Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[NotableNancy]

Thanks! It was just something that I came up with after looking at all of the cut up cattle fencing we had lying all over the place after we made our new coop. It works perfectly though!

My girls will be 10 weeks old on Sunday. Can't believe it!

Wow, time flies!!!

What breeds do ya'll think these are?


And the black ones, I got 4 of them:

I'm glad most of them made it safely. Hopefully the one pulls through. The only ones I can guess at are the black and I agree, Black Australorp.

Hello, I'm Lynn and I'm addicted to chickens!

I know... it's just crazy. I never tire of them. I have been counting up the hours I spend out there with them and it's at least 3 every day. My house is a mess but my coop/run looks flawless!!

Accidentally I got water into their crumbles and it all pasted up and they went nuts over it. They acted like I just threw them some meal worms! You said before you did this for your little ones, did you just put it out for them once a day in a container and it sat there all day? I guess I'm wondering if I add water to it will it break down/rot if they don't finish it that day and sits until the next day. I love when it gets all over their beaks and they sort of smack their lips (beaks) together to get ever bit. And then they wipe their face on my legs. I can only share that stuff here - my family thinks I'm absolutely nuts!!

 

[wondertwinpower]

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Yes, the guessing game is fun! The lightest ones are a very very light yellow, not white.

 

[trsturself]

Definitely black australorp. For the wry neck... Vitamin E cures it.

Here are my girls...

Our BR - Marble. She is our only layer so far. The first picture is at 19 weeks (a week before she started laying). The next is 2 days ago. She would not pose for me again! But you can kind of see that her comb grew enough to get a little flop to it. She is 21 weeks now.


Our BA - Night Sky (we just call her Sky). First at 19 weeks and then 2 days ago. She is still not laying but should be any day now (unless that was her egg today, no one was home to see).



Our EE - Amber. Again at 19 and 21 weeks. Not even close to laying yet judging by the hip bone separation.



Our middle flock
Our blue cochin - Sterling, 18 1/2 weeks, this is the only end she would let me photograph, but I love that puff of a tail!



Our Belgian Bearded D'Uccle - Flower, 16 1/2 weeks old



Our Partridge Rock - Mona, 16 1/2 weeks old. She is my flightiest chicken and the hardest to photograph. I had to bribe her with grapes. This is from a couple weeks ago. She wouldn't let me take her pic yesterday when I got the rest of the girls.



And now our Meyers girls...

The polish trio - from front to back - Chipmunk, Cloudy, and Boomerang. Cloudy is sold but still hanging at our house for a few more weeks. 7 weeks old



Our gold lace Polish - Goldy (I know real original), 2 weeks old. She's SUPER flighty and hates to be around people. :/



And last but not least our Splash Frizzle Silkie (not from Meyer) - a name hasn't really stuck with her yet. She is 3 1/2 weeks old.

 

[NanaLynn]

Accidentally I got water into their crumbles and it all pasted up and they went nuts over it. They acted like I just threw them some meal worms! You said before you did this for your little ones, did you just put it out for them once a day in a container and it sat there all day? I guess I'm wondering if I add water to it will it break down/rot if they don't finish it that day and sits until the next day. I love when it gets all over their beaks and they sort of smack their lips (beaks) together to get ever bit. And then they wipe their face on my legs. I can only share that stuff here - my family thinks I'm absolutely nuts!!

I lose track of time too when I am out with the chickens or researching chickens or reading BYC!

Yeah, with my 2nd batch instead of running the chick feed thru the food processor I just added water and they all ate very well. I did this for the 1st weeks until they were all doing well with the size of the dry feed.

I started back with giving mine wet food because of Big Mama and Oreo. Big Mama had better luck sticking her beak in a deep bowl of mush since she was so uncoordinated at first. Now she seems to be able to eat everything again and is gaining wait. The other healthier ones love it too and they all share. Well not always but eventually they all get some.

Until yesterday I was giving them a bowl in the morning and a bowl in the afternoon. You may need two bowls for the amount of chickens you have and if yours peck at each other like mine do. The wet food is good for a treat sometimes too so they don't end up eating too many of the more fattening treats. Just their feed with water, but like you said for some reason they love it. I now just give them a bowl of the wet feed at night, so they'll have full crops before bed.

With the weather the way it is it seems to last a full 24 hours, but after that it will get moldy. Too hot and humid this time of year. I save plastic take out containers and just keep a stock of them for the chickens. I take the empty bowl and put the new bowl. Just rinse and reuse.

 

[NanaLynn]

trsturself - Gorgeous chickens! We still have not gotten an egg yet since the dog attack. I guess it will take awhile before they lay an egg now, they went thru too much.

 

[rj23]

I have a week until my chicks get here. Im so nervous, even though i already have 11 chickens and 4 ducks i have raised. This is my first time having chicks shipped. I live in Colorado, does anyone have any advice?

 

[kbh82310]

Great pictures everyone of the new chicks and the 10 week old chicks! I am up to 14 chicks and my husband still keeps talking about turkeys and meat birds, so we may add more if those are available. I think you have to order several turkeys, so if we cannot order just 1 or 2, we won't be getting them. I am now getting a Welsummer, a Cuckoo Maran, a Golden Lakenvelder and a Columbian Wyandotte! I am happy I can get some of the ones that I had before, plus a couple I had on my wish list.

Black Australorp Easter Egger Female - 2 Light Brown Leghorn Female Salmon Faverolle Female White Leghorn Female Meyer Meal Maker Buff Laced Polish Standard Female Golden Laced Wyandotte Female Golden Campine Female Welsummer Female Cuckoo Marans Female Columbian Wyandotte Female Golden Lakenvelder Female Now if they all arrive here and they all survive!

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you! I have a cuckoo on my 9/30 order and I've been thinking about adding a Welsummer to my order and they have some available for 9/30 so I may have to add one. And I'm sooo jealous about the golden lakenvelder!

 

[CoopDeDoo]

I have a week until my chicks get here. Im so nervous, even though i already have 11 chickens and 4 ducks i have raised. This is my first time having chicks shipped. I live in Colorado, does anyone have any advice?

I live in Washington and Meyers shipped them express mail - they were here in less than 24 hours! I think yours will be fine

 

[CoopDeDoo]

Dinah & Doris - New Hampshires ( maybe) It is hard to see in the photo but their wings, tails and shoulders have red and brown coming in.

For some reason it is only letting me load one image per post so there are a few more posts coming!

 

[CoopDeDoo]

Ruby - RIR