Not counting your chickens before they hatch can be very bad!

Nothing went wrong. This is called "chicken math." You seem to have a real flair for it - congratulations!!

 

They move around so darn fast it is hard to count them after they hatch
LOL
Caroline

 

Oh its okay i wanted some nice fresh eggs from a couple nice hens i now have 15 hens and lets see...1....2....0 Eggs a week!!!

 

I am having the same problem. The more I look at this site, the more chickens I want! So far I haven't caved but I've come close a couple of times. I did get one blue egg layer and one beautiful olive green layer. I'm in love with those eggs. Its becoming an obsession!

 

You are just a victim of chicken math! This is the perfect place to share your feelings about your addiction, as there are many addicts here. I think "12-step" to many of us must mean, "only 12 more?"

 

Chicken math almost got me in some big trouble! I ordered buckeye chicks on Eggbid. My daughter didn't think I was going to win, so she bid on some buckeye chicks. We won both bids for a total of 50 chicks! My coop is 10x12 = 30 birds. Fortunately for us, I was able to cancel my order and the seller only sent 12 chicks on her order and unfortunately only one survived the trip! I currently have 26 birds and I'm trying to be good and not order anymore! LOL

 

you havent done bad I started in may with 2 RIR's that I got for Mothers day complete with a coop by DH built for me. Well ha d to have more cause we have a big family 2 wont supply enough eggs so go to an auction get 6 more RIR's. Then wanted different kinds so went to a near by farm got 6 Barred Rocks. 5 ended up being roos so went and got 2 more a Black Australorp and a BR. both roos. Rehomed all roos but 2 that we kept. So needed more pullets for the roos ordered 10 from Ideal 9 DOA the last died 3 days later had to have the last on some buddies so went to another farm got 7 one roo that will be going to his new home in about 3 weeks. order hatching eggs 6 of them 3 were broke in transit 1 cracked at day 3 and the other 2 didnt do anything so off to another farm to get 6 more chicks the guy threw in 3 barnyard mixes. One of those is a roo so I have to find a home for a 4-5 week old Delaware Roo. Go get 2 dozen RIR hatching eggs and for an experiment threw in a dozen I got from an Amish grocery store and 1 of my neighbors pullet EE egg. Just set them yesterday. So here I sit with 8 RIR's 26 weeks 3 Barred Rocks 14 weeks 2 are roos. 3 Black Australorps age 7 weeks and 4 weeks 1 a roo
I almost forgot 2 naked necks 9 weeks 3 mixes 7 weeks 3 more barred rocks 4 weeks 1 more RIR 4 weeks 1 Delaware roo 4 weeks and 3 barnyard mixes I think silkie bantam mixes 3 weeks and 3 dozen eggs in he bator. Got 4 coops. One the reds are in need to add on to it to andd the older BR one that the older BR are in now DH just built a new coop today for my 7 and 9 week olds a baby coop that the 4 week olds will go into soon and the 3 week olds still in the brooder. So chicken math is 28 that i still have 8 that were rehomed 10 that died and 3 dozen still to hatch.

 

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At least we are all good at some type of math.

 

I too was "just" going to get 6...then 8...then 12, NO MORE!!! Well, now I'm up to 42 and am getting almost a dozen eggs a day with about 20+ of the pullets getting ready to lay in the next couple of weeks

I LIKE CHICKEN MATH!!!!!!!!!!