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  1. SuburbanHayseed

    Buckeye Breed Thread

    Gorgeous!
  2. SuburbanHayseed

    Buckeye Breed Thread

    I am so sorry about all the losses to the heat. I have a closed circuit camera in my coop and was very upset to see my birds stuggling to breathe in the heat wave we had two weeks ago out on the East Coast. I did something that could be viewed as totally eccentric, which I probably am . I was...
  3. SuburbanHayseed

    Anyone get Buckeye chicks from Meyer before?

    I just love them. They were sitting all over my legs tonight when I was with them. Awwww---they felt so soft and warm! I also just sent for those rings from Randall Burkey so I can tell Ginger, Mac, Bunty, Babs, Nettie and Ginger apart. The first four names were lifted from "Chicken Run"...
  4. SuburbanHayseed

    Anyone get Buckeye chicks from Meyer before?

    I ordered six Buckeye hens from My Pet Chicken way back in February. They apparently use Meyer Hatchery for a lot of their chicks. Meyer hatchery sells Buckeyes and the box they arrived in had a label that indicated they were shipped from Cleveland, OH (Meyer is in Polk, OH.). The birds arrived...
  5. SuburbanHayseed

    Buckeye Breed Thread

    Hi, John! I, too, am a new Buckeye "parent" and my chicks are also 4 weeks old. I ordered them from MyPetChicken, which uses Meyer Hatchery in Polk, Ohio. I am not going to be breeding birds and just wanted some nice laying hens that were docile and cold tolerant. Mine are apparently several...
  6. SuburbanHayseed

    How many here are actual backyarders vs. Farmers?

    I am very definitely a "backyarder". I live in an area that does permit us to have six hens but unfortunately no roos. I live on Long Island, New York, in Patchogue where property is wic.kedly expensive and the taxes are the highest in the country. I have only 1/3 of an acre, but it is slowly...
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