Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[MsChickenMomma]

They have shipped!! My girls are on their way. Inside brooder all ready for their first few weeks!

I can't wait to see pictures!

 

[trsturself]

I was just looking at our last chick that I'm unsure of. She is the same size if not smaller than the bantams. I thought she was all white but I just went to check if she has a beard or not and noticed her covert feathers are coming in grey so she is probably is a splash of some sort. She has clean legs and face. Here is a pic of the 6 smallest chicks. We ordered 5 bantam EE's, so one is something else. I'm pretty sure it's her since she has a single comb and the others don't. Any guesses? The only breeds I see are blue andalusian or blue orpington. Anyone ever get a really tiny one of these? She is the wet one on the far right (someone pooped on her and it glued her wing down so she got a little bath). I'm really interested to see how those 3 middle ones feather out. Unfortunately I think the blue and one of the 3 middle ones are boys. I can see ridges on their combs where the other 3 are non existent.

 

[trsturself]

I was just looking at our last chick that I'm unsure of. She is the same size if not smaller than the bantams. I thought she was all white but I just went to check if she has a beard or not and noticed her covert feathers are coming in grey so she is probably is a splash of some sort. She has clean legs and face. Here is a pic of the 6 smallest chicks. We ordered 5 bantam EE's, so one is something else. I'm pretty sure it's her since she has a single comb and the others don't. Any guesses? The only breeds I see are blue andalusian or blue orpington. Anyone ever get a really tiny one of these? She is the wet one on the far right (someone pooped on her and it glued her wing down so she got a little bath). I'm really interested to see how those 3 middle ones feather out. Unfortunately I think the blue and one of the 3 middle ones are boys. I can see ridges on their combs where the other 3 are non existent.

Oh no! We just found the lighter one next to the mystery chick dead in the brooder.
She has always been wobbly but she has lasted so long and was doing ok earlier it was a surprise to find her. I hope that's the last one, but our silver spangled hamburg is also wobbly and has been a worry from the start so I won't be totally surprised to find it dead tomorrow or the next day.

 

[AKhen]

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Oh no! We just found the lighter one next to the mystery chick dead in the brooder.  
She has always been wobbly but she has lasted so long and was doing ok earlier it was a surprise to find her. I hope that's the last one, but our silver spangled hamburg is also wobbly and has been a worry from the start so I won't be totally surprised to find it dead tomorrow or the next day.

sorry to hear that.

 

[christine9]

I can't wait to have babies again. Somehow I managed to coordinate my egg deliveries at the same time. I have marans and EE eggs coming from Meyer and Ameraucana eggs from another BYCer. I'm too excited.

 

[NanaLynn]

No thank goodness. We only got 2 inches!! WooHoo!! That was our 15th snow event and it's going down to 2 degrees tonight and tomorrow night

Hopefully the end of winter is near

Got it, thx

Yup males are EE's too and hopefully you get a few fertile eggs. That would be great!!

I hope for all of us and our chickens/chicks that this cold weather is leaving soon. I had trouble opening up the doors to the run this morning, everything was frozen again. Really wish I had a big heated waterer already. Well next year, this weather is almost over.

Thanks! On another forum I caught a lot of grief for her legs being green. I guess that's pretty common with hatchery birds, and a big no-no with the heritage. My dad called her Mrs. Green Jeans, so he was not happy with the yellowing legs.

I love the nick name. Some people get too uptight. I love hatchery chickens and the many varieties that you can get. I think it is neat to raise pure breeds too, but that is a whole other thing, but I respect people who do it. I prefer hatchery birds right now for me.

They have shipped!! My girls are on their way. Inside brooder all ready for their first few weeks!

Oh, so exciting!!! I remember the waiting, prep and anticipation, so excited for you and can't wait to see the pics!!

Oh no! We just found the lighter one next to the mystery chick dead in the brooder.
She has always been wobbly but she has lasted so long and was doing ok earlier it was a surprise to find her. I hope that's the last one, but our silver spangled hamburg is also wobbly and has been a worry from the start so I won't be totally surprised to find it dead tomorrow or the next day.

Oh no, is it the weather that is causing you these problems? I am so sorry that you lost another one.

I can't wait to have babies again. Somehow I managed to coordinate my egg deliveries at the same time. I have marans and EE eggs coming from Meyer and Ameraucana eggs from another BYCer. I'm too excited.

Yay, can't wait to follow along in your hatch. I hope that you find time to update us. How many total eggs will you hatch? Have you hatch many before?

 

[christine9]

Yay, can't wait to follow along in your hatch. I hope that you find time to update us. How many total eggs will you hatch? Have you hatch many before?

I have NEVER hatched before. This will be the first time. I will have about 14 eggs. My incubator should be here today. I will update. I will probably need as much help as I can get!

 

[christine9]

They are really cute. I hope the weather cooperates and there are no more losses.

 

[christine9]

Oh yeah, I almost forgot... My Lynn skelter is looking better:

 

[JLfarm]

Just ordered from them again for my 2nd time.