Poll: How many chickens do you have?

[Aunt Angus]

I have 8 lovely girls and one boy who was supposed to be a girl. I tell him that every morning when he gives me the stink eye.

I started with 4 and add a few each year. I am set up for 20. I don't think I'll go beyond that. I figure I'll always have enough layers to give plenty of eggs for the fam even after my older girls retire.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Haha I persuaded my parents to let me get hens...we ended up picking up some bats, their transformation has been incredible! But yes they seem to be enjoying their retirement.

I had 2 rescue hens - not from batteries, though that's in my future I'm sure. I got them from an abandoned/neglected/ mistreated FFA project. One passed in December die to salpingitis that she'd been fighting even before I brought her home. The other is still kicking! She's a hoot! Took her a while to get the idea that grass is edible and safe to walk on.

Thanks for saving them!!!

 

[thanai]

I keep 5 roos (I know, a lot, right???) in a bachelor pad, and 7 girls with one silkie boy in another coop/run/ So in all, 6 boys, 7 girls.

 

[ButtonHoarder]

I have 14 hens to 1 rooster. This spring though, I'm getting a new flock with more birds than before.

 

[Aunt Angus]

I keep 5 roos (I know, a lot, right???) in a bachelor pad, and 7 girls with one silkie boy in another coop/run/ So in all, 6 boys, 7 girls.

I am considering adding a bachelor pad just because there are do many unwanted fellas. And they're gorgeous!!!

 

[Trisseh]

10 atm. 4 pullets, 6 cockerels. I’ll at some point be having some chicken soup, if I can bring myself to do it, but growing some out to see who I want to keep around. Numbers fluctuate as I hatch throughout the season of course. Lol.

 

[LizzzyJo]

I am considering adding a bachelor pad just because there are do many unwanted fellas. And they're gorgeous!!!

Just warn your neighbors if you have any!

 

[Cattle dog Mom]

I have zero. Planning on changing that this year. (I do have 5 heritage turkeys though.)

 

[3KillerBs]

5 pullets right now.

I'm planning to end up with about 20, including one or two roosters, by next winter.

I intend to buy twice as many chicks so that I can pick the ones I like best and sell the extras as started and POL pullets.

 

[LizzzyJo]

5 pullets right now.

I'm planning to end up with about 20, including one or two roosters, by next winter.

I intend to buy twice as many chicks so that I can pick the ones I like best and sell the extras as started and POL pullets.

I have always loved the idea of selling POL pullets. How much do you get for them? What breeds?