Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[NotableNancy]

So last Monday at 2 weeks old, we moved the chicks to the coop in a divided area. Kind of a variety of fencing to enclose them temporarily. Although somehow a couple of them every few days manage to find an escape route. They stay clear of the big girls so far and no trouble yet.


The big girls roosting near by to be near the action. Well the 5 older ones. Daisy the now 16 week old is not allowed to roost with them.


So here is our WR, Daisy watching nearby, poor little outcast.


Pepper came by to watch and peck at them so they would know their place.
Ash, our RIR pecked the little Golden Buff, Ginger and little Ginger pecked her right back and stood her ground. She seems to be becoming one of the leaders of this little group. Tough little thing, she'll probably try to lead the whole group once they're all together.

All the chicks are so cute! Are you finding it easier this time than last since it's not so cold out and you could put them outside earlier?
Your big girl flock is so pretty but I feel so sorry for Daisy. Why do they have to be so mean? She's probably almost as big as them now,
when do you think they will finally let her in their group? And how is Daisy around the chicks? That will be interesting to see if she picks
on them or will she see them as her new flock mates.

Sky, our BA with the hurt wing, wouldn't even keep a vet wrap type wrap on! I don't know how she got it off. But we were gone for the weekend and her wing is already looking better. It's not drooping nearly as much and she can move it fine so I don't think it was broken luckily!
Amber is losing large chunks of old skin with feathers attached. I'll have to take a pic. She's going to be bald pretty soon! Her new skin seems to have come in nicely and she is doing well.

Here's some pics from before the weekend.
Sky and her hurt wing.



This was my first attempt at tying her wing up. Boomerang, the SLP, had to come check it out

A good pic of Flower


Then of course she had to check out the camera to make sure it wasn't a treat

Love Sky and Flower!! So pretty

I am almost in tears now , I just went out to the brooder to find yet another dead chick, this one is my buckeye. I just want to go crawl in a hole somewhere. I can't believe I'm still loosing them. Now I fear for the poor little chicks I hatched myself. Are they going to die too? Am I going to loose all of them?! I don't know what I'm going to do.

oh, how sad for you and them. Hang in there... maybe Meyer will be able to tell you something. I hope so.

 

[NanaLynn]

Sunni randomly started doing the egg song on the roost this evening. It was the cutest thing! Daffodil tried to do it too, but she was very shy about it. Not Sunni. She was pretty noisy.

kbh82310: I'm doing great today. How about you?

poohb10454: what are you getting in your order this week?

Poor little Sunni, that's neat she is doing the egg song, maybe she'll improve all around soon.

lol yeah. 15 plus a few extra

6 EE, 2 barred rock, 2 Jersey giant, 2 speckled Sussex, 1 light brahma, 5 buff Orpington and a meal maker

Wow, 6 EE's? Nice. I wish I ordered that many too, guess next year. That's a nice overall selection. So you get them this Monday?

Well the silkies are in the barn tonight, their first night out of the house. I've been checking on them every 5 mins it seems like. And my husband said he will start working on the barn wed and I should be able to move everyone in Thursday if I want. Tuesday when I get off work we are gonna go get the building materials for it & the pool for the ducks.

How'd the silkies do over night? I can't wait to see how you guys transform the barn.

My 6 week old chicks got the boot today as well outside to the barn from our nice cozy warm shop til they are big enough to integrate with the rest of the flock. It's been getting pretty cold here at nights now but they will do fine. Can't believe they are already 6 weeks old. Will have to take picks this week, my lil polish girl is adorable

Can't wait to see those pics. It is nice to get them out of the house. It is still pretty warm here in NC so not much problem with cool temps for my 3 week olds.

Yes, she's in there full time with them. At this moment she is napping with the polish in a corner of the run. She sleeps in the coop with them at night. The only problem is she occasionally gets pooped on when she picks a bad spot to sleep.

We don't have much of a mosquito problem here. It is nice! I have only seen them in our yard once and that is when there was a lot of smoke nearby from a fire. It seemed they were all escaping the smoke.

So neat. Maybe I can sneak one into the coop one day.

We live by a creek and we are overrun with those darn mosquitos! The chicks seem to like to eat them tho.

She is the one that won 1st in breed and 3rd in the feather legged bantam class. She got beat in the class by two beautiful cochins. She is also my daughter's showmanship chicken. Funny thing is the showmanship judge only gave her 8 out of 10 points for the look of the chicken.

Our friend's silkie got 1st in blue silkies, 1st in all silkies, and 2nd in all of the show and the showmanship judge also gave her 8 out of 10! Don't know how you can get a 10 from that judge!


Here are some pics from the show.

After showmanship

Congratulations for all your wins and to your daughter. That sounds like so much fun. I am not even sure if we have any such events near us. I got into this chicken adventure late in the game, so my kids are too old now, maybe the future grandkids?

All the chicks are so cute! Are you finding it easier this time than last since it's not so cold out and you could put them outside earlier?
Your big girl flock is so pretty but I feel so sorry for Daisy. Why do they have to be so mean? She's probably almost as big as them now,
when do you think they will finally let her in their group? And how is Daisy around the chicks? That will be interesting to see if she picks
on them or will she see them as her new flock mates.

Thank you, we are really enjoying them and my husband has grown attached to this group more then he was with the others when they were young. They do seem smarter and more well adjusted then the other ones from before and they are so happy to be out in the coop now. They are better foragers too. They already fly up to the rafters to roost, I never knew it was possible for them to fit up so high there, but somehow they figured it out. The other chickens never attempted that.

Yeah, everyone that sees Daisy feels so sorry for her. She is always getting pecked if she falls out of line, so she keeps her distance. She does not get hurt or anything though. She is as big as the others, but I don't think she realizes it, if she would fight back she'd be fine. She will end up bigger then ll of them I believe, but she is kinda a wimp right now. I hope when she reaches POL she'll get a little meaner.

Daisy does seem very interested in the little chicks but she just comes near them, so far she has not pecked them at all through the fence like the others. Our EE, Olivia seems to love the chicks too and has not pecked them, maybe I am wrong but she seems to try to show them how to scratch and eat grass. The other 4 don't seem too impressed with the new ones.

 

[NanaLynn]

Does your husband want to come and give my husband a lesson or 2?! I have to stay at my parents for a week or so In a couple weeks to watch my grandma while they take care of something's for her in FL. Which wouldn't be so bad if they didnt live 30 mins away so I have to make the drive at least once a day to come take care of everyone.

I hope that your Grandma is okay. I hope that you get some help there. It is hard juggling everything, I hope that is works out.

 

[Poohb10454]

Wow, 6 EE's? Nice. I wish I ordered that many too,

They shipped today, will be here Wednesday.

 

[kbh82310]

I hope that your Grandma is okay. I hope that you get some help there. It is hard juggling everything, I hope that is works out.

Thank you, she is fine she moved from fl to nc to stay with my parents cause she was unable to take care of herself on her own. My parents are just going to fl to clean out her house and put it up for sale. I didn't want to go cause I knew I was expecting the chicks, ducks and barn around the same time so it wasn't the best time. So I said I would stay at their place and help her out and watch the dogs. I work about 5 mins from their house so I would be there anyway. The silkies did good last night! I'm ready to get the others out of the house tho cause my GL polish decided she wants to roost in between their brooder and the ducks brooder. Then today when I got home from work she was missing but I found her on the side of the brooder 10 mins later.

No her eating hasn't improved at all. She still tries really hard to eat, but her tongue is so deformed and swollen from the wet fowl pox she got, that she can't pull the food back and swallow it. It all either falls back out or gets stuck in the front of her beak. Yesterday I tried dipping her beak in a bucket of water a few times to see what she would do, and she went through the notions of drinking but never got any into her beak. Her comb looks good. Now it's just a little scab where the spike on her comb used to be. It doesn't seem to bother her, but I can't get used to it! Now she has a big empty space. Once her comb is fully grown it shouldn't be as noticeable. I'm pretty sure one of my big girls did it to her. Sunni likes to spend a lot of time right next to the fence that divides the two coops, and I think one of the adults pecked her through the fence. I plan on starting to integrate my little girls into the big coop with the adults on Wednesday. I'm hoping that it'll go okay. I was told the best time to start integrating them is when they're 4 months old, and they will be 4 months next week Sunday. Hopefully my naughty old ladies behave themselves.

You have been taking great care of her, she is really lucky to have you! Most people would have culled her awhile ago. Good luck with the integration, I'm hoping my original 4 will be nice to the new babies. So far the 3 roosters tried to attack my ducks.

I am almost in tears now , I just went out to the brooder to find yet another dead chick, this one is my buckeye. I just want to go crawl in a hole somewhere. I can't believe I'm still loosing them. Now I fear for the poor little chicks I hatched myself. Are they going to die too? Am I going to loose all of them?! I don't know what I'm going to do.

I'm so sorry. Have you heard back from Meyer?

I originally had 5 French Black Copper Marans, one died just after the 48 hour mark. I ordered 1 meal maker and 4 rare breed assortment, out of those I ended up with an EE, speckled Sussex, black white crested polish and I believe the last is a buttercup

How do you like your buttercup? I think they are so pretty! I have the silver and gold polish now and next month I'm getting the blue and buff. So far I love my polish, they are pretty funny. I also got a EE and Sussex on my last order. I'm trying to get a bcm on my order next month.

I know how you feel. We lost a total of 18 out of 37 chicks this year. No explanation. We even put Corrid in the water for our last batch and still lost 3 out of 6. They would be fine, running around, eating and drinking, then suddenly they would be on their death bed. No chance to do anything to save them. I was able to bring one back from almost dead on the day of arrival, then she got wry neck and we got that fixed, then she suddenly died a day later when she finally appeared fine. It really turned me off to chicks. I was like you and hated going to check on them because I was sure there would be another dead chick. All of our deaths happened within the first week I think. Once they were older than that they've all been fine. I hope that's the end of your losses! Sky, our BA with the hurt wing, wouldn't even keep a vet wrap type wrap on! I don't know how she got it off. But we were gone for the weekend and her wing is already looking better. It's not drooping nearly as much and she can move it fine so I don't think it was broken luckily! Amber is losing large chunks of old skin with feathers attached. I'll have to take a pic. She's going to be bald pretty soon! Her new skin seems to have come in nicely and she is doing well. Our SLP is getting her big girl feathers and they are so pretty. Great lacing and iridescent. Here's some pics from before the weekend. Sky and her hurt wing. This was my first attempt at tying her wing up. Boomerang, the SLP, had to come check it out And Amber our EE. You can see how ragged she looks with all her missing and oily feathers. I really hope she starts laying again. She was attacked 3 1/2 weeks ago. If she doesn't we might have to get another EE. I miss those blue eggs! A good pic of Flower Then of course she had to check out the camera to make sure it wasn't a treat Here is our middle flock, Mona - Partridge Rock, Sterling - Blue Cochin, Flower - Belgian D'Uccle... finally maturing a little. They are 22 and 24 weeks already and barely any comb/wattle growth! I can understand the cochin but the partridge rock? She should be laying by now! Flower is the only one practicing her egg song. Boy is she a noisy little one! The Polish are getting a lot friendlier. They hang around my feet waiting for some treats. Sorry for the leg shot. And yes those are my pj's and coop shoes. A close up of our Splash Polish - Cloudy. I couldn't believe how close they were to me this day. They used to grab and run. Our splash frizzle silkie - Misty. Hoping she's really a girl. The little ones are hard to get pics of! Goldie - the GLP. We'll probably trade her with our friend and get one of our Buff Laced Polish back instead. I don't think Goldie will have very good coloring and she's extremely skittish. Even once you have her she doesn't calm down much. We'll get another in the future some-time though. My DH really liked them at the fair. Here's our last 3 little ones. The blue on the left we still aren't sure what she is. I thought Blue Orpington when she was little but she doesn't seem stocky enough to me now. I tried to get a good pic of just her but she wouldn't cooperate. She has a single comb so either an andalusian or the orpington. We'll have to wait for ear lobe color to know for sure before she's grown. Had to include a pic of the other member of the flock - Cinnamon Here is Cinnamon in the coop

You guys are really making me want BA , she is so pretty! I love flower, where did she come from? Cinnamon is so cute, the name really fits her.

 

[trsturself]

Thank you, she is fine she moved from fl to nc to stay with my parents cause she was unable to take care of herself on her own. My parents are just going to fl to clean out her house and put it up for sale. I didn't want to go cause I knew I was expecting the chicks, ducks and barn around the same time so it wasn't the best time. So I said I would stay at their place and help her out and watch the dogs. I work about 5 mins from their house so I would be there anyway.

The silkies did good last night! I'm ready to get the others out of the house tho cause my GL polish decided she wants to roost in between their brooder and the ducks brooder. Then today when I got home from work she was missing but I found her on the side of the brooder 10 mins later.
You have been taking great care of her, she is really lucky to have you! Most people would have culled her awhile ago. Good luck with the integration, I'm hoping my original 4 will be nice to the new babies. So far the 3 roosters tried to attack my ducks.
I'm so sorry. Have you heard back from Meyer?
How do you like your buttercup? I think they are so pretty! I have the silver and gold polish now and next month I'm getting the blue and buff. So far I love my polish, they are pretty funny. I also got a EE and Sussex on my last order. I'm trying to get a bcm on my order next month.
You guys are really making me want BA , she is so pretty! I love flower, where did she come from? Cinnamon is so cute, the name really fits her.

I recommend the BA. I didn't really want one at first but she has changed my mind. She is pretty, friendly, and a good layer.
Flower came from a feed store but Meyer has them too.

 

[kbh82310]

So here is everyone's 2 week pics.

This is Hoda my GL Polish

This is Kathie Lee my SL Polish. We call her Kat tho

We don't have a name for the campine yet

This is Hannah our Speckled Sussex

Here is our Black Frizzle Cochin. We aren't naming the Bantams till we figure out their sex.

Our Buff Silkie

Our Black Silkie

And Heather our EE. Can anyone tell if she is gonna be clean faced?

 

[NotableNancy]

So here is everyone's 2 week pics.

This is Hoda my GL Polish


This is Kathie Lee my SL Polish. We call her Kat tho


We don't have a name for the campine yet


This is Hannah our Speckled Sussex


Here is our Black Frizzle Cochin. We aren't naming the Bantams till we figure out their sex.


Our Buff Silkie


Our Black Silkie


And Heather our EE. Can anyone tell if she is gonna be clean faced?

Cute Cute Cute!!! I got 4 EE's and 2 came with fluffy faces and 2 not to much fluff. 3 Ended up with nice beards and one clean faced so even if you don't see a beard now she could get one!

I recommend the BA. I didn't really want one at first but she has changed my mind. She is pretty, friendly, and a good layer.
Flower came from a feed store but Meyer has them too.

I think my BA's are pretty but they are can get a little mean to the lowest of the pecking order and one of them seems to yell at me all the time. I think she's trying to demand some treats. When I'm handing food out she gets all in a snit and screams and when I hand her something she stops. I put her in her place by giving her making her squat and giving her a big back rub. She fluffs up then and walks off in a huff. It's pretty funny. They're my husband's though so they'll be around for the duration. I'm hoping they end up to be good layers and redeem themselves. I was reading that many BA's don't lay until about 25-27 weeks! So I'm sure I have a few more weeks to go. Mine are 23.

 

[kbh82310]

Here are the ducks, sorry they are wet they just got done going for a swim.

Here is Topanga our Blue Swedish

This is Willow our Welsh Harlequin

And Panda our Cayuga

 

[NanaLynn]

So here is everyone's 2 week pics.

This is Hoda my GL Polish


This is Kathie Lee my SL Polish. We call her Kat tho


We don't have a name for the campine yet


This is Hannah our Speckled Sussex


Here is our Black Frizzle Cochin. We aren't naming the Bantams till we figure out their sex.


Our Buff Silkie


Our Black Silkie


And Heather our EE. Can anyone tell if she is gonna be clean faced?

Such cute little baby chickens. Love the polish and their hairdo's coming in!

Here are the ducks, sorry they are wet they just got done going for a swim.

Here is Topanga our Blue Swedish


This is Willow our Welsh Harlequin


And Panda our Cayuga

They are the cutest things ever! Their heads look too big for their bodies, but that just adds to the cuteness. They probably look more proportioned dry I imagine. So glad you could finally get some!