You may think you'll only use it once a year. So take the formula above, and then multiply it by the capacity of the incubator you bought because hatching your own chicks would be "so much cheaper." Take it from experience, you may think you won't fill the incubator to capacity. The formula at this point is y = x(just in case some die) + deaths/roosters * 2 + " Oh my gosh it lays BLUE EGGS" 5, but what happens when you decide, "Gosh, it'd be so much cheaper to just hatch our own instead of buying new chickens every time we need them." You might be thinking, "well, 35 chickens is a lot more than 10, but it's still not too bad." Well, we're not finished yet. This is how we went from 30 birds to 35, because we wanted blue layers and we wanted to make sure at least one was a hen who made it to adulthood. So now, y = x(just in case some die) + deaths/roosters * 2 + " Oh my gosh it lays BLUE EGGS" 5. The next step in the equation is when you discover a new breed you didn't know about before and just have to have it.
This is how we originally planned on owning ten chickens, so we got 20, lost ten over the course of a year, and of course, replace the 10 lost birds with 20 more. When calculating your chicken math, you also have to consider replacing losses, so y = x(just in case some die) + deaths/roosters * 2. We wanted 10 birds, so we got 20, "just in case."īut it doesn't stop at 20 birds. The "just in case" may be "in case some don't make it to adulthood" or "in case some turn out to be roosters." This is how our original plan to have 10 birds became 20 birds. If the intended number of chickens is x and the actual number of chickens is y, then y = x * "Just in case". Then I went to another feed store and saw baby chicks….bought 8 of them! Re-homed 2 roosters, a hen died from being r***d by one of those roosters! 1 died from a neighbors dog attack, and one pullet “came up missing”.There is a formula to chicken math, and it requires some of that algebra you never thought you'd use as an adult. 2 were DOA (not Meyer Hatchery, from a different place I will no longer order from) and 1 died the next day. One of the “pullets” was a “cockerel” so I ordered a replacement, but had to order the required shipment amount, so I added 5 more.
The next spring I wanted hens that produce COLORFUL eggs, so I ordered 5 more. I started with 6 (because when you buy them from a feed store in KY you are REQUIRED to purchase at least 6). There is no exact rhyme or reason to chicken math, but that is part of its beauty! How has your flock grown in unexpected ways? Please share your own chicken math in the comments! 12 adolescent chicks (but they were a gift so they don’t actually count towards a total) = not knowing how many chickens I have.21 chicks (needed some more color in the egg basket) = 10 broilers.50 (ish) chickens + 12 sale chicks = too many brown eggs.32 chickens + 1 guard dog = 2 bantams (but bantams only equal ½ a chicken).First flock of 14 chickens + 6 chicks = 2 goats.Here are some examples of my own chicken math:
Throughout your chicken keeping adventures, your knowledge and experience will grow, and chances are very high that the quantity of your flock will also grow.
Or maybe you planned to only have chickens but have mastered advanced chicken math and now have ducks, rabbits, and a cow! My personal theory on chicken math is not only are chickens a lot of fun to keep, they are relatively low maintenance, and do not take up much space, so it becomes very easy to say “what difference would a few more make?” Chicken math can be perpetuated in many different ways perhaps a broody hen hatched some eggs, you incubated eggs yourself, Meyer Hatchery had a sale, or you were gifted some birds. Perhaps you planned to have 6 birds but now somehow have 14, 22, 30. These little ladies spent the winter growing out in a greenhouse. They’re so little and cute at first, but then we realize that chicks grow fast and need more space.
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