Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[MamaShell]

I hope you get the issues figured out! We had just gotten rid of the lice we were having and then we get tons of rain for days in a row while we were out of town and the girls were locked in their smaller run for a week. They didn't have anything dry to dust bathe in (they emptied the tub I keep in the run with them) so the lice came right back. Sprayed everyone with protector again today. Our BR is definitely more sensitive to them. She has a lot of feathers missing on her belly and back end and has red skin. No one else shows any signs of them (I spray everyone though). Here's some pics of our EE. [COLOR=B42000] [/COLOR] The above pic is around 5-6 months old, right before she was attacked. She's not nearly so pretty since then. Here's a more recent pic of her (almost 1 1/2 yr old now). Her entire back and rear end were basically torn off. She also had wounds under her wing. She hasn't molted yet so there are still some feathers around her neck that we had to cut to clear the wounds. Her back has minimal feathers on it. I think from the scarring. I hope one day she'll get her pretty coat back, but it's ok if she doesn't because she's friendly. And here's some pics of our bantam EE She's the one on the right by herself Her head started turning white at this age Here she is now at 3 months

More beautiful EEs!!!! Makes me anxious to get mine!

OK, not to add more confusion but another issue popped up. I added golf balls to the nests recently because I had found remnants of an egg in a nest a few weeks ago. Then this weekend when cleaning out the nest I found remnants of an egg. But oddly no shell at all so I figured they ate it all. Light bulb should have gone on but no... So the other night when I went to check for mites ... again ... after a minute or so 4 chickens jumped off the roosts and started pecking away at something on the poop board ... it was a soft shelled egg. Now this morning when I went out to the girls my BR Henrietta is always the most chatty and follows me around and squats. She was looking a bit poorly and not eating. Her butt was droopy so I was thinking stuck egg. Hours later when I went to check on them, she came out of the coop all perky and I checked the nest and there was a soft shelled egg. And the one I had found on the poop board the other night was near where she was roosting. Soooo, now I have another issue to add to the rest. I'm so worried these are going to all add up to something bad. Especially with my one having the prolapse and having to put her down, one dying suddenly, Moe with the feather issues and now my BR with soft shelled egg. Seriously, has anyone heard of this many issues in one flock... and it's nothing??? So I'm going to give her calcium and I've also read that it could be a vit. D deficiency so she can't absorb the calcium?? I put ACV in the water since it's still pretty cool out here. Goodness, this is ridiculous.

Yikes! I am so sorry that you have to go through this!! at least, your BR doesn't have a prolapse. I hope the feed change and supplements do the trick for all the ailments!!

 

[NanaLynn]

Did you let yours out during the day or keep her in there 24/7 for 4 days?

You could always keep a few... sell a few. Hard to pass up

Since I have been letting them out to free range now, I would let her out too. It took an extra night because of that, I think since I needed to remember to block her before she hopped in the nest box at night after free ranging. So the last night I caught her before she got back in the nest box, which was the 4th night and the next night she got on the roost after free ranging. Glad it worked, she slowly got nicer and nicer to the other chickens each day. Those 1st few afternoons free ranging she was a crazy chicken attacking all the others.

Oh on the 3rd night too, we had a bad thunderstorm and she was out in the run, but not in the rain. The next day it was really hot and I misted her and I also put ice cubes in her water to cool her down. She was not happy with me.

 

[christine9]

CL for June 9th....

 

[christine9]

Since I have been letting them out to free range now, I would let her out too. It took an extra night because of that, I think since I needed to remember to block her before she hopped in the nest box at night after free ranging. So the last night I caught her before she got back in the nest box, which was the 4th night and the next night she got on the roost after free ranging. Glad it worked, she slowly got nicer and nicer to the other chickens each day. Those 1st few afternoons free ranging she was a crazy chicken attacking all the others.

Oh on the 3rd night too, we had a bad thunderstorm and she was out in the run, but not in the rain. The next day it was really hot and I misted her and I also put ice cubes in her water to cool her down. She was not happy with me.

So a glad i haven't had to deal with that yet. Yikes.

 

[rnchick74]

CL for June 9th....

someone must have cancelled an order

 

[jonsccm]

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CL for June 9th....

2 females!!

 

[rnchick74]

2

2 females!!

I hope someone from here grabs them... I know I would if it was the hatchday of my other Meyer's chicks; well, at least 1! They are $$$$ birds!

 

[NotableNancy]

Since I have been letting them out to free range now, I would let her out too. It took an extra night because of that, I think since I needed to remember to block her before she hopped in the nest box at night after free ranging. So the last night I caught her before she got back in the nest box, which was the 4th night and the next night she got on the roost after free ranging. Glad it worked, she slowly got nicer and nicer to the other chickens each day. Those 1st few afternoons free ranging she was a crazy chicken attacking all the others.

Oh on the 3rd night too, we had a bad thunderstorm and she was out in the run, but not in the rain. The next day it was really hot and I misted her and I also put ice cubes in her water to cool her down. She was not happy with me.

Thanks for the info. I finally bought a small dog cage so Moe is in there for her first night. I was wondering if you put yours in the coop or left her out in the run. It's not supposed to rain for a few days and it's going to be in the 70's-80's so should be perfect weather for breaking a broody. She always snapped out of it pretty quick last year but she's serious about it this year. Too bad she didn't do this 6 weeks ago, i could have given her my chicks!!
I've got my fingers crossed that my new coop is coming this weekend... he told me it was ready so I'm waiting to hear when is good for him. I'm not very patient

They're 6 weeks old this Sunday and boy are they ready to go out!! My son said if anyone heard the ruckus coming from our garage they would think I'm training birds for cockfights! They're noisy!!

I hope someone from here grabs them... I know I would if it was the hatchday of my other Meyer's chicks; well, at least 1! They are $$$$ birds!

They sure are $$$ But at least it's 100% positive on sex!!

 

[rnchick74]

They sure are $$$ But at least it's 100% positive on sex!!

Good luck on breaking your queen of broodiness! Yeah, you are sure on sex & blue eggs!

 

[NotableNancy]

Good luck on breaking your queen of broodiness! Yeah, you are sure on sex & blue eggs!

I have heard people say blue or green and it's on the website 'sky blue to pastel green' but at least it's a guarantee of
blue or green!