Why that high of a price? Well apparently, in the chicken world there are different breeds, like with dogs, and some are considered higher ranking than others. I bought two grey ladies that I named General Tso and Colonel Sanders. So, I searched and found a little ole man that sold Ameraucana pullets for $30 each. They needed space to spread their little chicky legs.Ī day later, I was a pro! I mean, I kept them alive for a whole day! Now I need to fill that coop. I added onto the run part of the coop immediately. So we get there and the man walks us over to a pen and says, “Which would you like?” Of course I said, “I want a black one (mom caught it and put it in the box), a yellow one (the man caught it and boxed it up) and… OOO I want that brown one!” He immediately turns to me, clearly his patience has run thin with this idiot girl buying his chickens, and he says displeased, “You mean the Rhode Island RED one?” That’d be a, “Yup!” We drove home with three boxed up chickens and figured out names on the way which were: Goldie Hen, Chick Norris, and Teriyaki. The plan was to get three… no, four… no, three chickens. So, my mom and I set off in my car to go buy some chickens.
Just go, go, go! Plus, one of the reviews on Amazon stated that a father helped his 6 th grader put this coop together, and I will not be shown up by a 6 th grader! NOT TODAY! We got it together in about an hour or so and it’s a good thing because the next day I was DEFINITELY GETTING CHICKENS. My parents came over to supervise the construction of the coop and to yell at me when I held a tool wrong. So in two days’ time, I had the waterer, feeder, coop, fencing, food, shavings, and mealworms delivered to my house. I searched for a coop in my budget range – which was nonexistent – and then I searched for some chickens! Easy peasy, right? Wrong again.įor the coop, I went with a 4 chicken coop from Amazon for around $175 and two-day shipping! That two-day shipping gets me EVERY. Last September, I decided to kick up my self-sufficiency game with chickens. Happy counting!” – Borrowed from McIntyre Poultry Facebook Page
Thus, if you follow the rules (and it is always good to follow the rules) you may only count healthy full size female chickens that are not in molt and not a gift and are of laying age but not laying.
You don’t count birds beyond laying age because they’re retired and don’t lay eggs and are considered retirees rather than chickens.
You don’t count ornamental birds because they are ornamental and are considered yard art, folk art, or fine art rather than chickens.You don’t count bantams because bantams are considered bantams rather than chickens.You do not count any bird under 18 weeks old because they are too young to lay eggs so they are considered juveniles rather than chickens.You don’t count chickens that were given as a gift because they were a present and are more properly considered a gift rather than a chicken.You do not count any eggs in the incubator because you don’t count your chickens before they hatch.What is Chicken Math: “Are sure you are counting your birds correctly? There are specific rules that apply: