Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[kbh82310]

I took some more recent pics of our meyer polish. They will be 3 weeks on monday. This is the silver we will be keeping - Boomerang (the first day she ran back to us no matter where we put her) These are the other 3 silver - Chipmunk, Marshmallow, and Mounds (Mounds found a new home today) Our Buffs - Rue and Barley. Barley also found a new home with Mounds today. We're pretty sure Rue is a roo. We thought that from day one based on the lack of poof on the head and now he is feathering out MUCH slower. See, he has no head feathers to speak of and just starting to get tail feathers. Everyone else is already getting back and chest feathers. Our White Crested Black and White Crested Blue - Baldy and Corny. Corny went home with Mounds and Barley. Baldy has a home waiting for her. Our splash, Cloudy - we're keeping her These are the 3 replacement chicks that have made it out of the 6. Cream, Oreo, and Cookies. We plan to keep Cookies and Cream (if she really is a she, her crest is almost non existent so we'll have to wait and see on her) I wrote Meyer yesterday and told them about our losses. We wouldn't be able to get any more polish until middle of August so instead we're getting 5 assorted rare breeds. We'll post pics when we get them so everyone can join in on the guessing game!

I have a golden and silver ordered for aug, I'm starting to think I should prob add at least 1 more cause I want to have at least 2polish and from what I've been hearing lately these lil guys don't ship all that well..

 

[kbh82310]

I have a question. When the chicks come in is there like a invoice or anything like that saying what you ordered? I added a few " packing peanuts" to my order that the hubby doesn't know about and I don't need him finding a invoice or anything.

 

[NotableNancy]

I have a question. When the chicks come in is there like a invoice or anything like that saying what you ordered? I added a few " packing peanuts" to my order that the hubby doesn't know about and I don't need him finding a invoice or anything.

yup... on the inside lid of my box was a list of what was ordered.

 

[trsturself]

I think they will be laying eggs very soon, they're the reddest of them all.

Remind me how old they are. Our oldest are 18 1/2 weeks old. They are getting pretty red but I haven't seen any fussing. I'm going to uncover the nest boxes next week. I have a feeling we'll get our first egg when we're away camping the week after next. I'll be so disappointed!

 

[kbh82310]

yup... on the inside lid of my box was a list of what was ordered.

Thank you.

 

[NanaLynn]

Remind me how old they are. Our oldest are 18 1/2 weeks old. They are getting pretty red but I haven't seen any fussing. I'm going to uncover the nest boxes next week. I have a feeling we'll get our first egg when we're away camping the week after next. I'll be so disappointed!

They're 17 weeks on Monday, so it is still early for mine. That would be sad for you if your first egg came while you're camping. What breeds are your 18 1/2 week olds?

 

[trsturself]

They're 17 weeks on Monday, so it is still early for mine. That would be sad for you if your first egg came while you're camping. What breeds are your 18 1/2 week olds?

BO, BR, BA, and EE

I think our BR will be the first but who knows. We don't have any song practicing going on yet that I've seen/heard.

 

[NotableNancy]

I have a question. When the chicks come in is there like a invoice or anything like that saying what you ordered? I added a few " packing peanuts" to my order that the hubby doesn't know about and I don't need him finding a invoice or anything.

What did you order and when are they coming?

BO, BR, BA, and EE

I think our BR will be the first but who knows. We don't have any song practicing going on yet that I've seen/heard.

I think BA's lay pretty early too right??
Someone on our thread said their CW was a late bloomer/featherer and was the first to lay... am I remembering that right?
I guess you just never know and when it happens it happens. But it sure will be exciting

 

[MsChickenMomma]

Have you found out if Pipsqueak is a male or female yet Nancy?

 

[NotableNancy]

Have you found out if Pipsqueak is a male or female yet Nancy?

I would say female. No redness to comb at all and it's not large and they're 13 weeks today! I was actually having doubts about my cochin for some reason and was just looking up pics but I think all of my birds are pullets except my one BB.
My place to home him fell through so I have one other place about a mile away that has chickens (I've met them once) I'm going to ask if he wants him. He does have a rooster already but I hear a BB roo is a good breed to have as a 2nd roo. So we'll see. Honestly, even if he eats him it's ok with me. I just couldn't do it myself. I think I've seen some kind of set up to process chickens on his property but I'm not exactly sure what it is. If he didn't have his messed up beak I think someone would want him for sure. Right now he just acts like one of the girls and one of my BA's really chases him around. It's kind of funny.