My chicken math skills are improving too!
I wanted 4 pullets to start, got them in November. Then I planned to add 4 more every year after each year passes keeping a good rotation of ages.
So, January I discover one of my Lavender Orpingtons is a rooster. I trade him back to my breeder for 2 pullets, 2 because my LO was twice the price of the pullets I chose. Yay me I now have 5!
So. A week ago the other Lavender Orpington, my favorite sweetheart, crowed. No way I'm trading this one. I call the breeder to let him know this development. He is flabbergasted that he made a gender mistake not once but twice and both in the same flock. He offers me a free pullet as compensation. Yay me I'll have 6!
So. One should never introduce a single chook to an established flock. They need a companion. Guess I'll buy one more. Yay me. I'll have 7.
So. The ones I have my eye on, there are 3. If I take 2 the third will be left alone. I need to decide if I should buy the third one too making it 8, or go with different pullets.
Yay me.
