i had a question how do you track them? i ordered hatching eggs that where suppose to arrive Saturday but didn't i got a tracking number through my e-mail but no web site link to use it at? is it universal for post-office website or what?
Use the USPS website. Make sure your local PO holds them at the office for you to pick then up. This is the best chance you have of keeping them from getting scrambled.i had a question how do you track them? i ordered hatching eggs that where suppose to arrive Saturday but didn't i got a tracking number through my e-mail but no web site link to use it at? is it universal for post-office website or what?Tracked my order and found it was at the post office about an hour away so I decided to make the trip during rush hour traffic and pick em up....welcome home girls!! Hatched on 4/9 arrived home 4/10 all arrived alert and hungry!!
1 Buff Orp 1 White Rock 1 Easter Egger 1 Dominiuqe 1 Meal Maker ( one of the golden ones... maybe another buff o??)
Are you going to keep them, is they're roos?my lblh same way Such beautiful birds! I need to update pics on all my girls. I like how you described each one too. Nice flock!Forgot to post these here yesterday! Here are my youngest Meyer birds at 11 months old.I also added some thoughts on their personalities for anyone that's interested in these breeds. Sorry in advance for such a long post! Huka the Silver Lakenvelder. She started out shy, but has come around now. She's still a bit flighty, but is okay as long as you don't move too fast. She was the last to start laying of these girls and only lays 4 times a week or so.
Ihi the Golden Campine. This bird is always moving! She's not terribly flighty, but like Huka, she does get a bit jumpy if you move too fast. She's pretty friendly, though, and comes over to talk to me all the time. Sh lays about as much as Huka as well, maybe a bit more.
Marama the Egyptian Fayoumi. She is so sassy! She's not a lap bird and doesn't like to be picked up, but isn't really all that shy and lets me pet her if she comes over. She also lays only 4 times a week or so. She's also the smallest of the lot of them, even smaller than Po the bantam Cochin rooster!
Rangi the Ancona. Rangi, Rangi, Rangi. She's the most personable of them all. She's a bit unpredictable sometimes and you never know when you're going to end up with Rangi on your shoulder. She is a sweetie, though, and lets me pet her or pick her up whenever. Frostbite got her bad this winter, although it was likely as a result of my coop flooding right before we got all that frigid weather! She lays probably 5 or 6 times a week.
Roha the Exchequer Leghorn. This bird is a sweetheart and a ham for attention! She runs over whenever she sees me and just basks in any attention I give her! She lays 4 eggs a week or so.
Whiri the Light Brown Leghorn. I can't get anywhere near this bird without her panicking. She's not friendly in any way. She is, however, just the most gorgeous little hen I have! She lays about 5 or 6 eggs a week.
Po the black Cochin bantam (from Meyer's Black Frizzle Cochin bantams). I have never liked roosters, but Mr. Po has changed my attitude toward them. He is gentle with his girls and respectful to me. I see him keep the peace by breaking up fights between the girls, and plus he's always very alert to possible predators such as birds flying over. Such a good boy!
Nancy- How are your ones with lost feathers and the one with the vent issue?
she should accept themOK slight dilemma....I went out to the coop today to check on my broody (I was just about to dip her in some water to break her out of it) when I noticed this!Tracked my order and found it was at the post office about an hour away so I decided to make the trip during rush hour traffic and pick em up....welcome home girls!! Hatched on 4/9 arrived home 4/10 all arrived alert and hungry!!I think she has two more eggs under her so I quickly secured the next box with a zip up chicken tractor. I'm contemplating moving the new chick inside with my Meyer chicks so that they grow up together or leave it with the mother?? I'm going to wait a couple of days to see if the other eggs hatch and decide what do to...any suggestions?
It sounds like most people feel that rather than take the chick away from its mother, you should add your Meyers babies to her brood. She might raise them as her own and protect them from the older hens. That would be great in the long run!OK slight dilemma....I went out to the coop today to check on my broody (I was just about to dip her in some water to break her out of it) when I noticed this!
Wow, how exciting!!! That's great that you guys are so close to selling and buying another home. I hope that you can get the 10 acres, that would be awesome. I also wish you the best with being able to stay in your current house until the new one is ready. That would be a big hassle to have to move twice especially with animals. I hope that it all works out the best for you.
It sounds like a good plan so far to me. Make sure they have plenty of ventilation too. They'll have shade and sun, so I think you've figured it out. One thing I have learned is not to over think everything and worry too much. Chickens will pretty be happy anywhere as long as you have the key stuff available. Space per bird, shade, sunshine, ventilation, outside time in a run or free ranging too. Food, water, predator proof home, roosts, nest boxes, etc...
Have you tried calling Meyer's if you did not get the tracking number yet? I've never ordered hatching eggs from them, only chicks.i had a question how do you track them? i ordered hatching eggs that where suppose to arrive Saturday but didn't i got a tracking number through my e-mail but no web site link to use it at? is it universal for post-office website or what?
How many chickens do you have now? How many are you allowed or do you want? Right now we do not have a rooster but I have been flirting with the idea of having one too, but we probably won't since not sure if the neighbors would like the crowing.
I really like your dilemma, that is so neat! I wish that would happen to me, but with no rooster that would never happen here. I'd love to see pics of how you secured her in the chicken tractor. I'd move your other ones in with her if I were you. She is the best for the chicks, as long as she accepts them and seems like a good mom to all of them. Under a close watchful eye of course. That is just the cutest picture. How is mama hen doing today? and her baby?OK slight dilemma....I went out to the coop today to check on my broody (I was just about to dip her in some water to break her out of it) when I noticed this!
I think she has two more eggs under her so I quickly secured the next box with a zip up chicken tractor. I'm contemplating moving the new chick inside with my Meyer chicks so that they grow up together or leave it with the mother?? I'm going to wait a couple of days to see if the other eggs hatch and decide what do to...any suggestions?
