by SingABrightSong » Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:37 pm
Came here to say that four and two worked well for me too, hatching upwards of eight chickadoos per diem. Deciding to test it further, I first emptied both my coops and then filled in the suggested breeding numbers at the beginning of the day. While waiting for the experiment to progress, I did some quick math and figured out that, in theory, up to ten chickens per day should be achievable with four hens and two , assuming non-overlapping generations.
Okay, seems like generations overlap a bit, and that roostros seem to beget two chickadoos at a time. I'm revising my estimates to a theoretical limit of 12 chickadoos per diem, which seems to be the general target people are aiming for.
Aargh, my roostros got old and muddled the experiment. Restarting...
Okay, by all means I *should* have gotten twelve there, but for some reason the chicakdoos stopped short at eleven, with the last batch having gotten 5 eggs instead of the usual six.