Adding to this thread because I thought it was hilarious.
My husband wanted chickens. I told him "OK, but not too many- maybe 2-3."
I started reading about chickens & decided I wanted a variety of chickens & a variety of eggs. Decided we should get 4-6 for variety.
After much deliberation, decided to get 2 each of 4 breeds: Speckled Sussex, Welsummers, Easter Eggers, and Barred Rocks; for a total of 8.
Went to the feed store. Was told there is a 5 chick minimum on special orders. Ordered 5 each of the Speckled Sussex & Welsummers, since I had seen the others previously at feed stores & figured I could get them later. They did tell me they could try to sell the extras if I didn't want all 10.
My order arrived: 6 Speckled Sussex & 2 Welsummer. I did not try to leave any behind.
I was now at my most recent maximum planned number (8), but did I stop? Of course not!
Went to the feed store for food & bought 2 Easter Eggers. Now at 10 chicks.
Lost 1 Welsummer to pasty-butt or something similar. Now at 9 chicks.
Saw a picture of cream Branbanters & decided I had to have some. Found that Ideal sells them, but they were listed as out of stock for the year. Figured I would add to my flock next year.
Ideal emailed me that they still had a few Cream Brabanters hatching- I ordered 5. Told me they would be willing to ship a minimum of 12-15 chicks. I did not want "packing peanuts" so I added another EE, 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Brahmas (not on my original list at all) & 5 more Welsummers to my order. (they said 12-15, I figured why not 16, right?)
Lost 2 Speckled Sussex out of a 6 foot tall open-at-the-top run (figure maybe a bird or a cat- they are back in the garage full-time until we reinforce it). Now at 7 chicks.
Order from Ideal arrives- all 16 chicks healthy & happy. Now at 23 chicks.
City limit is 15 chickens. Going to try to give away a couple to get myself back down under 20, which seems close enough to 15, & only about 10 times more than I originally expected to have just a few short weeks ago.
My husband wanted chickens. I told him "OK, but not too many- maybe 2-3."
I started reading about chickens & decided I wanted a variety of chickens & a variety of eggs. Decided we should get 4-6 for variety.
After much deliberation, decided to get 2 each of 4 breeds: Speckled Sussex, Welsummers, Easter Eggers, and Barred Rocks; for a total of 8.
Went to the feed store. Was told there is a 5 chick minimum on special orders. Ordered 5 each of the Speckled Sussex & Welsummers, since I had seen the others previously at feed stores & figured I could get them later. They did tell me they could try to sell the extras if I didn't want all 10.
My order arrived: 6 Speckled Sussex & 2 Welsummer. I did not try to leave any behind.
I was now at my most recent maximum planned number (8), but did I stop? Of course not!
Went to the feed store for food & bought 2 Easter Eggers. Now at 10 chicks.
Lost 1 Welsummer to pasty-butt or something similar. Now at 9 chicks.
Saw a picture of cream Branbanters & decided I had to have some. Found that Ideal sells them, but they were listed as out of stock for the year. Figured I would add to my flock next year.
Ideal emailed me that they still had a few Cream Brabanters hatching- I ordered 5. Told me they would be willing to ship a minimum of 12-15 chicks. I did not want "packing peanuts" so I added another EE, 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Brahmas (not on my original list at all) & 5 more Welsummers to my order. (they said 12-15, I figured why not 16, right?)
Lost 2 Speckled Sussex out of a 6 foot tall open-at-the-top run (figure maybe a bird or a cat- they are back in the garage full-time until we reinforce it). Now at 7 chicks.
Order from Ideal arrives- all 16 chicks healthy & happy. Now at 23 chicks.
City limit is 15 chickens. Going to try to give away a couple to get myself back down under 20, which seems close enough to 15, & only about 10 times more than I originally expected to have just a few short weeks ago.
