Where did they come from???

[pennyJo1960]

see now you have most of rooting or crowing for you to be able to bring them home

 

[rjohns39]

Chicken math???

I bought 7 pullets and 1 cockerel, Ordered 25 turkeys. Then had to order 25 of a different breed chicken, only got ten hens, put all but two cockerels in the freezer, added 25 ducks, ... Today 30ish turkeys, 50+ ducks and 150+ chickens. And looking forward to spring hatching.

Chicken math is a real thing. In my case I am looking at doing both addition and subtraction in my flock. I currently have 6 juvenile roosters to my 2 hens in my flock(one roo I think is still quite hard to call if it is roo or hen). Now visualize the mahem my gals will facing during mating season and imagine all the first aid I will need to perform on my males as they fight over the gals. That is why I will have to perform the chicken math of subtraction. Should you ever choose to get a roster and breed them to your current flock you might get 75% of one sex over the other. My addition was regarding the Guineas I want to add.

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[AllenK RGV]

I bought 7 pullets and 1 cockerel, Ordered 25 turkeys. Then had to order 25 of a different breed chicken, only got ten hens, put all but two cockerels in the freezer, added 25 ducks, ... Today 30ish turkeys, 50+ ducks and 150+ chickens. And looking forward to spring hatching.



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Wow Rjohns you must either have some serious acerage or a mighty well fertilized lawn by now!

 

[Rubysword]

Wow... 150 chickens... I better not show my parents this, they would freak out, 'cause they think our 5 is too much. lol.

 

[Jacquie Button]

I bought 7 pullets and 1 cockerel, Ordered 25 turkeys. Then had to order 25 of a different breed chicken, only got ten hens, put all but two cockerels in the freezer, added 25 ducks, ... Today 30ish turkeys, 50+ ducks and 150+ chickens. And looking forward to spring hatching.



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Wow!

 

[rjohns39]

Wow Rjohns you must either have some serious acerage or a mighty well fertilized lawn by now!

This winter I need to clear more trees. But no eggs right now. Adults are molting and pullets not ready to lay yet.

 

[venymae]

City code was the great equalizer in our chicken math. Though we snuck one over the allowed limit! (yeah rebels!)

 

[Rubysword]

This winter I need to clear more trees. But no eggs right now. Adults are molting and pullets not ready to lay yet.

150 chickens and no eggs?!?!?!

 

[WVduckchick]

I bought 7 pullets and 1 cockerel, Ordered 25 turkeys. Then had to order 25 of a different breed chicken, only got ten hens, put all but two cockerels in the freezer, added 25 ducks, ... Today 30ish turkeys, 50+ ducks and 150+ chickens. And looking forward to spring hatching.



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I only do individual pen head-counts. Never combine totals.

 

[AllenK RGV]

150 chickens and no eggs?!?!?!

I'm getting the idea that it would be dangerous to give him more eggs. Betting they all go into the bator or snuck under a broody! @rjohns39