Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[trsturself]

I was thinking of some ways to keep your girls busy while they are locked up and have you thought about buying some crickets and letting them search for them in the coop. Or dig up some dirt (unsprayed area of course) and mix some worms in there. I've also heard great things about the treat blocks. Hopefully this week goes by fast and the girls don't drive you crazy.

Great ideas. our Walmart (and our supermarket for that matter) have tubs of worms you can buy for fishing, dump a couple of those in some clean dirt for them. I think I'll get some crickets for mine, maybe then they'll graduate to flies. I hate that they don't have an interest in our flies!

 

[MsChickenMomma]

It is 95 degrees here today and about 8 degrees hotter than that in the coop. I couldn't stand having them in a coop that hot so I let everyone outside. It's hot enough that they won't go anywhere except under the shade of the tree by the barn. So they are away from all of the spots that the weed killer was sprayed.

As soon as I let them out all of my adult chickens went running full speed to their favorite dirt holes.

If you can believe it, my Meyer girls are 10 weeks old today! Time sure did fly by. Approximately 8 weeks until I see my first egg from them.

 

[MsChickenMomma]

I was thinking of some ways to keep your girls busy while they are locked up and have you thought about buying some crickets and letting them search for them in the coop. Or dig up some dirt (unsprayed area of course) and mix some worms in there. I've also heard great things about the treat blocks. Hopefully this week goes by fast and the girls don't drive you crazy.

Thank you for the helpful ideas! I won't be needing them at the moment, but I'm going to use some of these this winter when they can't go outside. I went ahead and let everyone out today. It's been 72 hours since the guy came and sprayed the weed killer, and all of the spots he sprayed are in the blazing hot sun. Which my chickens are avoiding at the moment.

I'm really thankful they didn't spray the whole yard, and that they only sprayed around the buildings. Otherwise letting them out today definitely wouldn't have been an option.

 

[The Howards]

Great ideas. our Walmart (and our supermarket for that matter) have tubs of worms you can buy for fishing, dump a couple of those in some clean dirt for them. I think I'll get some crickets for mine, maybe then they'll graduate to flies. I hate that they don't have an interest in our flies!

Ducks chase and eat flies ALL day long. Collard used to have a dirty streak from the base of her neck down her chest and I couldn't figure out how she was getting only that stripe dirty. Then I saw it....head parallel to the ground inches above it running chasing flies. 9 times out of 10 they get them too. The chickens could care a less, they want crickets and large flying things.

 

[trsturself]

wish we could have ducks! We're definitely having them at the next house!

Our friends chickens love flies and I've read a lot of people on here talking about how they don't have flies because their chickens eat them. Wish ours would!

 

[MsChickenMomma]

I have flies really bad right now. My Meyer girls love to chase them, but they never eat them! My adult girls couldn't care less about them. The only way I can get rid of flies is with those sticky fly strips. (I get them from TSC)

 

[trsturself]

Whoo hoo! Our BA is finally laying! She didn't lay until after 3pm! I wonder if she'll always lay that late.
Now for our EE to hurry up and lay hers!

 

[kbh82310]

I'm glad they were able to go out today! Mine was out for the first time in almost a week today, they had a blast! I wish mine ate flies too but it's good to know ducks do, hopefully mine will like flies cause they are everywhere here. I didn't know Walmart sells worms, my husband is assistant manager at Walmart and it woulda been great to know before I spent an hour trying to find a place that sold them..

 

[NanaLynn]

Whoo hoo! Our BA is finally laying! She didn't lay until after 3pm! I wonder if she'll always lay that late.
Now for our EE to hurry up and lay hers!

Great, congrats!

Your's are around 22 weeks, if I am remembering right?

 

[GreenEggsNSpam]

Love this thread! It's been one of my top reads since I ordered my chicks from Meyer's months ago.

Now, after waiting months, my chicks are finally going to be shipped tomorrow! I've got my brooder ready with my Brinsea EcoGlow. I can't help but have the new-mom jitters! But mostly, I'm just nervous about their voyage to me and how many of them will make it. I am guessing that I should go to my local post office tomorrow and tell them that I'm expecting a live-animal shipment, and ask them if they can call me when they arrive.

Does anyone know if there's any special protocol with post offices regarding live animal shipments? What should I expect??

I'm sorry if this has been covered. In fact I know it has been. I'm just so nervous!