You Have How Many Chickens?!!

[jtaylormade]

1. How many chickens did you start with? 3

2. What breed were they?
Speckeled Sussex

3. How many total chickens do you currently have?
UM 43 how did this happen?

4. How many breeds do you have now?
10! Speckeled Sussex, Golden Laced Wyandottes, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Barred Rocks, Dominques, Dark Brahmas, Cochins, Cuckoo Marans, Iowa Blues, Easter Eggers, Welsummers, and Astralorps

5. How long did it take you to accumulate them?
3 months....Chicken math scares me!

6. And what in the world were you thinking?
Thank goodness we have 5 acres? Oh and we have some sold and are raising some others for friends that didnt want the chick hassle....oh and we better by more since we have so many boys! I am getting better at justifying the math....see?

 

[LostMindPleaseFind]

I'm looking for a larger property as we speak!

 

[LostMindPleaseFind]

 

[LuvnMyFeatheredBabies]

1. How many chickens did you start with? 2

2. What breed were they? Pair of Self Blue Dutchs

3. How many total chickens do you currently have? 3, had 4 but lost one yesterday

4. How many breeds do you have now? 2, added 2 silkies but lost my white one Willow

5. How long did it take you to accumulate them? 1 month

6. And what in the world were you thinking? BFF was enjoying hers so much, I wanted in on the fun, plus was getting free coop

 

[citychickx6]

1. How many chickens did you start with?
6

2. What breed were they?
2 easter eggers, 2 Austrolorp, and 2 California white

3. How many total chickens do you currently have?
6

4. How many breeds do you have now?
3

5. How long did it take you to accumulate them?
I got them all on the same day.

6. And what in the world were you thinking?
I miss my farm chickens ( moved from the country 10 years ago and had to give away my 28 laying hens and one red cochin rooster as well as all of my ducks and geese) The farm store had Austrolorps and it was Mothers day. Hubby could not say no.

 

[lowry075]

1. I started with 2.

2. BO and Blue Laced Wyandotte

3. 5

4. 5 ( added light Brahma, Plymouth Rock, and EE)

5. 10 months

6. I was thinking they'd be cute, eat bugs, provide eggs, eat weeds...they eat my grass, not weeds, but everything else was spot on...I adore them. If I didn't live in the city I'd have WAY more.

 

[rancher hicks]

I started with 25 , 3 BO, 3 Aus, 3 del, 3 dom, 3 cm, 4 friz, 3 slw, 3 glw.

I now have, 4 lghn, 13, br, 23, del, 5 lav orp, 3 bo, 2 blk orp, 4 whte orp, 2cm, 2 dom, 1 lav amer, 1 bbs orp, 2 rir, 3 ee's that I know of and some i'm not sure how many more. oh 2, friz. See I still have the same number I started with 25. I squint when I count ok?


Rancher



probably 70, but who's counting.

 

[farmgirlforever18]

1. How many chickens did you start with? 7

2. What breed were they? mix, EEs reds and ?
3. How many total chickens do you currently have? 24 hens and two roosters and getting more in a few weeks

4. How many breeds do you have now? i have bantams just added 3 more hehe. buff orpingtons red sexlinks, and EEs

5. How long did it take you to accumulate them? i hade three for the past year and a halfe and the rest over a 6 months time

6. And what in the world were you thinking? i really dont know

 

[LittlenRedHen782]

1. How many chickens did you start with? 25

2. What breed were they? RIR, mixed bantams

3. How many total chickens do you currently have? 45 I think

4. How many breeds do you have now? BR, SLW, EE, RIR, light brahma, sivler sea bright, 2 unknown

5. How long did it take you to accumulate them? 2 yrs

6. And what in the world were you thinking? Oh how cute and they will give me eggs

 

[theoldchick]

My very first chicken was a Rhode Island Red my mother purchased as a day old from a feed Store in Largo Florida. I was twelve and still had the hen when I married at 21. She died shortly thereafter so my husband purchased a few Silkies for me as soon as we moved in the country. We expanded to Old English Rosecombs and several other mixed breeds hens who were fabulous layers. My collection grew as various fowl 'fell in my lap'. Eventually I ended up with quite the collection of assorted mixed birds and I was one happy country gal!