Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[mimischicksnat]

So far the only count I have is 2 chicks hatching but hopefully more! I am getting off work soon so hope to come home to more babies!

Good luck! So cute...

 

[MamaShell]

Ok I couldn't get pics of the buff that hatched last night but I got some of the black australorp that did! So far the only count I have is 2 chicks hatching but hopefully more! I am getting off work soon so hope to come home to more babies!

SO ADORABLE!!!!!!!

 

[trsturself]

This is my first year with Cochins and up until this week I have not been to impressed... But I have noticed that the past few days they have not been running from me. They have calmed down so much! My blue one let me walk right up to her and pick her up without making a noise!! The have never done that! Miss blue is quickly becoming one of my favorites. Her lacing has all of a sudden darkened up as well. Another thumbs up for Meyer!

Our cochin is very friendly. She didn't get much attention as a chick but she's just naturally calm. I think that's why they make such good mommas. We can always just walk right up to ours and pick her up. She's the quietest chicken we have too.

He's in NC with his family. Not sure when we'll get to visit again. But, they will be moving up here to PA the beginning of next year. He won't get to see the chicks while they are little but I'm hoping to have them calm enough he can pet and be with them when he comes. He'll be 2 in October.


The chicks are doing great! I think my BLRW are the sweetest. They just sit there and let me stroke their backs. The other ones are still jumpy (11 days old) but are getting settled more and more every day as I sit with them and stick my hand in the brooder and just let them do their thing. I think the extra chick I got from Meyer is a barred rock and she seems to want to be the queen of the castle. LOL

Our BLRW is the one we took on our road trip with us. Now that we've gotten her some friends she's not quite so friendly, no more jumping on us when we are in the coop. But if I put my hand down (close to the ground, palm up) to pick her up she doesn't run or squawk when I pick her up. She is my favorite bird. We got two bantam cochins recently because we love the cochins so much but don't have room for another LF cochin.

We raise beef cattle. Mostly mixes of red angus, black angus, hereford. We started with 35 acres then last year we bought our neighbors property. Not exactly next door, but within walking and RTV distance.

We bought his place to start a custom butcher shop. He built a cooler and cutting room in his basement and we can butcher small scale. His health was declining so he decided to sell.

We've done beef (our own and others), pigs (our own and others) and deer. We only have about 30 cows now. Lost a few over the winter due to old age and what we think might have been plant poisoning on a couple of them. Didn't process those as we didn't know exactly what caused them to die.

That's neat. We are going to get a Dexter cow this year for a dual purpose cow.

Ok I couldn't get pics of the buff that hatched last night but I got some of the black australorp that did!





So far the only count I have is 2 chicks hatching but hopefully more! I am getting off work soon so hope to come home to more babies!

So cute!

 

[mimischicksnat]

That's neat. We are going to get a Dexter cow this year for a dual purpose cow.

I've often considered a milk cow. It wouldn't be more than 1 though! And I like how small those are. Hubs, however, would be a hard sell!

 

[christine9]

Ok I couldn't get pics of the buff that hatched last night but I got some of the black australorp that did! So far the only count I have is 2 chicks hatching but hopefully more! I am getting off work soon so hope to come home to more babies!

OOOHHHHHH!!! AAWWW!! I'm in love with your baby. That's the cutest thing ever.

 

[christine9]

This weekend will be my first trip with chickens. Two of my boys will be going to their new home. Any tips for traveling with them? I have a med size dog crate. Thinking of using cardboard to make sides just to keep litter in.

 

[trsturself]

This weekend will be my first trip with chickens. Two of my boys will be going to their new home. Any tips for traveling with them? I have a med size dog crate. Thinking of using cardboard to make sides just to keep litter in.

I use a junk towel instead of litter when I travel. You can just take it out and shake it off then throw it in the laundry. The litter will get ALL over the place!

 

[Bethel3330]

I use a junk towel instead of litter when I travel. You can just take it out and shake it off then throw it in the laundry. The litter will get ALL over the place!

X2 I used pine shavings litter when I brought my pullets home and one of them ate a bunch of it and she coughed for days. It sat in her crop and I thought we were going to have a problem. It got better thankfully but I definitely recommend an old towel, not something they can eat.

 

[christine9]

This weekend will be my first trip with chickens. Two of my boys will be going to their new home. Any tips for traveling with them? I have a med size dog crate. Thinking of using cardboard to make sides just to keep litter in.

I use a junk towel instead of litter when I travel. You can just take it out and shake it off then throw it in the laundry. The litter will get ALL over the place!

I use a junk towel instead of litter when I travel. You can just take it out and shake it off then throw it in the laundry. The litter will get ALL over the place!

X2 I used pine shavings litter when I brought my pullets home and one of them ate a bunch of it and she coughed for days. It sat in her crop and I thought we were going to have a problem. It got better thankfully but I definitely recommend an old towel, not something they can eat.

Oh my gosh! Thank you for this. I was trying to figure out how to keep the litter in. Duh! Don't use it. And I would feel terrible handing over my babies after causing them crop issues. You guys are the greatest.

 

[Bethel3330]

Oh my gosh! Thank you for this. I was trying to figure out how to keep the litter in. Duh! Don't use it. And I would feel terrible handing over my babies after causing them crop issues. You guys are the greatest.

I'm a newbie. Just something I learned on our first trip out I used a dog crate too. Def need something in it to keep them from slip sliding I would think, and to catch the poo of course. Lol
Good luck!