Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[rnchick74]

Very cool! One day, when I win the lottery & move where I have more room & can quit REALLY working...and can raise rare breeds & beautiful colored chickens for fun & some spare change....then I will see about that!

 

[christine9]

I just saw that on their Facebook page. Talk about tempting with those bantams! At least instead of risking getting 3 roosters with straight run chicks, you know you're getting two hens out of the three...

I don't need any more chickens this year... I don't need any more chickens this year...


ETA: Okay, just saw the prices. Temptation is lessening...

I totally agree. The price turned me right off. I can only imagine with shipping!

 

[NanaLynn]

Just figured this out. My PO closes at 12 on Wednesdays. What?! So I won't be able to pick up the newbies till tomorrow. I should be done work at noon. I hope they'll be ok till then. They should be. At least they are probably inside the building. Wow, I hope they are, it is too hot to be in a truck.

I hope you get them soon!

While I was studying my chicken health book, yet again, I saw it said to give chickens vitamin c for heat stress. Have any of you done this? I may give it a shot. My brahma is too fluffy for this heat, and my Dellie was panting like crazy while trying to push an egg out. I worry about the heat stressing them out or making them sick. I gave them some cold cucumber, but it didn't snap them out of it like it has in the past. They just look hot and cranky...like me!

I give mine some powered electrolytes in their water when they look stressed or if one looks a little ill. Seems to help a lot. I got a couple bags of it when I first ordered my chickens from Meyers it last a long time since you only use a little.

 

[NanaLynn]

Very cool! One day, when I win the lottery & move where I have more room & can quit REALLY working...and can raise rare breeds & beautiful colored chickens for fun & some spare change....then I will see about that!

I am waiting for that day too! Hopefully one of us wins!

 

[trsturself]

My friend in KS just lost 5 chickens to the heat. She was at work and her daughter gave them water in the morning but forgot to check on them in the afternoon and by the time she got home from work it was too late.

We had a couple hot days here recently and the girls did not look happy. I kept their water bowl full of cool water but it didn't seem to help them much. Luckily they have a partially enclosed area that is fully shaded during the day. They all hang out in there when it's hot.

I got our electric fence setup and working so now I can let them in the much bigger area outside their enclosed run for some free ranging. They loved it. They were chasing locust all over the place. I have seen a fox (today was the all black one that lives at the end of the street) run through our back pasture 3 times now in the few short weeks we've been here. I figured out tonight when the dogs behind us start howling it means the fox is coming through.

I also got the automatic door I made months ago installed finally. It works great when I manually test it, the real test will be tonight and in the morning to see if it works on the timer.

Our BCM rooster was walking tall today and challenging anyone he came across. Such a change from his usual personality of cowering. He's growing up! I think he'll be a good rooster.
I've heard multiple people say lately that the CCL roosters are mean and a pain in the butt. I hope ours isn't. We won't keep any mean birds around. That would suck to have tried so hard to get him and have him be a dud.

Last update, our oldest chicks are 19 weeks old! Can't wait for them to start laying soon. None of them look ready yet though so I think it will be awhile. :/

 

[NotableNancy]

I just got off the phone with the guy with the coop - delivery & set up are reasonable! I'm getting the coop next weekend!! WOOHOO!!!!

Anyone know a good place to get 1 gallon of BlackJack 57 cheap? I don't need 5 gallons...

That's awesome!!! It's so much fun to get them all ready... like nesting when I was pregnant

Just figured this out. My PO closes at 12 on Wednesdays. What?! So I won't be able to pick up the newbies till tomorrow. I should be done work at noon. I hope they'll be ok till then. They should be. At least they are probably inside the building. Wow, I hope they are, it is too hot to be in a truck.

Oh my goodness... that's crazy. I hope they are ok and you get them first thing tomorrow!!

While I was studying my chicken health book, yet again, I saw it said to give chickens vitamin c for heat stress. Have any of you done this? I may give it a shot. My brahma is too fluffy for this heat, and my Dellie was panting like crazy while trying to push an egg out. I worry about the heat stressing them out or making them sick. I gave them some cold cucumber, but it didn't snap them out of it like it has in the past. They just look hot and cranky...like me!

I never heard of vit. c for heat stress. My Brahma seems to be one of the few that it's not affecting. Izzy my EE is always the worst. She pants even when it's not that hot so when it's 94 she is really suffering. I try everything from spritzing them with water to trying to get cool water on their feet and putting a trash can lid in the run with cool water so they can stand in it but it all just freaks them out. I feel like I'm giving them even more stress. I froze a few ears of cooked leftover corn and gave that to them and they loved it and froze watermelon rind and they ate all that up. I change their water 3 times/day to keep it cold and add a mini frozen water bottle to the waterer so it keep it cool a bit longer. I still feel like such a bad chicken mom when I see them so hot. I just want to bring them all in my house in the AC but I don't think that will happen. Maybe I'll freeze a cucumber for them tomorrow. It's supposed to be hot but not as humid here the next few days.

I hope you get them soon!
I give mine some powered electrolytes in their water when they look stressed or if one looks a little ill. Seems to help a lot. I got a couple bags of it when I first ordered my chickens from Meyers it last a long time since you only use a little.

I keep forgetting to do this. I'll add it to one waterer and leave the other plain water.

My friend in KS just lost 5 chickens to the heat. She was at work and her daughter gave them water in the morning but forgot to check on them in the afternoon and by the time she got home from work it was too late.

We had a couple hot days here recently and the girls did not look happy. I kept their water bowl full of cool water but it didn't seem to help them much. Luckily they have a partially enclosed area that is fully shaded during the day. They all hang out in there when it's hot.

I got our electric fence setup and working so now I can let them in the much bigger area outside their enclosed run for some free ranging. They loved it. They were chasing locust all over the place. I have seen a fox (today was the all black one that lives at the end of the street) run through our back pasture 3 times now in the few short weeks we've been here. I figured out tonight when the dogs behind us start howling it means the fox is coming through.

I also got the automatic door I made months ago installed finally. It works great when I manually test it, the real test will be tonight and in the morning to see if it works on the timer.

Our BCM rooster was walking tall today and challenging anyone he came across. Such a change from his usual personality of cowering. He's growing up! I think he'll be a good rooster.
I've heard multiple people say lately that the CCL roosters are mean and a pain in the butt. I hope ours isn't. We won't keep any mean birds around. That would suck to have tried so hard to get him and have him be a dud.

Last update, our oldest chicks are 19 weeks old! Can't wait for them to start laying soon. None of them look ready yet though so I think it will be awhile. :/

That's awful she lost so many chickens. Were they locked in the coop or just ran out of water??
I've never seen a black fox... and I don't want to see one in my neighborhood ... but I just looked up pics and they are pretty scary looking. We just have red ones. They won't hop the electric fence will they? I'm still waiting for my automatic door to be installed. It's been 6 weeks since we got the coop but we haven't paid for it yet so I'm not in a hurry to get the door since the bill will follow right after I'm sure.
19 weeks.... eggs should be soon!! Any squatting??

 

[Melabella]

Hello all

Does any one on here have any Meyer Austra Whites near or at POL? How old where they when they did lay for you? My 3 Meyer chicks are at 11 weeks and growing so fast.

The Speckled Sussex that I think is a mis sexed roo is the sweetest, friendliest bird I've had so far. I really hope my feeling is wrong and that it is a pullet and she can stay. I am planning on keeping a second roo, but I am hoping one of the Swedish Flower Hens that I am growing out is a rooster, as that is what I want to keep for a second roo.. This darn bird is just wonderful.

The third breed I bought from Meyer is a beautiful White Maran. I crazy about this bird, so much so I bought more due to arrive by the end of the month.

Chicken math.. what's a girl to do??

MB

 

[trsturself]

That's awesome!!! It's so much fun to get them all ready... like nesting when I was pregnant

Oh my goodness... that's crazy. I hope they are ok and you get them first thing tomorrow!!

I never heard of vit. c for heat stress. My Brahma seems to be one of the few that it's not affecting. Izzy my EE is always the worst. She pants even when it's not that hot so when it's 94 she is really suffering. I try everything from spritzing them with water to trying to get cool water on their feet and putting a trash can lid in the run with cool water so they can stand in it but it all just freaks them out. I feel like I'm giving them even more stress. I froze a few ears of cooked leftover corn and gave that to them and they loved it and froze watermelon rind and they ate all that up. I change their water 3 times/day to keep it cold and add a mini frozen water bottle to the waterer so it keep it cool a bit longer. I still feel like such a bad chicken mom when I see them so hot. I just want to bring them all in my house in the AC but I don't think that will happen. Maybe I'll freeze a cucumber for them tomorrow. It's supposed to be hot but not as humid here the next few days.

I keep forgetting to do this. I'll add it to one waterer and leave the other plain water.

That's awful she lost so many chickens. Were they locked in the coop or just ran out of water??
I've never seen a black fox... and I don't want to see one in my neighborhood ... but I just looked up pics and they are pretty scary looking. We just have red ones. They won't hop the electric fence will they? I'm still waiting for my automatic door to be installed. It's been 6 weeks since we got the coop but we haven't paid for it yet so I'm not in a hurry to get the door since the bill will follow right after I'm sure.
19 weeks.... eggs should be soon!! Any squatting??

They are kept in a big garage turned barn. They had windows open but I guess it wasn't enough. I like the idea of frozen food for them. We are supposed to have a cooler week this week but the next heat wave I'll have to try to find room in my freezer to freeze something for them.

I guess the black fox is really a red fox with a genetic mutation. I had never heard of one before seeing this one a couple weeks ago chasing the red foxes. I thought it was a dog at first and had to pull over to see what I was seeing. Today was only the second time I'd seen it. The electric fence is just a wire around the bottom of our regular fence. It is supposed to get their nose as they go sniffing around and scare them away. If they wanted to jump the whole fence with no sniffing around they could easily do that. I've heard this is an effective way of keeping them away though. Let's hope they are right.

I made my door so no bill to worry about. I made it while we still lived at the other house but didn't install it because we decided to move right after I finished it. It's been sitting in the garage calling to me at this house.

No squatting yet. The oldest girls are the welsummer, bantam cochin, and bantam EE. Their combs are getting a little redder but nothing substantial yet. I can't wait to see the welsummer and bantam EE egg! Don't worry I'll definitely post when I get them. The welsummer and EE are both from Meyer.

 

[trsturself]

The auto door closed perfectly at 9, all of the chickens were tucked safely inside. So excited!

 

[MamaShell]

The auto door closed perfectly at 9, all of the chickens were tucked safely inside. So excited!

Great! It took me a few tries to get the timing right with mine. Locked them out once. Oops! Now, it is working great and I didn't have to have anyone come early in the morning or late at night to open or shut the door when I was away for the 4th. Such peace of mind!