Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[christine9]

Soooo..... I have a question about blue eggs.... is the Ameraucana the only breed that you will for sure without a doubt 100% get blue eggs???  Absolutely no chance of any other color???
(just want to know for future. far in the future)

NOO!! If you ask the ameraucana thread, they will tell you egg color is not a factor in SOP. not guarnteed

 

[Brookshire11]

Ok got some shots of our mystery black birds today.... Sorry for the amount of pics but this is the first time I have really been able to get all of them.

Cornish? Or I have no idea. I know not the best shot since I didn't get her head, but her lacing is nice.




Squeeks




#3



Barnevelder





I can't get a decent picture of Pants, she is very shy and petite but looks like Squeeks as far as feathering and color. Any of you with more experience know the breeds?

I love the Dark Cornish...I think they're so pretty. I wouldn't mind having one.

I was going to post that I 'think' I'm going to get a CCL egg today but she beat me to it!!! 18 weeks old today!!!


And it's a beautiful OLIVE GREEN??????? LOL. Only me!!! I'm not complaining but just assumed it would be blue or bluish green!

She did a great job

It will probably fade a bit to a sage green which I love

here's a pic but I can never get the color right...





Izzy my EE's egg on left and Cleo my EE's egg on right.

One more CCL to lay (shs's squatting too) and 2 EE's so still a chance for blue

Pretty color!

It's painted!!! It will dry a little darker than shown. Glad I splurged for the expensive exterior paint...1 coat coverage since it is so thick, The trim will be a nice light grey color.

I hear ya..I spent $84 on TWO gallons of exterior.
Then after I painted the nest boxes...it accidentally got left out. After hot sun and rain..I'm pretty sure it's gone :/
And I still haven't painted the coop. All I have left is the cream paint for the trim

Love this! They look like they are watching and gossiping.

We have been working outside non-stop getting our property ready for a horse. We built 170ft of fence line, installed 4 gates, restretched 320ft of fence, and cut an opening on the back side of the loafing shed/barn thing we have.

But it paid off! Meet Luna...

She's gorgeous!

X2!!

Not only that... LOL... no guarantee on blue eggs!!

It looks like they have new pics on the Meyer page of certain breeds... they are really pretty!


Soooo..... I have a question about blue eggs.... is the Ameraucana the only breed that you will for sure without a doubt 100% get blue eggs??? Absolutely no chance of any other color???
(just want to know for future. far in the future)


AND one more thing... did I read SS are hard to sex? Mine is 3 weeks old and has virtually no tail yet... should I be wondering if it's a boy?

Araucanas as well....I really thought true CCLs always laid blue

 

[NotableNancy]

NOO!! If you ask the ameraucana thread, they will tell you egg color is not a factor in SOP. not guarnteed

Wow, I had no idea. Thx.

Araucanas as well....I really thought true CCLs always laid blue

Nope... they can lay blue, green and I guess even brown if they are laying green right? But I did more research and green is kind of common. Typically it's pastel so at least mine is a darker green!

 

[COChix]

Hey all I found this on Pinterest and thought I would share as I thought it was fascinating.

http://www.fresh-eggs-daily.com/2013/10/do-you-see-what-i-see-12-fascinating.html


Update - We still have Left Eye isolated waiting for the redness to reduce some more. Probably in next couple days I will begin with putting Gretchen in with Left Eye. Gretchen is a sweety petite EE and seems docile enough and maybe Isis or Honey another couple of EE that are smaller and pretty sweet. It seems to be a never ending battle trying to balance everything. I continue putting Terramycin ointment on Left Eye's chicken eye twice a day. I also just let her snuggle under my armpit and nap at least once a day. She has been putting herself away in the evening into her coop and has no problem getting onto the roosts. She seems to have dropped a little weight, but that is to be expected given her injury. She seems to better with solid type foods, like scraps. I have another batch of feed fermenting so she will get that starting tomorrow again, the probiotics can only help her.

Also we have a second RIR roo so now we have four Roo's and the pecking order is very apparent. We will be harvesting the second RIR roo in the next couple weeks for on dinner. We are just fattening him up. We have a great duo of roosters in Rocco, the alpha Buff Orphington and Rojo the beta and large RIR. Rocco breaks up fights between the lower ranked roosters as well as breaking up a roo and hen, if the roo is particularly rough or it lasts awhile. Rojo is the beta and muscle, all flash and flare. He has now started a nice head bob when trying to court the girls, I will have to try and get a video. Rojo is huge, but concedes to Rocco. Rocco isn't flash or drama he just eludes his rank and everyone knows it. It is pretty fascinating to watch the dynamis of a flock. I am definitely getting lessons from all my interactions.

Also we had an attempted great escape on the top of the ones where we have them free range and Little One the one I hand fed on day 2 is the ring leader, she is mischievous! We will be adding extensions to the fence so they cannot fly up there. Other than that we seem to have a pretty happy, healthy and contented flock.

Today in Boulder, Co, it felt like fall and it gave me a moment of of panic, knowing all that will be coming due for harvest from our gardens. I have begun pulling off larger batches of tomatoes and will be blanching and freezing them.

 

[Brookshire11]

I forgot about names...lol.

We have/(had):

Archer: dog
Cash: dog
Eira: cat

"The Girls":
-Freya
-Pearl
-Eloise (Eh-Low-eez, lol)
-Ava
-Little Hawk
-Lil' Blue

I have 8 babies coming on Thursday (not from Meyers

), so I'll need names for them too:
2 EEs, 2 BAs, 2 SFs, and 2 Russian Orloffs (Russian names! lol)

 

[rnchick74]

nice, so is there any concern about toxins to the girls from the paint? Pardon my ignorance on this, just learning about Blsckjack 57 so any input will help.

Not really - from people who have used it a long time...once it is dry/cured it is virtually impossible for them to chip off/peel up. It's latex based, so just good off-gassing/airing out of coop before letting them in. It dries to touch within 8 hrs but cures within a couple of days to where you can put litter down, etc.

 

[christine9]

NOO!! If you ask the ameraucana thread, they will tell you egg color is not a factor in SOP. not guarnteed

Wow, I had no idea. Thx. 

 
Araucanas as well....I really thought true CCLs always laid blue

Nope... they can lay blue, green and I guess even brown if they are laying green right?  But I did more research and green is kind of common. Typically it's pastel so at least mine is a darker green!

This is all quite disappointing when all you really want is blue eggs, but I still drool over these:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...e-wheaten-ameraucana-buy-it-now#post_14001022
Maybe next year. Still holding out hope that my little two week old black ameraucana will provide blue eggs.

 

[trsturself]

Hey all I found this on Pinterest and thought I would share as I thought it was fascinating.

http://www.fresh-eggs-daily.com/2013/10/do-you-see-what-i-see-12-fascinating.html


Update - We still have Left Eye isolated waiting for the redness to reduce some more. Probably in next couple days I will begin with putting Gretchen in with Left Eye. Gretchen is a sweety petite EE and seems docile enough and maybe Isis or Honey another couple of EE that are smaller and pretty sweet. It seems to be a never ending battle trying to balance everything. I continue putting Terramycin ointment on Left Eye's chicken eye twice a day. I also just let her snuggle under my armpit and nap at least once a day. She has been putting herself away in the evening into her coop and has no problem getting onto the roosts. She seems to have dropped a little weight, but that is to be expected given her injury. She seems to better with solid type foods, like scraps. I have another batch of feed fermenting so she will get that starting tomorrow again, the probiotics can only help her.

Also we have a second RIR roo so now we have four Roo's and the pecking order is very apparent. We will be harvesting the second RIR roo in the next couple weeks for on dinner. We are just fattening him up. We have a great duo of roosters in Rocco, the alpha Buff Orphington and Rojo the beta and large RIR. Rocco breaks up fights between the lower ranked roosters as well as breaking up a roo and hen, if the roo is particularly rough or it lasts awhile. Rojo is the beta and muscle, all flash and flare. He has now started a nice head bob when trying to court the girls, I will have to try and get a video. Rojo is huge, but concedes to Rocco. Rocco isn't flash or drama he just eludes his rank and everyone knows it. It is pretty fascinating to watch the dynamis of a flock. I am definitely getting lessons from all my interactions.

Also we had an attempted great escape on the top of the ones where we have them free range and Little One the one I hand fed on day 2 is the ring leader, she is mischievous! We will be adding extensions to the fence so they cannot fly up there. Other than that we seem to have a pretty happy, healthy and contented flock.

Today in Boulder, Co, it felt like fall and it gave me a moment of of panic, knowing all that will be coming due for harvest from our gardens. I have begun pulling off larger batches of tomatoes and will be blanching and freezing them.

That was really interesting! I had no idea.

We are in Elizabeth, CO and we've had a couple cool days. I've been torturing my friend who lives in KS. We were skyping the other day and I said I need to put a sweater on to go put up the chickens. It was 55 here and they are having a heat advisory of 104!
We have had HUGE storms the last few nights. Last night it was hailing and the horse wouldn't go in the stall. I was worried about her since she isn't familiar here and we had just moved her to the pasture on the other side of the barn that day too. I went out to try to get her in and I had to wear a helmet to protect myself. I still got DRENCHED and my fingers were frozen and sore from the hail hitting them as I held the flashlight. She was scared out there and didn't like the flashlight (or my helmet) so she wouldn't let me near her. I turned my flashlight off and she finally came to me. I took her halter and led her to the stall. She went in with me but as soon as I let go she turned around and left. Her previous owner said she didn't like to be inside when it was raining. She thought it was because of her tin roof, but we have a normal roof and she still didn't like it. I left her out there and of course she was fine. Another storm tonight and she was just calmly walking around. Luckily I have been putting the chickens up myself instead of the automatic door because two young ones didn't find their way back to the coop tonight and they would've been out in the rain.

I'm looking at another Tennessee Walker tomorrow for myself. I hope he's a good one.

 

[COChix]

That was really interesting! I had no idea. 

We are in Elizabeth, CO and we've had a couple cool days. I've been torturing my friend who lives in KS. We were skyping the other day and I said I need to put a sweater on to go put up the chickens. It was 55 here and they are having a heat advisory of 104! 
We have had HUGE storms the last few nights. Last night it was hailing and the horse wouldn't go in the stall. I was worried about her since she isn't familiar here and we had just moved her to the pasture on the other side of the barn that day too. I went out to try to get her in and I had to wear a helmet to protect myself. I still got DRENCHED and my fingers were frozen and sore from the hail hitting them as I held the flashlight. She was scared out there and didn't like the flashlight (or my helmet) so she wouldn't let me near her. I turned my flashlight off and she finally came to me. I took her halter and led her to the stall. She went in with me but as soon as I let go she turned around and left. Her previous owner said she didn't like to be inside when it was raining. She thought it was because of her tin roof, but we have a normal roof and she still didn't like it. I left her out there and of course she was fine. Another storm tonight and she was just calmly walking around. Luckily I have been putting the chickens up myself instead of the automatic door because two young ones didn't find their way back to the coop tonight and they would've been out in the rain. 

I'm looking at another Tennessee Walker tomorrow for myself. I hope he's a good one.

loved the shots of Luna she is cute, grew up riding and miss it. Since I have had two neck surgeries, I don't think i can ride ever. The thought of being thrown is concerning. Glad,she is adjusting to her new home,she is a lucky girl. Good luck tomorrow.

 

[NotableNancy]

Hey all I found this on Pinterest and thought I would share as I thought it was fascinating.

http://www.fresh-eggs-daily.com/2013/10/do-you-see-what-i-see-12-fascinating.html


Update - We still have Left Eye isolated waiting for the redness to reduce some more. Probably in next couple days I will begin with putting Gretchen in with Left Eye. Gretchen is a sweety petite EE and seems docile enough and maybe Isis or Honey another couple of EE that are smaller and pretty sweet. It seems to be a never ending battle trying to balance everything. I continue putting Terramycin ointment on Left Eye's chicken eye twice a day. I also just let her snuggle under my armpit and nap at least once a day. She has been putting herself away in the evening into her coop and has no problem getting onto the roosts. She seems to have dropped a little weight, but that is to be expected given her injury. She seems to better with solid type foods, like scraps. I have another batch of feed fermenting so she will get that starting tomorrow again, the probiotics can only help her.

Also we have a second RIR roo so now we have four Roo's and the pecking order is very apparent. We will be harvesting the second RIR roo in the next couple weeks for on dinner. We are just fattening him up. We have a great duo of roosters in Rocco, the alpha Buff Orphington and Rojo the beta and large RIR. Rocco breaks up fights between the lower ranked roosters as well as breaking up a roo and hen, if the roo is particularly rough or it lasts awhile. Rojo is the beta and muscle, all flash and flare. He has now started a nice head bob when trying to court the girls, I will have to try and get a video. Rojo is huge, but concedes to Rocco. Rocco isn't flash or drama he just eludes his rank and everyone knows it. It is pretty fascinating to watch the dynamis of a flock. I am definitely getting lessons from all my interactions.

Also we had an attempted great escape on the top of the ones where we have them free range and Little One the one I hand fed on day 2 is the ring leader, she is mischievous! We will be adding extensions to the fence so they cannot fly up there. Other than that we seem to have a pretty happy, healthy and contented flock.

Today in Boulder, Co, it felt like fall and it gave me a moment of of panic, knowing all that will be coming due for harvest from our gardens. I have begun pulling off larger batches of tomatoes and will be blanching and freezing them.

I'm hoping as long as Left Eye keeps eating/drinking she will recover. And maybe Gretchen's company will help too! So jealous of all your veggies. We have jalapeños and a few tomatoes! That's it.
Too many deer here they eat absolutely everything.

I forgot about names...lol.

We have/(had):

Archer: dog
Cash: dog
Eira: cat

"The Girls":
-Freya
-Pearl
-Eloise (Eh-Low-eez, lol)
-Ava
-Little Hawk
-Lil' Blue

I have 8 babies coming on Thursday (not from Meyers

), so I'll need names for them too:
2 EEs, 2 BAs, 2 SFs, and 2 Russian Orloffs (Russian names! lol)

How exciting... are they from a breeder or hatchery?

This is all quite disappointing when all you really want is blue eggs, but I still drool over these:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...e-wheaten-ameraucana-buy-it-now#post_14001022
Maybe next year. Still holding out hope that my little two week old black ameraucana will provide blue eggs.

Wow.... gorgeous eggs!!!!

That was really interesting! I had no idea.

We are in Elizabeth, CO and we've had a couple cool days. I've been torturing my friend who lives in KS. We were skyping the other day and I said I need to put a sweater on to go put up the chickens. It was 55 here and they are having a heat advisory of 104!
We have had HUGE storms the last few nights. Last night it was hailing and the horse wouldn't go in the stall. I was worried about her since she isn't familiar here and we had just moved her to the pasture on the other side of the barn that day too. I went out to try to get her in and I had to wear a helmet to protect myself. I still got DRENCHED and my fingers were frozen and sore from the hail hitting them as I held the flashlight. She was scared out there and didn't like the flashlight (or my helmet) so she wouldn't let me near her. I turned my flashlight off and she finally came to me. I took her halter and led her to the stall. She went in with me but as soon as I let go she turned around and left. Her previous owner said she didn't like to be inside when it was raining. She thought it was because of her tin roof, but we have a normal roof and she still didn't like it. I left her out there and of course she was fine. Another storm tonight and she was just calmly walking around. Luckily I have been putting the chickens up myself instead of the automatic door because two young ones didn't find their way back to the coop tonight and they would've been out in the rain.

I'm looking at another Tennessee Walker tomorrow for myself. I hope he's a good one.

Trying not to laugh at the mental image of you out there in a helmet.... seems funny but I'm sure it was a bit scary too!! Glad she is OK. Good luck horse shopping!!!