks originally. Two passed away. Then I got four chicks from the bantam bin. Two were cockerels, one wasn’t a bantam. All my girls have names and are very much loved.

 

[HENS-and-MARES]

CHICKENS!
I actually have 36 birds total but I have 28 chickens.

 

[HENS-and-MARES]

Kinda embarrassed to say till someone else says way more or something.... lol

How many do you have? Don’t be embarrassed, if I had my way, we would have MANY MANY chickens!