Official BYC Poll: How Many Chickens Do You Have?

[Three Stents]

I have 4 pullets, a Brown Leghorn, Speckled Sussex, Wheaton Maran and a Vorwerk. I could possibly have one more due to the size of the coop.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

30. Includes two cockerels. Actually too many for the size of the coop but everybody's getting along so far and I plan to sell 8 to 10 real soon now that they are laying. Aaaand I've ordered 15 more to arrive in April. Don't hurt me!

 

[mapel walnut]

so i started with 11 birds (6 month old rooster. my friend's brothers grade two science project. and 10 3 year old hens). Then lost two and kept the rest for two years and then bought 10 4 week old chicks. Well, long story short 18 of them died in about 4 months after adding to my flock. the one remaining bird was a original lady who has now lost a foot and all but one toe. This spring I ordered 25 chicks but in-between when they were supposed to arrive a friend needed to get rid of some booted bantams, easter eggers and a polish 7 birds total. Well the hatchery called i could pick up birds the day after we got back from are trip 28 of the chicks are still with me then. I was overwhelmed and had to many birds so my bantams thought yea what this lady needs is for us to have like maybe 10 chicks and then somehow 3 days before i was supposed to pick them up i found out I was getting three ducklings. I have lost three birds in the last week and so all told i have 46 birds and have just about figured it out.

 

[mapel walnut]

My standard answer is "two," spelled T-O-O, as in "too many." At the moment, I'm officially at 16 ... again, spelled T-O-O.

so true

 

[Knobby]

Started off with just wanting 6...about 3 years ago. For some reason, we now have 49, and have plans on doing a few more hatch-outs this coming season.

 

[MichaelDJ]

I terrible at math and thought calculus was bad in college. That being said chicken math is brutal.
I started with 4 birds and now I'm at 16.... and counting.

 

[MROO]

so i started with 11 birds (6 month old rooster. my friend's brothers grade two science project. and 10 3 year old hens). Then lost two and kept the rest for two years and then bought 10 4 week old chicks. Well, long story short 18 of them died in about 4 months after adding to my flock. the one remaining bird was a original lady who has now lost a foot and all but one toe. This spring I ordered 25 chicks but in-between when they were supposed to arrive a friend needed to get rid of some booted bantams, easter eggers and a polish 7 birds total. Well the hatchery called i could pick up birds the day after we got back from are trip 28 of the chicks are still with me then. I was overwhelmed and had to many birds so my bantams thought yea what this lady needs is for us to have like maybe 10 chicks and then somehow 3 days before i was supposed to pick them up i found out I was getting three ducklings. I have lost three birds in the last week and so all told i have 46 birds and have just about figured it out.

Chicken Math is even tougher than middle school algebra, sometimes. I feel ya!

 

[Ponypoor]

30. Includes two cockerels. Actually too many for the size of the coop but everybody's getting along so far and I plan to sell 8 to 10 real soon now that they are laying. Aaaand I've ordered 15 more to arrive in April. Don't hurt me!

Gonna need a bigger barn!

 

[Ponypoor]

Ok give me a moment to do a 'head count' in my head....

(hear the hamster wheel going round, smoke starts pouring out my ears...)

I think 49.... I better do a real head count tomorrow... Oh wait ! Forgot Petra... 50

(I think I am gonna need a bigger barn!)

 

[gimmie birdies]

I will never tell-haha.