Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[chickadee5002]

Any hatchlings, yet???

Yes a black Australorp hatched! She doesn't want me to close but I did try to look a little closer but she gave me a good peck on the hand! Lol she definitely is a good momma hen! It was to dark for pics I'll have to wait till morning! Everyone cross your fingers for the other 5 eggs to hatch!

 

[MamaShell]

That's a great landlord. I can imagine some would say absolutely no chickens.  You lucked out big time!!!!  But you sound like the perfect tenant too!

That's one of the reason I got chickens... I will need something to mother.   I have one boy going into his 3rd year of college and my other will be a senior in h.s. Next year will be so hard and I'll cherish every minute he's still home with me. He's my little baby.  So I can't even imagine your baby girl graduating on Sat. Bitter sweet I'm sure. 
Are your kids in college close by or far away?  My older one is about 3 1/2 hours away but he's so happy there I can't be sad for me. 

So, your kids are just a year behind my oldest and youngest, plus I have one in between. My daughter will be 45 mins from home and 5 mins from mine and my husband's work! She's a mama's girl and couldn't stand the thought of being farther from home. My oldest is 2-3 hrs away depending on traffic and my middle son is awaiting a transfer admissions decision from SUNY Cobleskill, which is 3 hours away. So, all fairly close. I really hope my son gets into Cobleskill. It's a great agricultural school and he wants to study animal industry and be an organic dairy cattle and chicken farmer. He is the one who got me started!!

 

[MamaShell]

Yeah, he's great! I've got 1.5 yrs on this lease & as long as they don't raise the rent too high, I will stay here until my son goes to middle school. I would love to find a little bit bigger house, maybe a little bit further away from downtown, with a fenced backyard owned by the same guy. He & his business partner own quite a few homes.

Sounds great.

Yes a black Australorp hatched! She doesn't want me to close but I did try to look a little closer but she gave me a good peck on the hand! Lol she definitely is a good momma hen! It was to dark for pics I'll have to wait till morning! Everyone cross your fingers for the other 5 eggs to hatch!

That is so cool! Fingers are definitely crossed!

 

[Melabella]

looks like it'll be next Spring!

something to look forward too!

I have to share this picture with all of you. The girls were dust bathing everywhere and afterwards I found this on the pavement after one of them shook off. Thought it was the cutest thing!

This should be submitted for the calendar..Beautiful!

 

[NotableNancy]

So, your kids are just a year behind my oldest and youngest, plus I have one in between. My daughter will be 45 mins from home and 5 mins from mine and my husband's work! She's a mama's girl and couldn't stand the thought of being farther from home. My oldest is 2-3 hrs away depending on traffic and my middle son is awaiting a transfer admissions decision from SUNY Cobleskill, which is 3 hours away. So, all fairly close. I really hope my son gets into Cobleskill. It's a great agricultural school and he wants to study animal industry and be an organic dairy cattle and chicken farmer. He is the one who got me started!!

Oh that's nice they're close. And I love when kids know what they want to do... and have a passion. He's so lucky he knows!!
I started as Animal Husbandry in college and after I saw the glove they wanted me to put on that came up to my shoulder and I found out what it was for I switched to Biology.

I had no interest in artificially inseminating cows!!!
We're looking at colleges now for my son and the absolute perfect school (Villanova) ... great academics, nice campus, fantastic basketball and football team, perfect size... but it's 10 minutes away!!! LOL, he doesn't want to be that close!!

Yes a black Australorp hatched! She doesn't want me to close but I did try to look a little closer but she gave me a good peck on the hand! Lol she definitely is a good momma hen! It was to dark for pics I'll have to wait till morning! Everyone cross your fingers

for the other 5 eggs to hatch!

WooHoo!!!! Good luck with the rest. I hope they hatch!!

 

[NotableNancy]

This should be submitted for the calendar..Beautiful!

I agree!! I didn't think of that!!

 

[chickadee5002]

Sounds great.
That is so cool! Fingers are definitely crossed!

Oh that's nice they're close.  And I love when kids know what they want to do... and have a passion. He's so lucky he knows!!
I started as Animal Husbandry in college and after I saw the glove they wanted me to put on that came up to my shoulder and I found out what it was for I switched to Biology.      I had no interest in artificially inseminating cows!!!  
We're looking at colleges now for my son and the absolute perfect school (Villanova) ... great academics, nice campus, fantastic basketball and football team, perfect size... but it's 10 minutes away!!! LOL, he doesn't want to be that close!!  
WooHoo!!!! Good luck with the rest. I hope they hatch!!

Another chick just hatched! It's a buff orpington! WOOHOO! pics tomorrow!

 

[Oatbucket]

ok, funny story that only my friends here would understand! My landlord had to stop by the house for a bit today to check on an issue I had told him about.

We got to chatting about the garden, etc. He's a nice guy, about my age (I'm turning 40 next week) & when I moved in I made him put in the lease that I could have free reign with the landscaping, put in a garden, etc. So the lease reads that "the tenant can landscape and make changes to the yard without prior permission unless the changes will result in a permanent fixture to the property. No changes should go against any zoning laws or local ordinances." Pretty standard stuff, so that I don't have to ask for permission anytime I want to put in a flower bed.

Well, I hadn't exactly asked him about the chickens because 1 - they weren't inside pets and 2 - the coop wouldn't be a permanent structure to the outside landscaping.

So in the course of our conversation about the garden, he told me that everyone around him is getting backyard chickens and he thought of me with my garden! He asked if I had ever considered it! So I did confess that I had plans and he gave his "blessing" and thought it was a great idea. He just asked that I send him pictures after all the chicks arrive and after the coop is built...and when they start laying eggs, he gets to come by for breakfast one day!

I told him that I could definitely take care of that!

Now that is an awesome landlord!

 

[jonsccm]

This is my first year with Cochins and up until this week I have not been to impressed... But I have noticed that the past few days they have not been running from me. They have calmed down so much! My blue one let me walk right up to her and pick her up without making a noise!! The have never done that! Miss blue is quickly becoming one of my favorites. Her lacing has all of a sudden darkened up as well. Another thumbs up for Meyer!

 

[christine9]

 


This should be submitted for the calendar..Beautiful!

I agree!!  I didn't think of that!!

x2!!