OMG, you might to be onto something! Our whole flock is from Meyer (7 different breeds) well our Fiesty Fifteen are all from our Meyer mixed flock hatch and they were raised on MHP from day 9( I think they were nine days, I might be off a few days). Anyway, maybe I should contact the person you dealt with? I could contact her and let her know about our hatch and using the MHB. We could hope that Meyer would recognize at that point to recognize not just Blooie but also Bee,Aart and others that blazed this trail before most.MHP brooder:All 7 chicks. 2 Black Australorps, 2 White Rocks, 3 EEs. I got them from Meyer and I don't THINK I had an extra charge for the small number though the shipping was ~$35 so maybe it was just calculated in. There was a heat packet under the nest material in the box. Since they didn't arrive by 3 PM Tuesday (as the USPS shipping status said was guaranteed) I contacted Meyer on their web page at 4 to tell them they can get their shipping money back and that I had NO idea where the chicks were since the last scan was Cleveland at 12:30 Monday afternoon. They showed up at the PO Wed AM and I got an email from Megan at Meyer about 10 AM so she already knew I had them. Seems though the lady at the USPS "problem center" thinks there is a "by 3 PM the next day money back" guarantee, it is actually 72 hours for live animals. Not surprised Meyer knows that. I told Megan the chicks were fine and under their Mama Heating Pad (yes, I snuck that in, aren't I the devious one
) and was going to stick them under a broody hen. She sent back a link on how to stuff them under and mentioned she had to look up MHP
. She thinks it sounds good, who knows maybe Meyer will mention it on their site. Then everyone will start hearing about it, sales of red heat lamps will plummet and Blooie will get a Nobel prize (there is one for greatly improving the early lives of poultry, right?) for bringing attention to the Mama Heating Pad Brooding system.
Discussing mixing younger chicks in with the main flock/coop, would you mind if I shared just the pictures of your portal door on another thread?The Azygous chicks are branching out into new territory! Three days ago I opened one of the portals from the grow-out pen into the small pen where Flo the lame hen hangs out. It was tense until Flo understood that the four tiny chickens that just invaded her space weren't there to beat her up, which is what she's been used to from the rest of the flock. It took all of one minute for Flo to calm her hackles down and get out of fight mode. The chicks have been making themselves at home in her pen ever since, and Flo is fine with it. So today I opened the rest of the portals from the grow-out pen into the rest of the run, and the chicks ventured out with confidence. They understood what those holes in the fence were for, and that they represented safety. I did it during a period when most of the feisty young hens were out free ranging, and just the older hens were hanging around the run loafing. Not only did the chicks explore the run outside their grow-out pen, but they also did a little vertical exploring. They made it up to the shelf under the big rear window in Flo's pen, and ended up back in their pen commandeering my cushion to rest up from all of their exploring. They're not quite three weeks old, so I closed all the portals except for the one into Flo's pen when I'm not there to keep an eye on the big girls. In the past, when my chicks are four weeks old, they usually have full access to the rest of the run. In another week these four will, too. Also on the agenda for next week - moving into their coop.Getting ready to enter the world of the big girls.
This was the big deal? Looks the same from this side.
Let's try it from this portal.
Flo has a good perch in her pen.
Let's see what's up there.
Oooh! A view!
Mom won't mind if we rest up from all that exploring on her cushion.
