Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[Mohawk Chickens]

I think that Meyer birds are easily recognized for what breed they are. Of all the hatcheries, they sell the closest to the standard for most breeds (in my opinion). I think you will be happy with their quality. Which breeds are you looking at?

I would like the rare breeds, more along the lines of the dark brown egg layers. I like the RIR, but really love the look of the Black Copper Marans, and the Sumatra. I will save for the rare collection, come winter/spring.And maybe and Easter Egger for a splash of color! I was asking because I would like to know the type/breed of chicken. I have what I think are RIR but could also be NHR and what I thought were leghorns, but have too much color and don't seem large enough.... In chicken peace and happiness, thank you. LOL

 

[cholmberg]

I had ordered 27, got the 'surprise' astray shipment of someone elses 50.. .so ended up with a LOT of meyer chicks.
They are all easily recognizable for what they are. .. . is the lacing on the wyandottes perfect? no. But it's not terrible
either. . .The buffs are nice and large and look like buffs should. The 1 RIR is very easily differentiated from the four New
Hampshire reds (RIR is much darker). The Black australorps are all nice, lovely big birds. The EE all have ear puffs but
one, and that one has the very green legs. cochins have nicely feathered legs and feet and look like big cotton balls. . . .
absolutely no complaints on quality of the birds I got. And they have just started laying in the last week. . . a barred
rock was first . . .then we have someone else also laying, and today I busted a BA in the box and a short time later found
a surprisingly large egg for a first egg. Here's a few pics of them from today. . .. I'm very pleased with them.

 

[MamaShell]

I had ordered 27, got the 'surprise' astray shipment of someone elses 50.. .so ended up with a LOT of meyer chicks.
They are all easily recognizable for what they are. .. . is the lacing on the wyandottes perfect? no. But it's not terrible
either. . .The buffs are nice and large and look like buffs should. The 1 RIR is very easily differentiated from the four New
Hampshire reds (RIR is much darker). The Black australorps are all nice, lovely big birds. The EE all have ear puffs but
one, and that one has the very green legs. cochins have nicely feathered legs and feet and look like big cotton balls. . . .
absolutely no complaints on quality of the birds I got. And they have just started laying in the last week. . . a barred
rock was first . . .then we have someone else also laying, and today I busted a BA in the box and a short time later found
a surprisingly large egg for a first egg.

Wow, I remember your story. Someone on here posted a link to your thread about receiving someone else's order of 50 chicks in addition to your own! Very cool and very scary at the same time! How many and what breeds did you end up keeping?

 

[cholmberg]

Wow, I remember your story. Someone on here posted a link to your thread about receiving someone else's order of 50 chicks in addition to your own! Very cool and very scary at the same time! How many and what breeds did you end up keeping?

It was scary! I hadn't had chickens in years. . . and I was not set up for so many! I gave away nine, sold 15, gave away a cochin and two black australorps to my farrier, had one doa and five chick deaths and one unfortunate accident with a sheet of lumber a few weeks ago. . .
Let's see, I think my tally now stands:
4 buff orpingtons
4 gold laced wyandottes
3 silver laced wyandottes
3 white cochins
2 white crested black polish (they were the 'rare egg layer' birds)
1 white sultan (looks like a useless little bird and I dunno why they'd include it for an egg layer assortment)
1 dominique
6 barred rocks
8 easter eggers
2 RIR
4 New hampshire reds
and I don't remember how many black australorps, six I think.

Plus I had the 3 french black copper maran hens, one of those went TOTALLY broody, so I bought her some
fertile eggs and she hatched me out ten chicks. . .gave 8 of those away, so I have a blue marans and a buff
polish chick, that she is still mothering at 5+ weeks and I think both of those are girls, feather sexing said girls
anyways.

so . . .a lot. lol. added some pics to my post of them today when I went to give them some treats.

 

[christine9]

Getting so many chicks would freak me out!

11 more days till my babies arrive!

 

[NanaLynn]

So Mayers is a good place to purchase chicks. Are their flocks 'pure'? By this I mean not much variation to the breeds. I am by no means going into the showing my girls (other than on here),

but I would like the birds to be very characteristic to the breed. And I wish to hatch my own chicks from these new birds, is why I am asking... That way I am not waiting impatiently for my girls to be delivered... LOL Only waiting impatiently for them to hatch, I can at least check on them daily in my incubator. Some one may have mentioned in the 708 pages, but I was not going to flip through.

Thanks for scratching through my post.

I've been happy with all of mine and the service at Meyer's. All of my breeds looked like the pictures of the breeds in the catalog and sometimes even better then the catalog pictures. I've been very happy with my orders with them. We've had 2 shipments so far.

It was scary! I hadn't had chickens in years. . . and I was not set up for so many! I gave away nine, sold 15, gave away a cochin and two black australorps to my farrier, had one doa and five chick deaths and one unfortunate accident with a sheet of lumber a few weeks ago. . .
Let's see, I think my tally now stands:
4 buff orpingtons
4 gold laced wyandottes
3 silver laced wyandottes
3 white cochins
2 white crested black polish (they were the 'rare egg layer' birds)
1 white sultan (looks like a useless little bird and I dunno why they'd include it for an egg layer assortment)
1 dominique
6 barred rocks
8 easter eggers
2 RIR
4 New hampshire reds
and I don't remember how many black australorps, six I think.

Plus I had the 3 french black copper maran hens, one of those went TOTALLY broody, so I bought her some
fertile eggs and she hatched me out ten chicks. . .gave 8 of those away, so I have a blue marans and a buff
polish chick, that she is still mothering at 5+ weeks and I think both of those are girls, feather sexing said girls
anyways.

so . . .a lot. lol. added some pics to my post of them today when I went to give them some treats.

Oh wow, I remember hearing about this. That's just crazy! It sounds like you still have a lot left too. Are you still trying to find buyers for them still? You must get a whole lot of eggs each day?

 

[cholmberg]

I've been happy with all of mine and the service at Meyer's. All of my breeds looked like the pictures of the breeds in the catalog and sometimes even better then the catalog pictures. I've been very happy with my orders with them. We've had 2 shipments so far.

Oh wow, I remember hearing about this. That's just crazy! It sounds like you still have a lot left too. Are you still trying to find buyers for them still? You must get a whole lot of eggs each day?

my husband got attached. I had five or six more sold, and he made me back on it. He didn't want anymore to leave. I've *just* started getting eggs in the last week from them.
I got three light brown eggs today, so I have at least three layers

 

[autumnhearth]

I would like the rare breeds, more along the lines of the dark brown egg layers. I like the RIR, but really love the look of the Black Copper Marans, and the Sumatra. I will save for the rare collection, come winter/spring.And maybe and Easter Egger for a splash of color! I was asking because I would like to know the type/breed of chicken. I have what I think are RIR but could also be NHR and what I thought were leghorns, but have too much color and don't seem large enough.... In chicken peace and happiness, thank you. LOL

Meyer's RIR and NH should be easily distinguished from each other side by side. But keep in mind that any hatchery selling RIRs are really selling Production Reds. "Heritage" RIR that breeders focus on are super dark mahogany and often have rose combs, though some have single. The hatcheries breed toward egg production not SOP on breeds like RIR. You might consider Welsummers and Barnvelders (especially since you like the Sumatra and BCM) as well as the Marans. Just be aware you probably won't get super dark brown

 

[MamaShell]

Wow, I remember your story. Someone on here posted a link to your thread about receiving someone else's order of 50 chicks in addition to your own! Very cool and very scary at the same time! How many and what breeds did you end up keeping?

It was scary! I hadn't had chickens in years. . . and I was not set up for so many! I gave away nine, sold 15, gave away a cochin and two black australorps to my farrier, had one doa and five chick deaths and one unfortunate accident with a sheet of lumber a few weeks ago. . .
Let's see,  I think my tally now stands:
4 buff orpingtons
4 gold laced wyandottes
3 silver laced wyandottes
3 white cochins
2 white crested black polish (they were the 'rare egg layer' birds)
1 white sultan (looks like a useless little bird and I dunno why they'd include it for an egg layer assortment)
1 dominique
6 barred rocks
8 easter eggers
2  RIR
4 New hampshire reds
and I don't remember how many black australorps, six I think.

Plus I had the 3 french black copper maran hens, one of those went TOTALLY broody, so I bought her some
fertile eggs and she hatched me out ten chicks. . .gave 8 of those away, so I have a blue marans and a buff
polish chick, that she is still mothering at 5+ weeks and I think both of those are girls, feather sexing said girls
anyways.

so . . .a lot. lol. added some pics to my post of them today when I went to give them some treats.

You're my hero. Lol. I think that is fantastic that you were able to keep so many and that they are doing well. Keep the photos coming!

 

[NanaLynn]

my husband got attached. I had five or six more sold, and he made me back on it. He didn't want anymore to leave. I've *just* started getting eggs in the last week from them.
I got three light brown eggs today, so I have at least three layers

Your husband sounds like a great guy. You're going to have a lot of eggs in the next few months to sell or give away. That's great that you made it work. Now you have a wild chicken story to tell.