Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[winteree]

I noticed on the lighter one that it's wing feathers that are popping out I'm seeing some gray blue spots. So maybe a light splash? I asked at meyer and the lady said. That she did not think the EE flock had the blue gene but she was not sure. Has anyone had an EE from meyer feather out splash?

it makes me wonder what their breeding programs look like they come out with alot of Splashed colors sometimes i think they are sometimes selling people chicks at pure breed prices for mutts

 

[jonsccm]

it makes me wonder what their breeding programs look like they come out with alot of Splashed colors sometimes i think they are sometimes selling people chicks at pure breed prices for mutts 

It makes me wonder as well I would be disappointed if that were the case. Meyer has done a great job for me. No show quality but they have gotten close with a few. I figured that at the price they are charging that they would have some good breeders. But as I resurch it seems that this is not to uncommon for a splash to have the yellow legs and then darken latter. We will have to see how it is in a few weeks. Time will tell.

 

[winteree]

It makes me wonder as well I would be disappointed if that were the case. Meyer has done a great job for me. No show quality but they have gotten close with a few. I figured that at the price they are charging that they would have some good breeders. But as I resurch it seems that this is not to uncommon for a splash to have the yellow legs and then darken latter. We will have to see how it is in a few weeks. Time will tell.

Yeah good luck

 

[NotableNancy]

I posted this in a welsummer thread but haven't gotten much back... So I'll try again here!

This is my first year having Welsummers, I got two pullet day old chicks on Monday April 21st. I am beginning to wonder about one of them bc she is feathering much slower than the rest. Here are some pics of her beside her welsummer sister
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She seems to act fine, she's very active and scratches around more than the others. Plus she is always the first to run up to me to see if I brought anything yummy. She just barely has any feathers on her wings and no tail feathers yet and is smaller than the rest (I will say the other Welsummer is the biggest of the week olds). Should I be concerned? I have heard sometimes Roos feather out slower so I am hoping it's not that...

I don't have any Welsumers but I had 2 Buff Brahma. One was feathering much slower than the other so people told me that it was a cockerel but it turned out that the faster feathering one was a cockerel! I'm sure that doesn't make you feel better if you're hoping for a pullet though. And the other issue I had was a Columbian Wyandotte (Sweet Pea whose name was changed to Pipsqueak) She was soooo slow to feather and was really tiny compared to all the other girls. But now she is the same size as the rest and isn't even at the bottom of the pecking order. So moral of the story... you just have to wait it out. But I'm voting for a slow growing pullet

Oh no...that is terrible..so by morning whatever killed them took the carcasses away too? Scary. So sorry for them. That was a lot of chickens. I know how they feel coming home to a massacre.

Don't tempt me, that's something fun to do though. I look at the breeds but have never placed them in the shopping cart. My family already thinks I am crazy, better not let them catch me doing that.

Now I'm curious, I'm going to check and see what bantam breeds are available.

I still want a Welsummer!

Yup, so it must have been a fox. They kill everything they can and then keep coming back and bringing the bodies to the den for the babies to eat. They had about 7 killed a few years ago. They were free ranging and they saw it right from the kitchen window. Fox ran around killing all it could. Since then they don't free range anymore. They even had 2 roosters and it got one of them. It's pretty rough around our way. I was looking at my Dropcam this morning and my DH was in the run doing something and all of a sudden there was a big black dog outside the run! The chickens started freaking out flying all over the run and I could hear my dog start barking. I went running outside and my DH said it came up from the woods. He could hear the owners calling for it. THAT"S my biggest predator! I stand right next to them every time I free range them and I still know if a dog comes up there's only so much I can do.

I still want a Welsummer too. There's a breeder about 1 1/2 hour from here and she has BCM and Welsummers, among others, and her Welsummer eggs are darker than the BCM's. Such pretty birds too.

Omg, I have mites. The girls haven't showed any signs of them but I saw the crawling on the side of the coop. If the trim wasn't white, I would never had seen them. I sprayed with poultry protector and put poultry dust on the ground. I don't see them on any of the girls, but sprayed their vents and under wings with poultry protector too. Hopefully this won't be a problem. Are mites seasonal pests? Seems like everybody's talking about them right now.

Oh UGGGHHHH! At least you know what you are facing. Not fun though. I do think they are more prone to be around in the spring/summer. I have been looking at my coop to see if I see any walking around but nothing. I really think mine have the feather mites. I'm STILL waiting for my sulfur dip to come in the mail to wash a few of them. I ordered it a week ago.

Can eny one help me I receved my order from meyer and i have identified most of them out of all I ordered I did not have any white chicks. But 2 were in the box. My options are blue / splash amarucana, or Easter egger. What one is this?
I know that the Easter eggers have green legs and the Amarucanas have gray. But this has pale yellow.... Both white chicks appear to have pea combs.

Are you sure this isn't your Leghorn? I'm terrible at chick identification though.

Here are some of the others.

BCM

Welsomers

Black silkie

Egyptian fayoumis

Leghorn

White silkie

VERY cute!!! The one you have labeled as Leghorn is that an Exchequer Leghorn? Or something else??

This is my blue am. Not from Meyer, but why I don't think she's an am. Maybe a white EE. Or maybe she's the leghorn. I am not good at this!

Why don't you think she's an Am?

 

[jonsccm]

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Are you sure this isn't your Leghorn?  I'm terrible at chick identification though.

VERY cute!!!  The one you have labeled as Leghorn is that an Exchequer Leghorn? Or something else??
Yes it's a Exchequer leghorn. Sorry for the confusion

 

[MamaShell]

Yup, so it must have been a fox. They kill everything they can and then keep coming back and bringing the bodies to the den for the babies to eat. They had about 7 killed a few years ago. They were free ranging and they saw it right from the kitchen window. Fox ran around killing all it could. Since then they don't free range anymore. They even had 2 roosters and it got one of them. It's pretty rough around our way. I was looking at my Dropcam this morning and my DH was in the run doing something and all of a sudden there was a big black dog outside the run! The chickens started freaking out flying all over the run and I could hear my dog start barking. I went running outside and my DH said it came up from the woods. He could hear the owners calling for it. THAT"S my biggest predator! I stand right next to them every time I free range them and I still know if a dog comes up there's only so much I can do.

ADVICE NEEDED!!

We have the posts in the ground for our run and now have to attach the cross boards and fencing. I would love to do hardware cloth around the whole thing but that would cost so much. The run is about 22'x28'! I am thinking of doing 1/2" hardware cloth at the bottom 2 feet to prevent something from reaching through and grabbing our hens and 2 feet out under the ground to discourage diggers. We would use 2"x4" welded wire on the top 5 feet of the walls and for the roof to prevent predators from climbing over or swooping down. We have a lot of foxes and hawks in our area, plus skunks, raccoons and possums. Will the welded wire keep them out? It is actually 14 gauge instead of 19 for the hardware cloth, so the steel is stronger even though it is a much wider opening. What kind of materials did you use?

We are getting the supplies tonight, so, a quick response would be appreciated!

 

[RoostersCrow HensDeliver!]

ADVICE NEEDED!!

We have the posts in the ground for our run and now have to attach the cross boards and fencing. I would love to do hardware cloth around the whole thing but that would cost so much. The run is about 22'x28'! I am thinking of doing 1/2" hardware cloth at the bottom 2 feet to prevent something from reaching through and grabbing our hens and 2 feet out under the ground to discourage diggers. We would use 2"x4" welded wire on the top 5 feet of the walls and for the roof to prevent predators from climbing over or swooping down. We have a lot of foxes and hawks in our area, plus skunks, raccoons and possums. Will the welded wire keep them out? It is actually 14 gauge instead of 19 for the hardware cloth, so the steel is stronger even though it is a much wider opening. What kind of materials did you use?

We are getting the supplies tonight, so, a quick response would be appreciated!

I for my stationary coop, I use this welded wire fencing for my run. http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/welded-wire-60-in-x-100-ft

Since the babies aren't allowed access to that run until they are older, it works just fine. I lock them all up at night so it doesn't need to have hardware cloth on it. I do use hardware cloth on my grow out pens and hoop coops for predator safety. Even though those are in electrified fencing.

 

[Bethel3330]

Can you separate her to her own little nest and area with food and water, but where she can still be seen by the others but where the others can't get in? That's my plan once we decide to hatch under a broody.

my husband was going to construct a box of sorts out of our leftover wire to place in front of the nest box. I may do that or use a dog crate that opens on the end.

 

[christine9]

Yup, so it must have been a fox. They kill everything they can and then keep coming back and bringing the bodies to the den for the babies to eat. They had about 7 killed a few years ago. They were free ranging and they saw it right from the kitchen window. Fox ran around killing all it could. Since then they don't free range anymore. They even had 2 roosters and it got one of them. It's pretty rough around our way. I was looking at my Dropcam this morning and my DH was in the run doing something and all of a sudden there was a big black dog outside the run!  The chickens started freaking out flying all over the run and I could hear my dog start barking. I went running outside and my DH said it came up from the woods. He could hear the owners calling for it. THAT"S my biggest predator! I stand right next to them every time I free range them and I still know if a dog comes up there's only so much I can do.

ADVICE NEEDED!!

We have the posts in the ground for our run and now have to attach the cross boards and fencing. I would love to do hardware cloth around the whole thing but that would cost so much. The run is about 22'x28'!  I am thinking of doing 1/2" hardware cloth at the bottom 2 feet to prevent something from reaching through and grabbing our hens and 2 feet out under the ground to discourage diggers. We would use 2"x4" welded wire on the top 5 feet of the walls and for the roof to prevent predators from climbing over or swooping down. We have a lot of foxes and hawks in our area, plus skunks, raccoons and possums. Will the welded wire keep them out? It is actually 14 gauge instead of 19 for the hardware cloth, so the steel is stronger even though it is a much wider opening. What kind of materials did you use?

We are getting the supplies tonight, so, a quick response would be appreciated!

I would do exactly what you are planning. We have the same predators. We used hardware cloth all over, but I would feel comfortable using welded wire in the higher areas as long as the hardware cloth was along the bottom.

 

[christine9]

Why don't you think she's an Am?

Lol! Oops! I meant that I didn't think Jon's chick was a blue amerecuana because she doesn't look like mine. BUT she might possibly be a splash. I am not good at chick identification.