Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

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Looks like you do have a boy and a girl! Here was Po at 4 weeks old exactly:

 

[kbh82310]

I will go take a pic of him and let me know if yours is similar. Yours frizzled didn't he?

He looks like your roo but his comb Is a little smaller. I will take pics when I get off work. And yes he frizzled.

kbh82310: Here are some pictures for you of Ellie when she was 4 weeks old.

I think heather is gonna look like yours. It looks almost like her. Thanks for the pics, I will post hers later

Has anyone noticed that EE tend to feather out faster than their other breeds.

My EE and polish feathered pretty fast

 

[kbh82310]

Looks like you do have a boy and a girl! Here was Po at 4 weeks old exactly:

Mine is def a male. Looks exactly like Po but it looks like someone pecked at his comb cause he is missing a bump

 

[kbh82310]

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Idk why it keeps messing the pics up & I know they aren't the best pics ( babies wanted NOTHING to do with me or my phone) I will get better ones this weekend. They aren't quite 4 weeks yet, they will be sun.

My husband forgot our wedding anniversary last week so he is taking me out tomorrow and while we are out I plan on stocking up on goodies for the chicks and ducks. Hopefully I can buy them off with some crickets and worms and they won't be so scared of me.

 

[NanaLynn]

[FONT=arial, sans-serif]Would you process the meat birds yourself or do you have somewhere to bring them? The Delaware, BA's and Buckeye are dual purpose breeds and the White Rock Rooster is good to eat. I saw this on Privett's website about meat birds: [/FONT]
Slow Cornish grow slower and are smaller than the Fast Cornish. They seem to have fewer growing problems (heart attack, leg problems, etc.).

Everything else about the Austra White sounds nice though. But I've come to realize that chickens end up with their own personality regardless of breed. Many people say their BA's are quiet and docile but mine are the top of the pecking order and one kinda yells a lot and the other is bossy in a quiet way.

I would try a Black Copper Marans or Welsummer too. Although I'm addicted to those EE's and just love to see how they look as a chick and then full grown- they're all so different!

We'd process them ourselves if we get them. Of course we've never done it before, so I am not sure how that'll work. I think we'll manage though, I have been reading up on it and we both like the fact that they'll be healthy natural raised chickens, not factory raised and processed.

That is so true about the chickens personalities. The new EE's I have are so much friendlier then the ones before, our BA is pretty quiet and docile like they say, that's neat to hear you have one that does not match all the others.

I so want a Black Copper Marans too! and I also am addicted to EE's !!! Love them!!

We got 25 Freedom Rangers from Meyer for a meat bird experiment. We have had them free ranging since they were about 2-3 weeks old. They are a slower grower and need about a month of additional time before processing. They aren't as ugly as the cornish X so if you get attached easily, you may want to try something else. They are very friendly and come running when they see us because they know we bring food.
We are processing a few of them tomorrow ourselves (well, my husband and some friends are. I don't think I'll be partaking) and then taking the rest to a place to get done.
I have been happy with them but after reading about people's successful experiences on here with free ranging the cornish X I think we might try those next time. I will also change how we feed them and only give them food in the morning and night instead of free feed once they are on pasture. We are feeding organic and we had to buy much more food than I expected so they are pricey birds! Of course we think a goat got into their food multiple times so we'll see what our real food costs are next time.

I've read a little about the Freedom Rangers and I'd be interested in all of your experiments with the various meat birds. I don't think we'd start with 25 though, our land is just too small. What kind of organic feed to you feed your chickens? We can't seem to locate any here.

kbh82310: Here are some pictures for you of Ellie when she was 4 weeks old.

I have a little EE named Greta that looks like this one too. I'm glad to see she was proven a girl.

Has anyone noticed that EE tend to feather out faster than their other breeds.

I have noticed, my EE's sure are feathering in faster then the others.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I felt like taking pictures today, so here are my Meyer young'uns at 15 1/2 weeks old. (They aren't great pictures, but the mosquitoes are terrible so I didn't spend much time on them.)

Rangi the Ancona:

Roha the Exchequer Leghorn:

Whiri the Light Brown Leghorn:

Ihi the Golden Campine:

Marama the Egyptian Fayoumi:

Huka the Silver Lakenvelder:

Po boy the black Cochin bantam (from Meyer's Black Frizzle Cochin bantams):

And for fun, Tiwhiri hiding behind a leaf while Frou-Frou the Meyer splash Marans contemplates taking over the dust bath.

 

[trsturself]

We'd process them ourselves if we get them. Of course we've never done it before, so I am not sure how that'll work. I think we'll manage though, I have been reading up on it and we both like the fact that they'll be healthy natural raised chickens, not factory raised and processed.

That is so true about the chickens personalities. The new EE's I have are so much friendlier then the ones before, our BA is pretty quiet and docile like they say, that's neat to hear you have one that does not match all the others.

I so want a Black Copper Marans too! and I also am addicted to EE's !!! Love them!!
I've read a little about the Freedom Rangers and I'd be interested in all of your experiments with the various meat birds. I don't think we'd start with 25 though, our land is just too small. What kind of organic feed to you feed your chickens? We can't seem to locate any here.
I have a little EE named Greta that looks like this one too. I'm glad to see she was proven a girl.
I have noticed, my EE's sure are feathering in faster then the others.

We buy our food from Azurestandard.com.

We keep ours at someone else's farm. They are on a spot about 200sq feet with an 80sq foot run for their "coop". It is plenty of room for them.
We are headed out there in a minute to put them up for the night. I'll try to get a pic of them.

 

[MsChickenMomma]

I felt like taking pictures today, so here are my Meyer young'uns at 15 1/2 weeks old.

(They aren't great pictures, but the mosquitoes are terrible so I didn't spend much time on them.)

Rangi the Ancona:




Roha the Exchequer Leghorn:




Whiri the Light Brown Leghorn:




Ihi the Golden Campine:




Marama the Egyptian Fayoumi:




Huka the Silver Lakenvelder:




Po boy the black Cochin bantam (from Meyer's Black Frizzle Cochin bantams):




And for fun, Tiwhiri hiding behind a leaf while Frou-Frou the Meyer splash Marans contemplates taking over the dust bath.

They are so pretty! I absolutely love Po. It's hard to believe his comb and waddles are that big at 15 weeks. What a cutie.

 

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Idk why it keeps messing the pics up & I know they aren't the best pics ( babies wanted NOTHING to do with me or my phone) I will get better ones this weekend. They aren't quite 4 weeks yet, they will be sun.

My husband forgot our wedding anniversary last week so he is taking me out tomorrow and while we are out I plan on stocking up on goodies for the chicks and ducks. Hopefully I can buy them off with some crickets and worms and they won't be so scared of me.

Mine is def a male. Looks exactly like Po but it looks like someone pecked at his comb cause he is missing a bump

These photos are making me think i have 2 boys. The one that actually frizzled has a comb like these two. I will get pictures of him tomorrow.

Here are a few group shots of my 4 week chicks.(almost).
This light brahma is a freak of nature. She is double the size of any of the other chicks, including my other light brahma. We call her Bertha but I am wondering if it is Brutus instead. It's feathering much slower than the other one.

This is Cindy one of the faverolle's

Lily the GLW and Sunny the SF

The two LB Zee and Bertha with the black frizzle who still needs a name

My buff brahmas are turning out so pretty! All of them are very friendly but the buffs are some of the friendliest

 

[MsChickenMomma]

I let my girls out to free range for the first time this evening. I have never seen them so happy. They were racing around the yard, rolling in dirt, and chattering up a storm. Annie one of my Leghorns was the only one who was able to get up the ramp and back into the coop by herself at bed time. The other girls needed my help. It sure was strange seeing all 23 of my chickens running all over the yard.

It probably looked hilarious to all of the neighbors.

Sunni trying to decide if it's safe to come out.

Annie who was very hesitant to jump down from the ramp. She kept looking at me as if to say, "Do I have to?"

Sunni figured out she could climb through the fence within seconds of being out there.

Sunni, Lizzie, and Lucy (right).

Sunni, Amber, Daffodil and Alice.

(some of my adult chickens are in this photo too. They aren't from Meyer)

Lizzie, Lilly and Daffodil.