Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[rnchick74]

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!

To my son, pastel green is close enough to be considered blue

...don't confuse the issue

 

[NotableNancy]

To my son, pastel green is close enough to be considered blue

...don't confuse the issue

Blue... green... it's all the same to me!!!

 

[rnchick74]

Blue... green... it's all the same to me!!!

As long as it isn't brown, he says! OR white!

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Hey, everyone! Thought I'd pop in and get a post in about my littles.

On Wednesday, I picked up two more chicks from a more local source. I decided I didn't want to pay so much for Legbars, so I talked to someone on my state thread that breeds them and sells them for a much better price. Well, as is my luck, the hatch that would have contained my two pullets was an all-male hatch. Luckily for me, he had two older Legbar pullets for sale, just a week older than my Meyer babies!

So here are my Meyer babies from this year. Elda the Silver Gray Dorking:

She's such a cuddler!

Louise the Black Copper Marans:

Georgette the BCM:

Mabel the Welsummer:

Kit-kit the SGD:

And here's Poppy and Violet the Cream Legbars. For anyone skimming, these girls are not Meyer stock:

 

[christine9]

@pipdzipdnreadytogo
They are all so cute. I'm a little jealous of those legbars. Ok, I'm a lot jealous

 

[rnchick74]

@pipdzipdnreadytogo
They are all so cute. I'm a little jealous of those legbars. Ok, I'm a lot jealous

Yeah...I agree! I can't find anyone local who has Cream Legbars! I've put up a wanted ad on craigslist too!

 

[MamaShell]

Hey, everyone! Thought I'd pop in and get a post in about my littles.

On Wednesday, I picked up two more chicks from a more local source. I decided I didn't want to pay so much for Legbars, so I talked to someone on my state thread that breeds them and sells them for a much better price. Well, as is my luck, the hatch that would have contained my two pullets was an all-male hatch. Luckily for me, he had two older Legbar pullets for sale, just a week older than my Meyer babies!

So here are my Meyer babies from this year. Elda the Silver Gray Dorking:

She's such a cuddler!

Louise the Black Copper Marans:

Georgette the BCM:

Mabel the Welsummer:

Kit-kit the SGD:

And here's Poppy and Violet the Cream Legbars. For anyone skimming, these girls are not Meyer stock:

Beautiful little ladies!

 

[NanaLynn]

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!!

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

Mine is in the run and I covered the top in case of rain. I have it up on the edge of the chicken patio we have and where it is it has airflow from the bottom too. I left the tray off the bottom too. I'll have to get pics later. It actually worked out the way my husband decided to make their porch. I can put a small cage on both sides of the porch for broodies. It was not planned that way but it worked out well. So far I have not had 2 broodies at one time yet. Thank goodness! If I do get 2 at one time, I have 2 separate places to put them. I luckily have a 3rd cage from my son and daughter-in-law if I need it too, there puppy grew a lot bigger then they thought so they had to upgrade to the larger cage. So I benefit!

Those broodies do not time things right for me either.
Good luck on getting your new coop this weekend. That is so exciting, share pics! It will be so nice to get them outside!

Hey, everyone! Thought I'd pop in and get a post in about my littles.

On Wednesday, I picked up two more chicks from a more local source. I decided I didn't want to pay so much for Legbars, so I talked to someone on my state thread that breeds them and sells them for a much better price. Well, as is my luck, the hatch that would have contained my two pullets was an all-male hatch.

Luckily for me, he had two older Legbar pullets for sale, just a week older than my Meyer babies!

So here are my Meyer babies from this year. Elda the Silver Gray Dorking:



She's such a cuddler!

Louise the Black Copper Marans:




Georgette the BCM:




Mabel the Welsummer:




Kit-kit the SGD:







And here's Poppy and Violet the Cream Legbars. For anyone skimming, these girls are not Meyer stock:

Lucky you! I need to see if any our available locally here in NC too! Beautiful chicks, Meyer's and non-Meyer's!

 

[NanaLynn]

Serious problem these past couple weeks. I cannot keep up with our egg demands. First starting out with getting all those eggs, I had too many and had to give some away. Now everyone wants eggs and I can't keep up. What happened? Guess they tasted those eggs I gave them and wanted more.

I was literally stealing the eggs out from under my hens this morning so we could eat breakfast, they were not happy. I have an order for a dozen for a guy where my son works for Monday and 3 more dozen for 3 separate people at our office for Monday too. I just sent off the last 2 1/2 dozen with my daughter to my son in Raleigh and my other son picked up some last night. Geez, can't keep up. This was supposed to be a hobby not a business!

Maybe I need more chickens? Hmmmm

 

[trsturself]

Serious problem these past couple weeks. I cannot keep up with our egg demands. First starting out with getting all those eggs, I had too many and had to give some away. Now everyone wants eggs and I can't keep up. What happened? Guess they tasted those eggs I gave them and wanted more.

I was literally stealing the eggs out from under my hens this morning so we could eat breakfast, they were not happy. I have an order for a dozen for a guy where my son works for Monday and 3 more dozen for 3 separate people at our office for Monday too. I just sent off the last 2 1/2 dozen with my daughter to my son in Raleigh and my other son picked up some last night. Geez, can't keep up. This was supposed to be a hobby not a business!

Maybe I need more chickens? Hmmmm

You definitely need more chickens! Are you charging non family members? If not, it sounds like you need to start!