Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[NanaLynn]

I was out making chicken food today (bought a bunch of whole grains and mixed my own) and noticed Amber, our EE, wasn't acting like herself. She's standing in one spot instead of exploring the yard with the other chickens. Her wings were droopy and she was fluffed up. She didn't care about food or water and was moving really slowly. She hasn't laid an egg in a week. I'm worried she's egg bound. I gave her a soak in a warm bath then forced her to eat some yogurt with ground egg shell in it. She's resting in the bathroom tonight. I'm going to give her another warm bath in the morning if she hasn't laid an egg yet. I hope that's all that's wrong and it gets resolved. She's one of our favorites!

Poor Amber. I hope that she improves soon!

One of my 2 rsl's has been a little off the last few days too...she acted as yours is and she has given me a few soft eggs. I am thinking its related to the fact all the rest of my flock has taken at least a short break in laying over the winter and she didn't... I have been alternating between giving her some liquid calcium or nutri-drench every day and she seems to getting back to her old self... Hope Amber gets to feeling better as well

Good luck with your RSL too!

6 & 1/2 weeks old. Had a cold snap so there water froze. They all came out from the brooder for some fresh water. 28 degrees

They're getting big. They look like small chickens now, getting away from that chick stage fast.

 

[jonsccm]

Poor Amber. I hope that she improves soon!

Good luck with your RSL too!

They're getting big. They look like small chickens now, getting away from that chick stage fast.

Ya they grow fast! The BR and RIR were feathered out completely by 5 weeks. I still have a blue silkie that is not growing much at all. She is up in the left top corner. But she did great thru the cold last night. And she is just as active as the rest.

 

[RoostersCrow HensDeliver!]

I was SO impresses with a USPS truck driver yesterday evening, he took the initiative to call me on his way to the main post office saying that he'd be there within the hour and I could pick the peeps up there instead of waiting for them to be delivered to my local PO the next morning. He was concerned about them riding in the cold truck the next morning. Just wanted to share that there ARE caring PO workers out there
Anyway, other than 1 DOA Australorp, everybody else is doing great. I got 6 BLR Wyandottes, 5 Speckled Sussex, 2 (live) Australorp, and 25 cornishx broilers. Meyer sent 2 extra cornishx.

 

[RoostersCrow HensDeliver!]

Here's the pictures:
Splash Laced Red Wyandotte, I have 2 of these

Blue Laced Red Wyandotte , 2 of these

Black Laced Red Wyandotte, 2 of these also. I am really happy that I received all 3 colors

5 Speckled Sussex pullets, in the middle of the pic and behind her to her right.

And 27 CornishX broilers, too bad they don't stay cuter longer

 

[MsChickenMomma]

Well, Lilly (BA) and possibly Amber (clean faced EE) are going to go live with our family friend that took in the rest of my chickens. The backyard chicken ordinance was passed

, but I am only allowed to have at most, 6 hens.

I am most definitely re-homing Lilly and my RIR/BO mix (not from Meyer) because they have been beating up on Ellie (EE) really bad, and I can't get them to stop. Amber is kind of aggressive towards the other girls, but not nearly as bad. So I have to wait and see how she does when the other two trouble makers aren't around.

I really like Amber. She is such a goofy chicken, so I would hate to have to get rid of her.

In a few years if everything goes well and the city council doesn't get too many complaints from people about chickens, they are going to bump the number allowed up to 8 or 10 hens. If or when that happens, I will definitely be ordering more girls from Meyer. I even have a wish list all picked out...

 

[MsChickenMomma]

Here's the pictures:
Splash Laced Red Wyandotte, I have 2 of these

Blue Laced Red Wyandotte , 2 of these

Black Laced Red Wyandotte, 2 of these also. I am really happy that I received all 3 colors

5 Speckled Sussex pullets, in the middle of the pic and behind her to her right.

And 27 CornishX broilers, too bad they don't stay cuter longer

Adorable!!

 

[christine9]

Love all the baby pics!!

I hope Amber is a quite fix and back to health soon.

My AM eggs are rocking. These last few weeks have actually gone by fast! Thank you to whoever said "stay busy" because I HAVE! And time just flew.

 

[NotableNancy]

I missed so much I can't catch up with all the posts individually but I'm loving all the baby pics!!!!
McChickenMomma - is that a new avatar?? You gotta explain

Well, I'm wondering if people can give me some advice on adding new chicks to my flock of 13 (soon to be 12~ evil nest nazi has to go) 1 yr old hens. Turns out I can't get a new coop and have to go to just getting about 4 new chicks in mid April. It's not possible to block off an are of my coop due to size so I was wondering if this has been the case with anyone else. My thoughts are, to raise them in the brooder until they are about 8 weeks old and then put them in the very large run during the day in a blocked off area with their own food/water and the big girls can't get to them. Then move them back into the brooder to sleep at night. then after a week, start letting them mingle with the big girls during the day and then finally wen they are about 11-12 weeks old put them into the coop at night while everyone is sleeping.
Does this sound feasible? I just don't know how else to do it. And if any of the older girls are truly evil to the young ones then I'll have to deal with them. It would be full summer so I could put evil chickens in a pen in run am and pm and they would be ok weather wise.
Any suggestions? Opinions?
I was looking at some really really cheap coop/runs that I could buy and put adjacent to the existing run when the young ones are about 6-12 weeks old that way they would see each other and then just put the cheap coop/run away until needed again. But I just haven't found anything cheap/small enough yet on craigslist and my husband doesn't have time to build anything.

 

[MsChickenMomma]

I missed so much I can't catch up with all the posts individually but I'm loving all the baby pics!!!!
McChickenMomma - is that a new avatar?? You gotta explain

Well, I'm wondering if people can give me some advice on adding new chicks to my flock of 13 (soon to be 12~ evil nest nazi has to go) 1 yr old hens. Turns out I can't get a new coop and have to go to just getting about 4 new chicks in mid April. It's not possible to block off an are of my coop due to size so I was wondering if this has been the case with anyone else. My thoughts are, to raise them in the brooder until they are about 8 weeks old and then put them in the very large run during the day in a blocked off area with their own food/water and the big girls can't get to them. Then move them back into the brooder to sleep at night. then after a week, start letting them mingle with the big girls during the day and then finally wen they are about 11-12 weeks old put them into the coop at night while everyone is sleeping.
Does this sound feasible? I just don't know how else to do it. And if any of the older girls are truly evil to the young ones then I'll have to deal with them. It would be full summer so I could put evil chickens in a pen in run am and pm and they would be ok weather wise.
Any suggestions? Opinions?
I was looking at some really really cheap coop/runs that I could buy and put adjacent to the existing run when the young ones are about 6-12 weeks old that way they would see each other and then just put the cheap coop/run away until needed again. But I just haven't found anything cheap/small enough yet on craigslist and my husband doesn't have time to build anything.

Haha! It was a picture that I found on google images. I couldn't resist making it my avatar on here...

Your plan for the new chicks sounds good to me. That's very similar to what I did with my girls from Meyer, and it worked with almost no problems. Being able to see the young girls, but not touch them, really helped with integrating them into the flock. When you do finally let them in the coop with the big girls full time, just give them a few little hiding places or things to jump on so that they can get away if necessary.

 

[NotableNancy]

Haha! It was a picture that I found on google images. I couldn't resist making it my avatar on here...

Your plan for the new chicks sounds good to me. That's very similar to what I did with my girls from Meyer, and it worked with almost no problems. Being able to see the young girls, but not touch them, really helped with integrating them into the flock. When you do finally let them in the coop with the big girls full time, just give them a few little hiding places or things to jump on so that they can get away if necessary.

So you think it's ok if I put them together for the daytime hours and then take them away at night? I guess I'm just wondering if they will 'remember' each other day to day being taken out at sundown and then put back together in the morning? Is that what you did? It will be the heat of the summer so that makes it easier.


Then the hard part is to decide what chicks to get. i have 7 on hold when they come in... 2 Silkies, 2 Cream Brabanter, 2 EE and 1 Silver Spangled Spitzhauben. Silkies are straight run so I'm thinking I have to get 2 but then if 1 is a rooster I have to get rid of it and I'm afraid if the 2 silkies bonded then if 1 is female and a keeper would she be broken hearted if I got rid of the other? So maybe I just get one and take my chances on it being a girl. So then 1 Silkie, 2 Cream Brabanter and 1 EE. Or just one Brabanter and 2 EE. Oh, such decisions. If I could get a guarantee of colored egg like a true Ameraucana or Legbar then I'd just go with 1 of them and 2 Brabanter. Well, there's always next year to add more too