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Chicken math
OMG, I wanted FIVE chickens. I didn't even have my coop finished and somehow I had 16 being hatched for me. I have been saying 14 for 2 weeks now and I just added it up again and it's 16. That's the problem with chicken math. You never can add it up right.
Coop is finished now. 4 banties are down there now making the cat wonder where I disappear to for an hour at a time. LOL
If you hang around here much you will find that the coop you KNEW was perfect for your needs is only HALF the size you ultimately need. You have been warned. Plan accordingly.
Don't forget, some may be boys. You could probably double what you are getting as chicks and still have room.
Wait!!!! Chicks don't count in chicken math! That's the old chicken math... the new chicken math only counts fully grown chickens! Really! Otherwise that would mean I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 chickens!!!!!!!!
Silkies only count as half a chicken. Orps count as 1.5 chickens. Dorkings don't count because they're on the critical breeds list.
I was on the phone with a breeder in Texas & hubby realized I was ordering 2 dozen eggs. I was getting the hubby version of the stink eye till he realized they're Dorkings. Then it was OK. I love that he's on the Preservation bandwagon with us.