This proof includes (but is not limited to): dogs, cats, goats, horses, donkeys, sheep, cows, pigs, llamas, rabbits, small and large humans. It is regularly observed that non-chickens are included in flock calculations, sometimes even incorporating small humans in the counts this approach is proved false by the calculation above. Though rudimentary, it is important to note that non-Chicken animals do not count towards the flock size. Proof #3: Bantams and Silkies Count as ½ Chicken (Note: historically this discussion is better received by the non-chicken-math-side of the family if the two breeds in question look much different… think Black Australorp vs Columbian Wyandotte). Practical, Situational Application of Proof 2: “Honestly my love, the differences in a Rhode Island Red and a Golden Comet are so stark that I could hardly count that new hen against my total flock size”. An important note here is that breed is not mutually exclusive to egg color meaning if you have two Brown Egg Layers of the same Breed, this still counts as 1 Chicken (not 0 because these chickens are mathematically identical and one chicken counts for both the breed and the egg color) however, if you have two brown egg layers from two different breeds, this does indeed count as 0 additional chickens towards the flock count. It did not take long to realize that like egg color: the first of each kind of chicken breed was also not applicable towards flock size. Given the egg-color findings as outlined above, it occurred to me that there was likely correlation but not necessarily causation in the variation of the chicken breeds on flock size.
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