Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Babies! I've had them for a week now, but by the feathering that some of them had when I got them, I would assume they're 8 days old now.

Ancona Rangi helping me with my flash cards.

Easter-egger bantam!

Silver Lakenvelder:

Golden Campine:

Po!! Black Frizzle Cochin bantam:

Egyptian Fayoumi:

Light brown Leghorn:

And apparently I didn't get an individual picture of the Exchequer Leghorn, but she's at the front right of this picture:

 

[LaurenLauren2007]

Man this is stressful!! All I can think about is these chicks shipping! Everyone here at work keeps laughing at me because I've checked my email a thousand times.

I have a question... I have a very large rubber tote to use as their first brooder. TSC was alkaline out of heat lamp bulbs, but I found some at a feed store. They are 250 watts. Now I've read that that may be too hot for the tote?! Anyone have experience? I'm planning on doing a little test drive this evening... My boss is going to allow me to bring my chicks into work with me this week so I need something easily portable to carry in and out.

I love your boss!!!! Two questions:
Where do you work?
Are they hiring????

 

[hopefulpeeps]

Oops

 

[hopefulpeeps]

250 watt is WAY too hot! You'll want a smaller bulb for those babies or they're gonna be roasted in there!

oh no! What do you suggest?!

 

[hopefulpeeps]

Pipzip,

we are! It's a preschool, so come get an application!

 

[hopefulpeeps]

Just went by the post office, gave my numbers and they said they could come in at 6:30 or 1:30 each day!

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

250 watt is WAY too hot! You'll want a smaller bulb for those babies or they're gonna be roasted in there!

oh no! What do you suggest?!

I think I used 60-100 watt bulbs when I used a heat lamp. My babies did just fine with them

 

[hopefulpeeps]

I think I used 60-100 watt bulbs when I used a heat lamp. My babies did just fine with them

just regular household bulbs?

 

[NanaLynn]

They're 10 weeks old today!! I'll post some new pics soon. It's been so rainy and dreary the last few days and this coming week is supposed to be as well.
I will take a close up pic of my BB roo too; his 'underbite' seems to be getting worse and I feel bad for him. When he eats grass or weeds he has a hard time swallowing them and one of the girls will pick the piece right out of the side of his mouth and eat it! But he seems to be eating his feed out of the feeders just fine and he is growing so I'm sure he's fine. I just don't know who will want him. I don't think my neighbors will appreciate a 4:30 wake up call so he will probably have to go.
I'd love to see new pics of your girls. Who do you think will lay first? The RIR's? Leghorn? Do any have their big girl red combs yet?

We've had the rain here in NC too the past few days. I hope you can find a home for your roo with the under bite. I'll take pics of mine in a day or two once the sun comes out again. Right now little Fred or Freida seems to always be nesting although she has no red in her comb and no wattles to speak of, One of my RIR's has had very red combs and wattles but they're still kind of small. My Blue Cochin seems to want to mother the new chicks. I guess this will be a learning experience as to who lays first. Most of the others do not have much comb development at all or any pink even to their combs. It will be a wait and see game. I won't have any idea if I get a brown egg unless I see the chicken in the nest box. If I get a white egg at least I'll know it is Snow our leghorn.

Right now I am trying to integrate the 2 sets of chicks and so far no luck. It is good that the little ones can run fast, those big chicks really can be brutal.

Good luck with everyone else hope all your chicks arrive safe and sound. Waiting on the PO is so hard and nerve racking.

 

[MsChickenMomma]

My little ones turned 2 weeks old today! They are all starting to get feathers on their backs and chests. I took some pictures of them today, and I'm hoping to be able to post them tonight, tomorrow or Wednesday when I have time to sit down and resize them and upload them.