Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[christine9]

Awwwww! Can't wait

 

[kittykorat]

I just checked the tracking and they left Shrewsbury last night. You should get them this morning. You should get a call this morning. Have the electrolytes ready!!

Everything is ready, if I don't get a call I have the supervisor's #. She said I could call anytime after 8..
I hope they are OK.

 

[MamaShell]

Everything is ready, if I don't get a call I have the supervisor's #.  She said I could call anytime after 8.. 
I hope they are OK.

We all hope so, too!!! Good luck!!!!

 

[kittykorat]

Everything is ready, if I don't get a call I have the supervisor's #. She said I could call anytime after 8..
I hope they are OK.

They are in Worcester. The box is still chirping. She said a currier will have them here by 9:30

 

[NotableNancy]

They are in Worcester. The box is still chirping. She said a currier will have them here by 9:30

 

[MamaShell]

They are in Worcester.  The box is still chirping.  She said a currier will have them here by 9:30

Woohoo!! Can't wait to hear how they are doing. I have been so worried about them and they aren't even mine!

 

[NanaLynn]

They are in Worcester. The box is still chirping. She said a currier will have them here by 9:30

Great news!!!

 

[NanaLynn]

My babies hatched today and have been shipped! Expected delivery this Friday or Saturday but I'm really hoping for Friday! I'm adding a Dominique, buff o, white rock, Easter egger, and a meal maker...yay!

Yay!!! Can't wait to see your pics! Congrats!!

 

[NanaLynn]

Thank you. I just read lots on the Chicken Chick's site and will try Preparation H tomorrow or friday.

Here is another thing I just read and did NOT know... it's not summer time yet but good to learn now:

ACV should NOT be added to waterers during times of high heat.

I remember reading that now too about the prep h. It will be interesting to see if that works. I stopped giving mine ACV in their water during the summer because it started to get nasty looking. I give it to them if I give them wet feed or treats now, I just add it. Makes sense now why it got nasty looking.

DD and I picked up a little Gold Laced Wyandotte yesterday from the local feed store to keep our lone Legbar hatch company.
I was good and resisted getting a Cuckoo Maran also. But we're going back tomorrow when they get a shipment of Blue Laced Red Wyandottes in.

I love all the Wyandottes, especially the golden one. My golden one is so sweet and even her feathers seem softer. That's great that they let you get one at a time. I wish we had a feed store like that near us! A Blue Laced Red one too! That's great!

Awww, I'm so sorry. I know how worried you must be.

OK, I have another chicken issue

My Cuckoo Marans has a prolapse. Anyone ever dealt with this. She didn't have it yesterday because I checked them all out thoroughly when I dusted them. She was bending over eating and it looked like hardened poo on her vent and the feathers underneath were a mess (almost like a mild form of vent gleet but no bad smell to it)
I cleaned her up, trimmed her feathers and I could see a bit of her skin hanging out of the vent and now it's oozing a bit. I've read to put honey on it so when she goes to bed I'm going to go out and do that. Otherwise she's active and eating and laid an egg which i know is kinda bad.
If it looks bad in the a.m I will bring her in and then figure out what to do.
Anyone else deal with this??
OMG, this is to much at one time. And it doesn't really seem related to each other. All different issues.
I can try to take a pic tomorrow and post. Who knew chickens were so hard??

I am so sorry you are going through this. You are getting a tough education this year in chicken keeping. Not fair for you.

Sorry I forgot to answer this..
Molt crossed my mind but they are still laying and no big feathers around the run. I did check at night, about 5 of them and didn't see anything. I ordered the Nu Stock from Amazon and should be here tomorrow.
Funny, as soon as I put the pick no more on her head yesterday the mean RIR can running over to peck at her head and did it once and ran off. Guess it tastes bad to them. I actually smells really yummy to me. Very strong grape flavor. I watch them on the camera when they are going into the coop and I don't see anything going on besides the usual light picking when going to roost.

I heard that they can still lay eggs when molting, mine never did, but I have heard that?

Make sure to shake and knead the tube of Nu Stock before opening and have a large zip lock bag to put it in for storage. It really has a bad sulfar smell. Also make sure you have disposable gloves that you can throw away and squeeze a little in a disposable cup. Apply it with your gloved finger from the cup and do not get it on your clothes since you can't wash it out. I was warned of all this before I used mine and it helped a lot. I keep the tube in a bag in the garage now too since it stinks.

It does work really well and it stays on them better then just regular ointment.

I hope that all of you chickens get better soon!

 

[NotableNancy]

I remember reading that now too about the prep h. It will be interesting to see if that works. I stopped giving mine ACV in their water during the summer because it started to get nasty looking. I give it to them if I give them wet feed or treats now, I just add it. Makes sense now why it got nasty looking.

I love all the Wyandottes, especially the golden one. My golden one is so sweet and even her feathers seem softer. That's great that they let you get one at a time. I wish we had a feed store like that near us! A Blue Laced Red one too! That's great!

I am so sorry you are going through this. You are getting a tough education this year in chicken keeping. Not fair for you.

I heard that they can still lay eggs when molting, mine never did, but I have heard that?

Make sure to shake and knead the tube of Nu Stock before opening and have a large zip lock bag to put it in for storage. It really has a bad sulfar smell. Also make sure you have disposable gloves that you can throw away and squeeze a little in a disposable cup. Apply it with your gloved finger from the cup and do not get it on your clothes since you can't wash it out. I was warned of all this before I used mine and it helped a lot. I keep the tube in a bag in the garage now too since it stinks.

It does work really well and it stays on them better then just regular ointment.

I hope that all of you chickens get better soon!

Thanks for the Nu Stock advice. I'll put it on my BA's head when it comes in.

I have still been looking up the cause of my girls bare bellies and have seen multiple threads on it. Never a solution. All the same suggestions of molting, feather picking, broody, environmental, food change. Lice/mites are usually ruled out as people state they don't see any evidence. None of the people post as to if it was ever resolved so I'm still at a loss.

I'm wondering if I should go back to my old feed I was using or switch to Purina Flock Raiser since it has higher protein and calcium on the side. I really don't think it's mites/lice and probably won't stress them out again and dust them all again. Anyone have ideas about the feed idea? Still haven't wormed and may try that in a month or so but I don't want to overwhelm them.
I've never given them yogurt but bought some plain yogurt... how does everyone feed that? Mixed with their feed?

Sorry for so many questions but I'm still so new I would love to hear from everyone else... no matter how new to chickens

We've all gone through so many different things and it's so great that we have a place to share.


A little late but I'm now building up my first aid kit. I had Poultry nutridrench, Poly Vitamins (baby vitamins for when they are chicks) Wazine, Corid, gloves, electrolytes, calcium, pick no more, vaseline, neosporin, prep H, probiotics. I am thinking of ordering Vetericyn VF HydroGel Wound & Skin Care it's pricey but I've read it's great for wounds etc.

What does everyone else have that they have really found useful?