Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[trsturself]

Ha, ha, I love it, you seem to be living my life. I hear loud clucking and think there must be an egg and there is none. When I am not looking for an egg, there's an egg. My husband thinks the hens are just toying with me by making me come and check by making loud clucks and laughing at me afterwards. I am beginning to think he's right.

lol! I believe it.

Nugget sure is getting good at crowing.. He was getting his practice in first thing this morning, my parrot wasn't happy she wasn't the loudest thing in the house first thing in the morning so she had to outdo him... Lucky me!

Oh what fun! I'm so jealous! (did that sarcasm come through ok?)

 

[dartfreak75]

These are my 2nd shipment from Meyer they are BRs leghorns and bramhas

 

[NanaLynn]

Nugget sure is getting good at crowing.. He was getting his practice in first thing this morning, my parrot wasn't happy she wasn't the loudest thing in the house first thing in the morning so she had to outdo him... Lucky me!

Yeah, sure does sound like "fun". How old is Nugget? How early does he crow?

These are my 2nd shipment from Meyer they are BRs leghorns and bramhas

Nice, how many chicks and what ages do you already have?

 

[kbh82310]

He turned 15 weeks yesterday. He is at the other end of our house with the door shut so I'm sure he started earlier but I didn't hear it till I got up at around 8 but when I didn't go to bed till 345 and up at 8 for work the last thing I wanna hear is a screaming match between a parrot and a rooster.. I just hope Zoey didn't pick up the crowing cause she catches on kinda quick and the last thing I want is a 4th rooster! She has a VERY dirty mouth, my SIL won't babysit Zoey at her house anymore cause she likes to curse in front of her 2 kids :/

 

[NotableNancy]

He turned 15 weeks yesterday. He is at the other end of our house with the door shut so I'm sure he started earlier but I didn't hear it till I got up at around 8 but when I didn't go to bed till 345 and up at 8 for work the last thing I wanna hear is a screaming match between a parrot and a rooster.. I just hope Zoey didn't pick up the crowing cause she catches on kinda quick and the last thing I want is a 4th rooster! She has a VERY dirty mouth, my SIL won't babysit Zoey at her house anymore cause she likes to curse in front of her 2 kids

Would love to hear her

Only one egg today but it was big and lighter brown than the ones my RIR laid. Gotta start watching them to figure it out!

Ummm, so I have a question. This egg 'song' I hear about, could that be the ear piercing thing Izzy is doing for 3 hours?? And then
no egg is laid?? Sheesh, we can hear her all over the neighborhood. I shoulda kept the rooster. He probably would have been quieter!!
And next question... will she keep doing this??

 

[NanaLynn]

Would love to hear her

Only one egg today but it was big and lighter brown than the ones my RIR laid. Gotta start watching them to figure it out!

Ummm, so I have a question. This egg 'song' I hear about, could that be the ear piercing thing Izzy is doing for 3 hours?? And then
no egg is laid?? Sheesh, we can hear her all over the neighborhood. I shoulda kept the rooster. He probably would have been quitter!!
And next question... will she keep doing this??

I'd like to hear her too!

We had two brown eggs today! I think it is Pepper the BR laying. Someone was making a lot of clucking sounds this morning before I went out. So I have 4 of them laying now, if Big Mama laid the one a few days ago. I guess time will tell.


A couple of my first chickens would walk back and forth to the coop and make terrible sounds and no eggs and they would go on for hours on and off. They did settle down once they actually started laying eggs. I guess they're adjusting. Maybe that's what Izzy is doing?

 

[NanaLynn]

Chickens 23 weeks- Just wanted to show them off. Next week I get the chicks!

Big Mama - BO


Pepper- BR

Pepper again


Olivia- EE

Olivia actually laid an egg in the nest box today! The other 2 before from her were on the ground, she was noisy too, kept making this ugly squawk. I forgive her, I actually had 3 eggs today! She laid it at 1pm today.


Here is Oreo, she still looks pale in the face, but she is eating very well and bossing the others around. She gets mean at times to them. So I guess that is good, I just wish her combs, face and wattles would redden up again. They are even a little shrunken down compared to before the dog attack. I wonder how long here recovery will take?

Here is Oreo enjoying some frozen watermelon. I can tell that she has fattened up some too in the past week. I am not worried about eggs from her, I just know a healthy chicken will have the red face, etc.

Here is a picture of Oreo before the attack. See the difference in the two pics? Her wattles have really gotten smaller and of course the coloring is pale too.


Here is Daisy-WR - the one 12 week old
I heard some clucking from her today, so she is getting away from the baby peeps.


I thought I had gotten a picture of Ash my RIR today too, but I guess I didn't, she has been the best layer so far I have gotten 10 eggs from her. Almost every day I get one.

 

[NotableNancy]

Chickens 23 weeks- Just wanted to show them off. Next week I get the chicks!

Olivia- EE

Olivia actually laid an egg in the nest box today! The other 2 before from her were on the ground, she was noisy too, kept making this ugly squawk. I forgive her, I actually had 3 eggs today! She laid it at 1pm today.


Here is Oreo, she still looks pale in the face, but she is eating very well and bossing the others around. She gets mean at times to them. So I guess that is good, I just wish her combs, face and wattles would redden up again. They are even a little shrunken down compared to before the dog attack. I wonder how long here recovery will take?

Here is Oreo enjoying some frozen watermelon. I can tell that she has fattened up some too in the past week. I am not worried about eggs from her, I just know a healthy chicken will have the red face, etc.

Here is a picture of Oreo before the attack. See the difference in the two pics? Her wattles have really gotten smaller and of course the coloring is pale too.


Here is Daisy-WR - the one 12 week old
I heard some clucking from her today, so she is getting away from the baby peeps.


I thought I had gotten a picture of Ash my RIR today too, but I guess I didn't, she has been the best layer so far I have gotten 10 eggs from her. Almost every day I get one.

Gorgeous egg and Olivia is so pretty too!!! Looks like a nice size egg. Yes, you can really see the diff. between before and after the attack. Hopefully she keeps getting better every day.
What is your final order for chick breeds? Hopefully a week from today or tomorrow you will have them

I got 3 eggs today. One was a little strange. It was laid on the poop board again and at first I thought it was covered with the PDZ because it was white. So I washed it off and it was a brown egg but then the white came back after it dried. Very odd, it's just a light white coating on it. And I have no idea who laid it. I went out to the coop at 8 and it was already there and also one in the nest. Then the green egg came later. I guess it was Izzy again although the color was a bit different and smaller than the last one. I'm guessing I have 4 laying but besides Izzy and Scarlett the RIR I don't know who else. I'm guessing Big Red the RIR and either my BR or maybe Junior or Mosey the Cochin.


Does anyone have a pic of a Cochin from Meyer that is laying eggs? I'm curious if mine looks mature enough yet to be laying. She squats like mad if I just walk near her but her comb/wattles aren't that big. She checks out the nest boxes but I've never seen her sit in there for any length of time. But maybe she's laying on the poop board? Just curious. Thax.

 

[kbh82310]

Her mouth can put a sailor to shame! Btw I didn't teach her those words (well most of them anyway, I don't have the cleanest mouth but I'm not near as bad as she is!) she came from a guy I found on Craigslist. I try to watch what I say in front of her esp when I found out she had such a extensive vocabulary, but she still picked up a few more words :/

 

[NanaLynn]

Gorgeous egg and Olivia is so pretty too!!! Looks like a nice size egg. Yes, you can really see the diff. between before and after the attack. Hopefully she keeps getting better every day.
What is your final order for chick breeds? Hopefully a week from today or tomorrow you will have them

I got 3 eggs today. One was a little strange. It was laid on the poop board again and at first I thought it was covered with the PDZ because it was white. So I washed it off and it was a brown egg but then the white came back after it dried. Very odd, it's just a light white coating on it. And I have no idea who laid it. I went out to the coop at 8 and it was already there and also one in the nest. Then the green egg came later. I guess it was Izzy again although the color was a bit different and smaller than the last one. I'm guessing I have 4 laying but besides Izzy and Scarlett the RIR I don't know who else. I'm guessing Big Red the RIR and either my BR or maybe Junior or Mosey the Cochin.


Does anyone have a pic of a Cochin from Meyer that is laying eggs? I'm curious if mine looks mature enough yet to be laying. She squats like mad if I just walk near her but her comb/wattles aren't that big. She checks out the nest boxes but I've never seen her sit in there for any length of time. But maybe she's laying on the poop board? Just curious. Thax.

I is so hard to figure out who is laying and which egg belongs to which chicken. I still am not sure if Big Mama is laying, so far there has not been another egg like the lighter colored one.
Eventually they will all start or you and you'll have more eggs then you can eat. How many chickens do you have again? I know I knew before but, I've forgotten.

Here is my list of chicks for next week, you only have to ask once, so excited!!!!!

16 total

Black Australorp
Buff Laced Polish
Columbian Wyandotte
Cuckoo Marans
Easter Egger
Easter Egger
Golden Campine
Golden Laced Wyandotte
Golden Lakenvelder
Light Brown Leghorn
Meyer Meal Maker
Rare Egg Layer
Rare Egg Layer
Salmon Favorelle
White Leghorn
Welsummer