North Carolina

[vfem]

Omg! I don't need Mille Fleur bantam orpingtons! I don't need Mille Fleur bantam orpingtons! I don't need Mille Fleur bantam orpingtons! LOL

I'm with NH, oh YES you do! HAHAHAHA

 

[3ChickensinNC]

If I were you I would go back and get 1 or 2 more.  If something should happen to one the other will be very lonely.  They get really loud when alone.  Hope for the best, but plan for the 'just in case' moments.  Besides, who ever heard of just 2 chicks in chicken math.

UUUGGGHHHHH!!! Why did you tell me that. And worse on the way to karate my son and I said we should go get one more.

 

[3ChickensinNC]

X2 just 1 or 2 or 5 or 10

Hey that would send me to divorce court.. Or he would have me committed....lol

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

mighty quiet tonight

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

All the last batch of chickies are doing well today. The three-week-olds are a bit spastic, but all healthy, including the meat birds. The adults are all happy and there is no turkey pushing and shoving going on with those two yearlings gone. The place is calm.

Kinda scary.

I have to go to my first MDA clinic tomorrow.

In Charlotte, which is three hours from me. Anyone over there got any English Orpingtons (Any color except Buff) I can pick up on the way home? Or eggs for them or BCMs? Might as well get some profit from the trip.

I counted, and there are only 93 chickens on the property right now. In a couple more weeks, 25 will go to freezer camp, which of course means they must be replaced by layers...right? Chicken Math. (Why is there not a Chicken Math Smilie?)

 

[Matt A NC]

There is a basic law in physics/motion that works for chickens "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction".

" For every loss/sell there must be a purchase/hatch "

If you go straight forward and just consider size, a lost 10 lb bird would require five 2 lb bantams or whatever way you see fit to equalize the equation. You only consider the size of the replacement at the time of purchase. Chicks count as 1 ounce, remember there are 16 oz in a pound.

Now in order to make things really equal you also have to consider the importance of the bird that left. This part is realative to the emotional, financial, and unexpectedness of the loss. If a bird if suddenly lost then that takes at least 3 replacements of new birds that are each equal to the previous bird in size and financial value. If you were emotional attached to the bird that can take as many as 4 birds of equal value. So take the emotional value(1-4), multiply by 3 if it was a sudden loss, then multiply that by the number you need to meet the raw value of the bird, and you get the number of birds you have to get. There is no arguing with this, it is MATH.

Now consider the number going strictly by size and the number obtained by the above and which every is larger is the number you get. NO MORE QUESTIONING ME!!!
I enjoy my mind trips. Just hush and enjoy the ride.

 

[Miss Lydia]

There is a basic law in physics/motion that works for chickens "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction".

" For every loss/sell there must be a purchase/hatch "

If you go straight forward and just consider size, a lost 10 lb bird would require five 2 lb bantams or whatever way you see fit to equalize the equation. You only consider the size of the replacement at the time of purchase. Chicks count as 1 ounce, remember there are 16 oz in a pound.

Now in order to make things really equal you also have to consider the importance of the bird that left. This part is realative to the emotional, financial, and unexpectedness of the loss. If a bird if suddenly lost then that takes at least 3 replacements of new birds that are each equal to the previous bird in size and financial value. If you were emotional attached to the bird that can take as many as 4 birds of equal value. So take the emotional value(1-4), multiply by 3 if it was a sudden loss, then multiply that by the number you need to meet the raw value of the bird, and you get the number of birds you have to get. There is no arguing with this, it is MATH.

Now consider the number going strictly by size and the number obtained by the above and which every is larger is the number you get. NO MORE QUESTIONING ME!!!
I enjoy my mind trips. Just hush and enjoy the ride.

 

[KristanB]

What type of hen is the best layer with the best size eggs?

 

[mayberrygirl]

What type of hen is the best layer with the best size eggs?

Well, not sure of all breeds, but my Ancona lays large to extra large, and one of my NNs lays large to double yolkers.

 

[KristanB]

Please forgive me.....what is NNs? And the Ancona are very pretty...I googled them...lol.

Well, not sure of all breeds, but my Ancona lays large to extra large, and one of my NNs lays large to double yolkers.