Learning chicken math

[TinaSwarr]

I gave up hope on the school hatch last week when the teacher called and said they had a problem and the incubator got unplugged, could of been days, she didn't know.... so i went to the feed store and ordered a dozen allready paid for them...(I get first pick before they even put them out)... Then i get a call last night from the teacher, they have 7 pips... waiting to hear back from her today.....Husband said the limit was 12...... next spring will be even tougher, they are building a tsc only a mile from my home!!!.... Oh well, he knows i was never any good with math!!!

 

[hennyannie]

That is my new excuse for my chicken counting problem: Honey you know I never was good at math! Thank You for a great idea. Also stay away from that TSC, that place is a magnet for chicken addicts. Did you know that they will actually mark down those chicks if they dont sell fast enough? Last year I ending up with six extra RSLs because they were on sale. Who can resist a sale on anything less more chickens?

 

[lambchicks]

great ideas, wonder if my hubby will fall for these???

 

[MustLoveHens]

Here is an example to help you learn. Now, here I have three bantam hens. One does not lay due to old age so I can't count her. So I have two. BUT their bantams so they count as 1 chicken. I count the really tiny bantams as .25 of a chicken though.

Then I got an incubator. Ordered eggs of the net and had standard Barred Rock 15 eggs. DH got it onto his head that he wanted to get some eggs. So along came incubater #2 and he ordered six Aseel eggs. Then he confussed me while I was on this forum and not listening to him and instead of dinner I got a box with 60 Texas A&M Quail eggs. So in they went to Incubator #2 because I had no were else to but a third incubator. Still I only have 1 chicken because eggs don't count in chicken math.
Well, the hatching did not go so well. Out of the 21 chicken eggs total, we got one Aseel chick. So, we had to get him friends from closest TSC-40 miles away. They have a 6 chick minimum. So I got 3 bantams of some form and 3 Production Reds. So while I have "10" chickens of various ages technically still I only have 1 chicken since chicks and old hens don't count.

Now, next week: Sunday to Tuesday I'm hoping the Quail will hatch-if some do, that could be upwards of 55. We have lost about 5 eggs. Monday, I'm picking up a box of 25 pullets for a seminar my dh and I are doing on starting chicks. Friday, I'm getting 25 Russian Orloff pullets from Privett Hatchery and on Saturday the pullets for the seminar get homes. (I hope!). So that would be 35 chickens (not including the 25 the seminar pullets) and still I only have 1 chicken.
Then the following week I have 20 pullets- 10 Russian Orloffs and 10 Barnevelders coming from Ideal Hatchery. So that is *gets calculator* 55 chickens (80 if the seminar chicks all come back) still, since quail and chicks don't count I only have 1 chicken!
Oh I also set 24 eggs (12 bantams and 12 standards) due to hatch the 11th of April. So, if all of the chicks "stick" that's 104 chicken bodies. And yet I only have .........1 chicken!

 

[Thomas423]

My husband has caught on to chicken math.
But I still pull it off.

 

[ralleia]

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You know the old adage:

NEVER COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH!

 

[ralleia]

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That's AWESOME!

I'm going to have to try that one.

Your chicken counting techniques are way more advanced than any I've ever experienced. I'm going to have to print out your post to study some more!

 

[TinaSwarr]

Heard back from teacher today, they have 10 out of 12....and one more that is still trying.....so if i go with the assumption of half being boys, i am still within my 12

 

[schellie69]

I am allowed 15 I have 4 bantams they count as only 1 chicken so that means I only have 10 hens. I got 5 babies if they all make it then I will only have 15 until I find another excuse for more does this sound right to anyone else.

 

[corvidae]

I clearly don't have ANY chickens, using chicken math. My 8 Welsummers are only 6 weeks old, so who can count that? And the 3 Blue Andalusians and 1 Buff Cochin are only two weeks old--clearly to puny to be counted as a real chicken. And, of course, the 18 eggs in the incubator (only 1 of which has hatched) can't be counted, since, well, they haven't hatched yet. Same goes for the 24 Wheaton Americauna eggs that are on their way and earmarked for the second incubator (now where did THAT thing come from?? It's a mystery!)

Ergo, and sadly, I actually have no chickens whatsoever. It's very sad, and I might just have to head directly for the nearest feed store to correct that little matter. Of course, they only sell babies, and babies don't always make it, so they can't possibly be counted. Oh dear, I DO have a conundrum, don't I?