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I ordered 16 chicks from Meyers last spring. The chicks were shipped promptly and all were alive and with a tad bit of help for one, they all survived. BUT!!!!!!!!! I ordered 3 Cream Legbars, two girls and one boy. As they grew up, I could tell that I had three hens and no boys. Just how...

I have a flock of 16 hens and two roosters. Recently some of the hens started pulling all the straw out of the nest boxes even though it was put in there fresh, and this also coincided with the fact that most have stopped laying. Crazy chickens or something else? They all eat well and are...

Well I purchased three, day old Cream Legbar chicks from Meyers in May. Two were supposed to be female and one male. Well 5 months later I have three hens. I don't understand how Meyers could have screwed up sex link chicks but it is what it is. Now I have one Lavender Orpington Rooster trying...

HI All. After trying out 3 or 4 different automatic watering troughs and wasting lots of time and money, I finally found one that: 1. works reliably 2. Doesn't overfill 3. Standard hose connection 4. Easy to dump 5. Plastic and not galvanized I tried products from Lees Feed and online and...

I have two batches of chicks from Meyers, one at 10 weeks and one at 6 weeks. With each batch I had an aggressive girl and no matter what I tried, as soon as I put her back with the others, the attacks began immediately. I live on 5 acres and could have easily let them lose and the coyotes...

I have a free 4.5 week old Olive Egger I have raised from Meyers. She is friendly to people but not to other chicks. She picked all the tail feathers out of one of her siblings and left her rump all bloody. She attacks the other chicks as well. I hate to just kill her or turn her loose in the...

I just received 8 new chicks from Meyers on Tuesday. My 3 day old Cream Legbar roo keeps shaking his head every few seconds like he has a tickle around his face somewhere. Does anyone know what may be causing this and if this will pass? He is also the runt of the batch of chicks. Thanks for...

Greetings. Been lurking for a few weeks because I've been pondering raising chickens again like I did when I was a kid. I also used to raise pigeons. After reading hours of posts from so many fine folks from all around the country, I got super excited and just today I bit the bullet and I...