Taimoor Zayad

Taimoor Zayad is the founder of Flockmath and the person behind its backyard-poultry calculators.

Flockmath’s authority comes from its sources, not from posing as a veterinarian, and Taimoor is upfront about that. Every space, feed, and egg figure on the site is calibrated against published guidance from university cooperative-extension programs — Penn State, Mississippi State, and the University of Kentucky among them — and cross-checked against experienced small-flock keepers.

The aim is a number that fits your situation, with the reasoning shown so you can check it. When a figure looks wrong to a seasoned keeper, he would rather fix it than defend it — corrections come in through the contact page and are reflected in the “last reviewed” date on each tool.

How these calculators are built

Every Flockmath tool starts from published figures in university cooperative-extension research, then adds the variables those single-number guidelines usually leave out — breed weight, climate, run access, life stage. The goal is a number that fits your situation, with the reasoning shown so you can check it rather than take it on faith.

Where sources disagree, the tools say so and give a range instead of a false-precise single figure. Where a number is a welfare minimum rather than a target, that is stated. Animal-welfare-sensitive figures (space per bird, for example) are checked against current extension guidance before they ship.

Primary sources

• Penn State Extension — small-flock poultry
• Mississippi State Extension — poultry science
• University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension — poultry
• Breed and husbandry consensus from established small-flock keeper communities

Corrections

If a figure looks wrong for your setup, the contact page reaches Taimoor directly. Substantive corrections are reflected in the “last reviewed” date on the affected tool. The full sourcing and review process is on the editorial standards page.