So, Chicken Math Is A Real Thing!?!

[JacinLarkwell]

Careful, if you don't get a good chicken math tutor, you'll end up like me where multiple coops + interesting breeds = more than 2 dozen roosters

 

[Egg Snatcher]

Yep it’s real! I started with 4 Roos and 5 hens, now I got around 40-45 little bantams.

Nice flock! I like your polish.

 

[Egg Snatcher]

Careful, if you don't get a good chicken math tutor, you'll end up like me where multiple coops + interesting breeds = more than 2 dozen roosters

That’s how it is with me!

 

[gimmie birdies]

You can also have chicken math when it comes to eggs, and hatch-a-long math, because you have to be a joiner.
I had Nov. 20 chicks mixed in with Nov. 30th chicks (Halloween hatch-a-long set on Halloween, I know that is not how it works, but that is how it worked for me. and Thanksgiving hatch-a-long that I arranged to hatch after guests went home.)

Dec. 9th below because I wanted my Blue copper marans eggs and some NN eggs to hatch...
only got one NN though...the NN eggs hatched our regular-neckers.

Below I have winter solstice eggs due on Dec 21... My hens eggs...

And then New years hatch.

Plus this one egg

I am going to raise everyone, keep some, and rehome some. I put down my rooster, so I will not have any plans again until I chose a new rooster and we can start all over again. But with luck I will have eggs from the hens in late May while everyone is raising chicks.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I can get more in the spring. Six cockerels ready to process. Also eight older hens for the freezer when the pullets start laying. Which will leave me with let's see (hmm, 12 pullets plus three 2-yo's, um, that's 15), yeah a flock of fifteen layers, so I'll need to order ten more come spring. March maybe.

Oh wait, that's just FEMALES! I can also order MALES, wheee! Funny thing about that. When I order some of each, they never make mistakes as to gender! Like often happens when you order straight run. No, like ALWAYS happens when you order SR!!! So I can order ten pullets and, oh, say six or seven cockerels. For early March. Now I just have to decide what breeds ...

 

[Eden83_haaretz]

*PLEASE TELL ME I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE!*

I heard the phrase "CHICKEN MATH" when I first got some chicks back in March. Since then I added 4 more & just purchased 2 chicks today.
I am in the process of building a nice big coop so I am prepared if I end up getting anymore Which I probably will. Haha
Today I got myself a 2 day old Ayam Cemani & Hmong. SUPER EXCITED to have little chicks again. I find it really fun getting them from such little guys & raising them up opposed to bringing in adult hens.
My experience It just didn't work out for me so I rehomed my 2 rescues today to a beautiful farm where they have plenty of room to roam and a ton of other hens to be with. It was the best decision for them cus they came from a home where they never got held or barely even saw the owner but they were able to free range in a really big area with woods and everything so I felt as if they just weren't fitting in well here & that they needed to go somewhere where they can be super free. If that's even a thing. Lol I just wanted them to be happy & I also had to think about the well being of my girls cus my chickens are my BABIES & they were being bullied by them a little bit, probably due to boredom, idk! I feel bad but at the same time I know they are happier where they are now. And now I can get my flock back in order.
But yeah... chicken math...I only wanted 4 chickens and I ended up with 8, & will probably get more......
So plan for double (or triple) what you originally planned for cus they are SO MUCH FUN! They have their own little personalities & I absolutely love owning chickens. They are great entertainment thats for sure.
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Oh yeah definitely plan for waaay more. Same thing happened to us and I think might continue to happen. We adopted just about 4 chickens and a rooster from our recently deceased neighbor about two years ago, now we have two roosters and close to 20 chickens, we like them so much and have enough space to feel like we could end up with 100

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Oh yeah definitely plan for waaay more. Same thing happened to us and I think might continue to happen. We adopted just about 4 chickens and a rooster from our recently deceased neighbor about two years ago, now we have two roosters and close to 20 chickens, we like them so much and have enough space to feel like we could end up with 100

Now see, it's just really not practical to do that with dogs or cats, now is it? Chickens just make you happy all over.

 

[Eden83_haaretz]

Now see, it's just really not practical to do that with dogs or cats, now is it? Chickens just make you happy all over.

LOL totally agree, I have two cats and no dogs and that's as much as we'll ever have

 

[ILoveDaffy]

It totally is! Wanted 1-2, turned into three, then four, then three again!

 

[Redheadedblue]

We wanted 6-8 and now we have 21! We got our McMurray catalog and have been looking through it for our next picks!