In my defense, they were only $1 each. Even the ducks (which dh said no way no how to getting). Apparently tomorrow I am supposed to get our spare coop habitable for these chicks and get the out of the basement brooder.
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That makes me feel better about the 14 freedom rangers I just picked up from Family Farm and Home today. I was thinking getting 10 or 12 of them, and well, what's another 2 right??I may or may not have bought 60 chicks from tractor supply this morning. The plan is to sell all of them....except for the 10 Cornish. I figure that's enough for this year for meat. More would be nice but fronting the cost for feeding more would be a chore this year.
And this is why I am not married.In my defense, they were only $1 each. Even the ducks (which dh said no way no how to getting). Apparently tomorrow I am supposed to get our spare coop habitable for these chicks and get the out of the basement brooder.
I may or may not have bought 60 chicks from tractor supply this morning. The plan is to sell all of them....except for the 10 Cornish. I figure that's enough for this year for meat. More would be nice but fronting the cost for feeding more would be a chore this year.
And this is why I am not married.
oh you want to hear about chicken math? 4 years ago my BIL decided to get chickens. But the minimum order was 15. So he asked DH (his brother) if WE wanted half of them. Sure. So we built our first coop. The "small" coop that is around 6x8 (was 6x5 until i convinced DH to kick the one wall out further. DH agreed to 5 chickens. We got 8; the hatchery sent 1 extra. THE NEXT YEAR we decided to do meat birds. So we built 2 8x8 a-frames. And then built an 8x12 shed and walled half of it off for coop space. THE NEXT YEAR we walled off part of the "storage" section of the coop for some silkies. THEN we bought BIL's coop because 2 years of chickens was enough for him. LAST YEAR DH's mom decided to get chickens for her granddaughter that lives with her so we built her a small tractor coop. She has since graduated to a larger coop so we got it back and TA DAAAAA! DUCK COOP!lol!!!!!!!
Chicken Math.
In short, ONE COOP and **5** chicks turned into 7 coops and a lot more than 5 chicks. Chicken math.