Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[MsChickenMomma]

Thank you. I'm really hoping for that too. It's really hard to imagine not having any chickens, after having them for almost 4 years. I'd be happy if I could at least have some, rather than none at all. The city council has been getting a lot of requests to allow backyard chickens, and just recently they had a meeting on the subject. Now we are all just waiting for their answer. If they allow it, I have seven 6 year old hens, 3 of which I don't think will make it through the winter. If they don't, I may be able to take some of my Meyer girls with me. We'll have to see what February brings us.

 

[dragonlord483]

Well here they are

my Leghorns

spotty

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[dragonlord483]

Last one is sleepy

bantam barred rockathena

apollospotty and dotty are silver spangel hamburg leghorns are sparro and trixie

these came fron tsc blue sweeds and a rouen

 

[trsturself]

I have tallied up the results for my Meyer chickens:

Here is the egg count for the current ones I have by month for 6 chickens:
July- 1 dozen- 5 of them just started laying
August- 10 dozen - still just the older 5 were laying
September - 9 dozen - my EE went broody
October - 8 dozen - my broody EE is molting and my 6th older chicken, Daisy the White Rock started laying early in the month, so I still do not have 6 laying at a time yet, but hopefully when my EE stops molting.

November - a little over a dozen so far and I am hoping by the end of the month a lot more once the 16 news chicks reach 16 weeks!

So what are your egg tallies for the past few months?

I have noticed a decrease due to the shorter days, I guess with the shorter days it's a couple of dozen a month less. I'll be buying eggs this month since we have family visiting and with Thanksgiving coming up too. Everyone loves my deviled eggs! Maybe next year I'll be able to make them with our eggs!

Also, I have not had a double yolker in awhile, miss those! Daisy has not given me a double yet, so maybe there's a chance from her. My leghorn and one of the marans are becoming more talkative to me, so maybe they will be early layers? Guess we'll see.

...and the picture is from August when my EE was still giving me the one green egg a day.

July we had 1 girl laying from the 3rd on and another starting on the 25th. We got a total of 34 eggs (our BR only missed 2 days that month after starting laying)
Aug we had 2 girls laying plus the first egg from another on the last day of the month. Total of more than 45 eggs. I was gone for a few days and no one kept track but I know we got some.
Sept we had 3 girls laying the whole month and another for half. Total of 80 eggs
Oct we had 4 girls laying all month and another started at the end of the month. Total of 85 eggs.
So far for Nov we have 13 eggs with the 5 girls laying. I have definitely noticed a slow down in production. Especially our BR.
I think we go through close to 80# a month, maybe a little less for the 10-13 chickens we've had here. We are down to 9 right now and just a 40# bag last week so we'll see how long the food lasts.
Our older polish are 5 months now so hopefully they'll start laying before spring. No signs of squatting or checking out the nest boxes though.

Pippi (our sick GLP) made a full recovery and is back outside full time running around like nothing was ever wrong. I'm so glad we were able to save her!

That's a really good amount of eggs from 6 chickens! Most of my girls are all very old, so they don't lay very many eggs anymore. Most of the eggs I get now are from my Meyer girls.

I would have to look at my calender outside to see how many eggs i've gotten the past couple of months. I don't keep track of each bird, I just write down the amount of eggs I get each day. The only one I have been able to keep track of is Sunni. I'll go back through my calender and count later this afternoon.

I also have some sad news for everyone... In January or February of 2014 we are looking at a high possibility of having to move into city limits. The place we will most likely end up doesn't allow any chickens. Even if we can convince the city council to allow us to have some, we won't be able to have more than maybe six hens. If I am allowed to have some, I will only be able to keep my really old girls, because there is no way I'll be able to find homes for my 6 year old hens. So this means I will have to give up my Meyer babies.

The only one I will be able to keep is Sunni, because she lives in the house. I'm really disappointed by this... But I suppose it is what it is. If I am allowed to have chickens where we move, and my old girls pass on, I will definitely be ordering from Meyer again. I have already done a good deal of crying today...

I just hope I'll be able to find them all good homes. Especially my amazing rooster Rodney. It's so hard to find rooster's homes... Maybe it will be easier now, since I am re-homing all of my hens with him.. The move isn't set in stone yet, but it looks like we will most likely end up moving. We can't afford to keep renting this farmhouse, and we can't find another farm house that we can afford to pay rent for or purchase. Our only option is to move within the city limits. For now I'll just enjoy my babies while I still have them.

I couldn't imagine having to give all of our chickens up. I sure hope the city decides to allow some and that you can keep at least a few of your Meyers girls!

 

[NotableNancy]

I have tallied up the results for my Meyer chickens:

Here is the egg count for the current ones I have by month for 6 chickens:
July- 1 dozen- 5 of them just started laying
August- 10 dozen - still just the older 5 were laying
September - 9 dozen - my EE went broody
October - 8 dozen - my broody EE is molting and my 6th older chicken, Daisy the White Rock started laying early in the month, so I still do not have 6 laying at a time yet, but hopefully when my EE stops molting.

November - a little over a dozen so far and I am hoping by the end of the month a lot more once the 16 news chicks reach 16 weeks!

So what are your egg tallies for the past few months?

I have noticed a decrease due to the shorter days, I guess with the shorter days it's a couple of dozen a month less. I'll be buying eggs this month since we have family visiting and with Thanksgiving coming up too. Everyone loves my deviled eggs! Maybe next year I'll be able to make them with our eggs!

Also, I have not had a double yolker in awhile, miss those! Daisy has not given me a double yet, so maybe there's a chance from her. My leghorn and one of the marans are becoming more talkative to me, so maybe they will be early layers? Guess we'll see.

...and the picture is from August when my EE was still giving me the one green egg a day.

The pics of your girls are so pretty. The pic of your SF makes me want one of those too!!!
I must be a real slacker.... I don't count my eggs I just eat them and give them away!
I don't get double yolkers either and even the almost 3 oz eggs from my neighbor are single yolks.
Love the pic of the eggs- makes me want those green eggs even more!

I also have some sad news for everyone... In January or February of 2014 we are looking at a high possibility of having to move into city limits. The place we will most likely end up doesn't allow any chickens. Even if we can convince the city council to allow us to have some, we won't be able to have more than maybe six hens. If I am allowed to have some, I will only be able to keep my really old girls, because there is no way I'll be able to find homes for my 6 year old hens. So this means I will have to give up my Meyer babies.

The only one I will be able to keep is Sunni, because she lives in the house. I'm really disappointed by this... But I suppose it is what it is. If I am allowed to have chickens where we move, and my old girls pass on, I will definitely be ordering from Meyer again. I have already done a good deal of crying today...

I just hope I'll be able to find them all good homes. Especially my amazing rooster Rodney. It's so hard to find rooster's homes... Maybe it will be easier now, since I am re-homing all of my hens with him.. The move isn't set in stone yet, but it looks like we will most likely end up moving. We can't afford to keep renting this farmhouse, and we can't find another farm house that we can afford to pay rent for or purchase. Our only option is to move within the city limits. For now I'll just enjoy my babies while I still have them.

Oh, how sad. I'm so hoping something happens fast to either let you keep some of your girls or maybe you find someplace else to rent. I'm holding out hope for you.

July we had 1 girl laying from the 3rd on and another starting on the 25th. We got a total of 34 eggs (our BR only missed 2 days that month after starting laying)
Aug we had 2 girls laying plus the first egg from another on the last day of the month. Total of more than 45 eggs. I was gone for a few days and no one kept track but I know we got some.
Sept we had 3 girls laying the whole month and another for half. Total of 80 eggs
Oct we had 4 girls laying all month and another started at the end of the month. Total of 85 eggs.
So far for Nov we have 13 eggs with the 5 girls laying. I have definitely noticed a slow down in production. Especially our BR.
I think we go through close to 80# a month, maybe a little less for the 10-13 chickens we've had here. We are down to 9 right now and just a 40# bag last week so we'll see how long the food lasts.
Our older polish are 5 months now so hopefully they'll start laying before spring. No signs of squatting or checking out the nest boxes though.

Pippi (our sick GLP) made a full recovery and is back outside full time running around like nothing was ever wrong. I'm so glad we were able to save her!


I couldn't imagine having to give all of our chickens up. I sure hope the city decides to allow some and that you can keep at least a few of your Meyers girls!

So glad Pippi is doing better!!

 

[NanaLynn]

Last one is sleepybantam barred rockathenaapollospotty and dotty are silver spangel hamburg leghorns are sparro and trixiethese came fron tsc blue sweeds and a rouen

Pretty chickens and ducks you got there.

 

[dragonlord483]

Thank you

 

[MsChickenMomma]

Okay, I went back and counted through my egg calendar. Keep in mind that I have 22 hens. 7 of them are going on 6 years old, 7 just started laying, and 2 aren't laying yet.

Month, Eggs, and Dozens.

June: 223 eggs (18 dozen)

July: 204 eggs (17 dozen)

August: 204 eggs (17 dozen)

September: (Annie, Alice, and Lucy started laying) 233 eggs (19 dozen)

October: (Sunni, Ellie, and Daffodil started laying) 257 eggs (21 dozen)

The first 5 days of November: (Lizzie started laying) 47 eggs (almost 4 dozen)

All this time I have been thinking that my girls are slacking and that I haven't gotten very many eggs from them, but looking back, I have really gotten 1,238 eggs in the last 5 and a half months. That's a lot of eggs!!

 

[dragonlord483]

How much you get for dozen

 

[MsChickenMomma]

How much you get for dozen

We don't sell our eggs. I live in a household of 9, so we go through a lot of eggs. We never have more than 6 dozen in the fridge at a time. Usually one meal of eggs will go through 2 dozen in our house.