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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

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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 that are for sale or possibly for sale because they belong or will belong to someone else.

You don’t count sick or injured birds because they are sick or injured and their disposition is in question so they go on the injured or sick list not on your list of chickens.

You don’t count laying hens because they produce eggs and thus are more accurately described as a food source rather than chickens.

You don’t count males even if they’re not destined for meat productions because they are protectors of the flock and are more accurately considered guard dogs rather than chickens.

You don’t count males because males are for the production of meat and count as a food source rather than chickens.

You don’t count birds in molt because they’re are in molt and missing feathers so cannot be properly considered as complete chickens.

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.

(I say this because having ducks is like living with toddlers.) Traci also raises and processes her own meat chickens on occasion.What is Chicken Math: “Are sure you are counting your birds correctly? There are specific rules that apply:

These days, she has about 60 chickens - and three “rotten” ducks. Traci started with six chickens – and then chicken math took over. Her desire to keep chickens came from a desire to have her own fresh eggs from chickens she knew were well cared for and happy. Traci DeLore grew up around chickens on her family’s farm, but didn’t start keeping her own chickens until she was in her 40s. Keeping a well-stocked chicken first aid kit is definitely one part of a good offense. Just like football, the best defense is a good offense when it comes to chicken health. You can check off all the symptoms your chicken has, and the site will pop up a list of possible conditions. I also use ’s symptom checker when new and unfamiliar health issues pop up. My go-to book is The Chicken Health Handbook, 2nd Ed. Look them over and pick one that works for you. There are a lot of books out there that cover basic chicken and poultry health.

Second, the dishpan can be used if you need to soak your chicken’s feet for treating something like bumblefoot. First, this keeps the supplies together and makes them easy to grab. I keep my chicken first aid kit supplies in a large plastic dishpan. You may think you’ll never need a syringe and needle, but I recently used mine to “deflate” a chick with a ruptured air sac. If you can add to that, pipettes or an eyedropper, and syringes and needles are all handy to have. The short list here is disposable gloves, tweezers, scissors, and disposable scalpels. Disposable scalpels, tweezers, pipettes and syringes are all handy tools.