Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[wermnmnmnm]

My Black Australorp is beauti


ful and sweet and still lays an egg a day... I don't have one of her all grown up...

 

[christine9]

Anybody ever seen a hen mount another hen? Is the behavior related to dominance like it is in dogs? My RIR was on the back of my light brahma. Probably because the brahma is freaking out about laying her second egg! At 21 weeks, two of the little ones are laying tiny pullet eggs!

@trsturself Sorry to hear about your pipe. How horrifying. How does something like that happen?! I mean, I get how it can happen, but that's so hard to deal with especially when you're not home. I hope it's not as bad as it seems, and that the new year will only bring better things.

 

[NanaLynn]

Yes, same "friend". So I get a call from her this afternoon and one of our pipes burst and completely destroyed our finished basement. The mitigation guys say it will need to be completely gutted.

Great way to start the new year!

Oh no!! that is a terrible way to start the new year. So sorry!

Anybody ever seen a hen mount another hen? Is the behavior related to dominance like it is in dogs? My RIR was on the back of my light brahma. Probably because the brahma is freaking out about laying her second egg! At 21 weeks, two of the little ones are laying tiny pullet eggs!

@trsturself Sorry to hear about your pipe. How horrifying. How does something like that happen?! I mean, I get how it can happen, but that's so hard to deal with especially when you're not home. I hope it's not as bad as it seems, and that the new year will only bring better things.

Yes and yes. We had a mean White Rock that did that and we had to get rid of her because she did it constantly and would peck heads and combs and draw blood.

We do have a few others that will do that on occasion but not so severe and you are right it is more a dominance thing them trying to be roosters. It is the ones higher on the pecking order that will do that to the others or ones that feel like their spot is threatened. That's what I have noticed in my flock.

 

[NanaLynn]

I'm sure there's already pics of them, probably a lot, in this thread, so I'll go look but does anybody have an Orpington or Australorp pictures? I'm hopefully going to be getting chickens in the spring if I can convince my parents and they'll probably be from here as it's closest so I'm curious to see pictures. There's a few other breeds too but those are the main ones. Black Sexlinks is another main one though, actually, if anyone has any. In the meantime, I'll go look through the post. Thanks

Here are a few pics of my BA and BO as adults and as chicks. My BO is friendly and easy to pick up. The BA is nice but scared of people.










Baby Blackie the BA


The yellow one is my BO, Big Mama when she was a chick

and Big Mama again at her awkward teenage stage with my CW, 2 BR's and RIR.

 

[NanaLynn]

My tally for 2014 was 3949 eggs from 21 to 22 chickens.

I can see the decrease of production from Spring thru Summer and then to the Fall:
Jan- 273
Feb- 423
Mar- 468
Apr- 465
May- 466
Jun- 448
Jul- 436
Aug- 357
Sep- 298
Oct- 136
Nov- 89
Dec- 90
Total = 3949 or 329 Dozen That's a lot of eggs!!!

They seem to be increasing production very gradually, we had 6 eggs yesterday which was a lot compared to daily counts in November and December. I look forward to the bigger counts this month and next. I hope so anyway!

Happy New Year Everyone and I wish you all a happy and healthy 2015 with lots of eggs!!!

 

[ShrekDawg]

My Black Australorp is beauti


ful and sweet and still lays an egg a day... I don't have one of her all grown up...

She's adorable! and of course pretty!

Here are a few pics of my BA and BO as adults and as chicks. My BO is friendly and easy to pick up. The BA is nice but scared of people.










Baby Blackie the BA


The yellow one is my BO, Big Mama when she was a chick

and Big Mama again at her awkward teenage stage with my CW, 2 BR's and RIR.

She's gorgeous Do you think it's just her personality or something with the lines?

 

[ImNotYogi]

My tally for 2014 was 3949 eggs from 21 to 22 chickens.

I can see the decrease of production from Spring thru Summer and then to the Fall:
Jan- 273
Feb- 423
Mar- 468
Apr- 465
May- 466
Jun- 448
Jul- 436
Aug- 357
Sep- 298
Oct- 136
Nov- 89
Dec- 90
Total = 3949 or 329 Dozen That's a lot of eggs!!!  

They seem to be increasing production very gradually, we had 6 eggs yesterday which was a lot compared to daily counts in November and December. I look forward to the bigger counts this month and next. I hope so anyway! 


Happy New Year Everyone and I wish you all a happy and healthy 2015 with lots of eggs!!! 
 

Woah that's a lot of eggs.

 

[NanaLynn]

She's adorable! and of course pretty!


She's gorgeous Do you think it's just her personality or something with the lines?

I think a lot of BO's are friendly if handled a lot as chicks. My BR's are pretty friendly too.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I think a lot of BO's are friendly if handled a lot as chicks. My BR's are pretty friendly too.

Yeah, I've heard that too. But sorry for the confusion, I meant do you think your BA's fear is just her or their lines/the breed. aha both are gorgeous though

 

[NanaLynn]

Yeah, I've heard that too. But sorry for the confusion, I meant do you think your BA's fear is just her or their lines/the breed. aha both are gorgeous though

Oops, sorry. That's a great question. I guess with only owning one so far, I can't really say. Any one else with BA'S on here that can give us an idea on their personalities?