Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[rnchick74]

Literally, he knows what buttons to press. Lol. How old is your son? I think it's great that you share your interest in chickens!

My son is 6 - just old enough!

 

[rnchick74]

That's so funny I was looking at your list in your signature the other day thinking a Blue Laced Red Wyandotte would look really good in your flock with the Blue Orpington. And you will already have one golden laced Polish anyway. But of course I wasn't going to suggest that to you as it would seem rude and everyone has their own tastes. The BLRW are my favorite Wyandotte next to the very rare Buff Laced Red. One day I plan to get some from a breeder as hatchery lacing isn't always the best. And while I never thought I would want Polish the Buff Laced are gorgeous!

I guess I need to have something to stalk on the Meyer's page!!! Hopefully this will be easier to obtain.

Your coop is looking great!

 

[MamaShell]

My son is 6 - just old enough!

Such a great age!! Enjoy every minute of it!

 

[rnchick74]

Such a great age!! Enjoy every minute of it!

He is a lot of fun to be around. This age is so much fun! I'm glad the toddler years are behind us! Now to slow down time and keep him small!!!!!

 

[NotableNancy]

SOOO glad your girl is starting to perk up. I think the chirping is a really good sign. I've heard if they can shake off the shock, they'll come along.

And thanks for reassuring me about the eggs. I felt like they'd be fine, but then my family started freaking out. I told them incubation is above 99 degrees, but it wasn't enough. They went on and on about it so much that I started to question myself! Geez! But this happened when I got the skelter to begin with. My MIL would take them out of the skelter every night and put them in the fridge LOL!

My MIL freaked when I told her my eggs sit on the counter for a few days. I had to tell her that I put hers in the fridge right away or she wouldn't eat them.

Hey, y'all, sorry I haven't posted updates of my babies here lately! Long story short, I was bummed for a while over a number of things, one of which being that my Georgette is actually a Georges, and my Mabel looks like she might actually be a Maverick.

This is the first time in 3 years ordering from Meyer that I've gotten 'oopsie' boys, so I'm okay with that, considering. I am a bit ticked, though, because I got 2 Marans and a Welsummer for dark eggs, and one of the Marans and probably the Welly are not bound to lay eggs in their lifetime.

The good news is that by their feather colors, both Elda and Kit are definitely girls, and the Legbars are autosexing, so they're girls as well.

These pictures are from throughout the week, the most recent pictures from Wednesday.

Elda the Silver Gray Dorking!

She's getting braver!


Elda's nickname is Cuddles, by the way. She will be standing at the gate on the brooder, and I'll open it up and say, "Come on, Cuddles!" and she hops right out for her cuddle time.

Beautiful Louise the female Black Copper Marans. She's the smart one, that's for sure! She's such a sweetie, too.

Because she's so much smaller than Georgie, I'm pretty sure she, at least, is a girl.



Here's Louise (on the right) and Georgie side-by-side (with Poppy the Legbar in the background) :





Mabel / Maverick the Welsummer, otherwise known as Mabey (Mabey she is, Mabey he isn't?).



A more recent picture of Mabey. The comb is suspicious, but not too much so, and the eye marks from his/her chick fluff are feminine. Then again, Mabey is darker overall, which kind of indicates boy. But also, s/he has a brownish chest, which is feminine. But I also looked for Welly pictures and some of the young males have brownish chests at first... It's so dizzying to try and figure this bird out!





And lastly, the young man, Georgie. I'm not 100% sure, but everything about his behavior and appearance kind of indicates that he's a boy.



Georgie's hackles are already coming in bright orange, which is another reason I believe it's a boy.




And I know I already have a ton of pictures in this post, but just because I don't want to leave them out, here are the Legbars. These two are not from Meyer stock.

Violet, the grumpy-grump:




I saw someone else had a Legbar named Poppy. Great minds.

Poppy got her name, though, because she 'pops'. She'll be going along with the other chicks, and then BAM, she's flying!

She also seems quite photogenic. Maybe it's in the name?

Don't get in to much of a funk... that would be a lot of boys for such a small order. It's so hard to watch and wait though, Every day looking for more signs of being a boy kind of takes the fun out. Fingers crossed they are all girls!!

Thanks. The coop building has honestly been so stressful on our relationship. He broke our round glass outdoor table when he decided to use it as extra support because his other table was falling apart. But instead of putting it on the opposite side or at least checking that he had plenty of clearance he powered through, hit the table and shattered the glass all over the lawn and told me not to look down. This was like a month ago and I've finally stopped mentioning it to him. My husband is *not* a carpenter I get that but our next door neighbor *is* with a full workshop in his garage but my husband has too much pride to ask for help, advice or to briefly use a particular tool that would be so much better, quicker or more accurate like a table saw instead of a circular saw, which I find very frustrating. Though he had done a full 3-D digital mock up on the computer during the winter, he just didn't think so many things though. We've had to re-do some thing many times, sometimes hours are spent just problem solving and he usually only has 1 or 2 days off a week. I know he will not be working on Father's Day and then he and our son will be going to Indiana for a week to his mom's to build her a coop (much simpler and less fancy than ours but with actual venting and roosts which her poor battered and frostbitten chickens don't have in their shack. He promised me ours would be sturdy but not pretty. Well you can see the door is really quite pretty, but the inside walls which he chose a thin white lacquered particle board (think dry erase) because it was cheap and may wipe off better, looks like it was shot with bullet holes from all the nail heads from the big nail gun he bought (a big time saver admittedly). He keeps on reminding me its just a chicken coop. But we both wish we had just bought one and built the run, then they would be out there and not spending all day in the tractor and nights in the brooder both of which are pretty big but still, they are 2 months old and I feel like a bad mom. Sigh. End rant.

Wow, that is stressful. It took my husband ever single weekend from mid Jan to April to build our run. Not this past winter... omg... he wouldn't have been able to go out there at all with the snow we had and I would have been freaking out!! Luckily we bought a coop because he'd still be out there building it!! I just stayed out of the way and brought him lunch and coffee and then left him alone to grumble and curse. Better I just stay away during the process and then chat about it later.

Got our first egg! It is so cute and a pretty light green. (Not blue like it appears in the first photo) It is next to a large egg in the last photo. They will get bigger and the color might get a little darker after she lays a few more. So eggciting!!




I would still like to see close ups of your girls. They look gorgeous!
Although there were some rough patches, my husband and I survived the building of our run which took 5 precious Sundays. We bought the coop, which for us was a Godsend!! Lol! You are definitely in good company! That what doesn't kill us makes us stronger, right?

YAY!!! Beautiful color!!!! LOVE a first egg

He is a lot of fun to be around. This age is so much fun! I'm glad the toddler years are behind us! Now to slow down time and keep him small!!!!!

So jealous. I love that age. Once they hit grade school it just flies by!!!

 

[NanaLynn]

I decided on a name for the one roo that is left...Pepper. I keep calling him Peppy though, probably because DH calls him fluffy. Poor chicken! Anyway, I hope he is not too lonely. He hides from the girls all day long and roosts out in the run alone at night. I put him in the coop a few nights on a row, but he doesn't seem to like those meanies LOL! He's 11 weeks now, so when will he become the leader/protector? Is this like waiting for an egg? 20 weeks+? He is getting a nice big tail now.




And what about egg storage? Can I still use my LynnSkelter when there are fertilized eggs? It's not warm enough in the house for any kind of embryo development, right?

Pretty boy! I have a female named Pepper, she is a BR.

I don't know, I think it would be cool to wake up to hatching chicks climbing off the skelter onto the counter.

She is doing much better. Both eyes are open and she's actively drinking on her own. Her crop was still full this morning (I think her body shut down with the shock) so I haven't given her much food yet. We gave her a spoonful of yogurt so far. The kombucha has blackberries in it so she's been picking those out. She loves the kombucha. It really perked her up more than plain water. We'll leave her inside the next couple days until she is up walking around. She's still mostly hunkered down, but at least she's chirping again and seeking out drinks.

Great news!

You would think I would learn!!! But tonight I was cooking dinner & the small human who calls me Mom started clicking on my computer. I asked him what he was looking at & he says "pictures of chickens" - so I rush over to see what he's doing. Yep, on the Meyer's webpage AGAIN!

NOW he's fallen in love with the Blue Laced Red Wyandotte!!!!!

I have to admit he's got good taste in chickens!!!! And this one isn't $$$$ at least!!!!!

Stop this, now I need one or two of these too!!!

I think someone on here a couple weeks ago asked for coop progress pics. We finished up/replaced the last two pieces of trim around the big door and put on the last of the hardware. Amazingly we also managed to figure out the chicken door, we tried so many ways with the hinges and since the door frame was not even in measurements we couldn't make it flush or inset so we have it overlapping the trim. Husband had to keep reminding me its going to be open all day. We still have the roof and the windows (framing on the inside aka sill and casement, hardware cloth on the outside with trim over it and eventually shutters (but those can be added later, like when I paint it in the fall). Today I need to use sealant on the spaces where the interior and exterior paneling meet the framing on the windows and vents. There are two square windows on the sides of the coop and three long vents on the top back wall of the coop (just divided by the studs). Anywho here it is, 4x6 I think.


Schmancy handware

Great job!

Hey, y'all, sorry I haven't posted updates of my babies here lately! Long story short, I was bummed for a while over a number of things, one of which being that my Georgette is actually a Georges, and my Mabel looks like she might actually be a Maverick.

This is the first time in 3 years ordering from Meyer that I've gotten 'oopsie' boys, so I'm okay with that, considering. I am a bit ticked, though, because I got 2 Marans and a Welsummer for dark eggs, and one of the Marans and probably the Welly are not bound to lay eggs in their lifetime.

The good news is that by their feather colors, both Elda and Kit are definitely girls, and the Legbars are autosexing, so they're girls as well.

These pictures are from throughout the week, the most recent pictures from Wednesday.

Elda the Silver Gray Dorking!

And lastly, the young man, Georgie. I'm not 100% sure, but everything about his behavior and appearance kind of indicates that he's a boy.



Georgie's hackles are already coming in bright orange, which is another reason I believe it's a boy.

Beautiful chicks. Hopefully you do not have boys but the one with the orange feathers coming in? Strong possibility for sure!

"Mabey she is, Mabey he isn't?" I love that! Whether she is or he isn't, they are all beautiful!

Me too, love that name perfect!!

Sorry to hear you're having such a time. My hubby and I were pretty much the same way when building our coop. We argued over most details. It was totally worth it in the end. I think we learned better how to talk out those little things a and compromise a little more. We def learned that we can problem solve better together than individually. It's hard to do when things get so frustrating. Especially when it's hot out! Hope things start getting smoother and you end up with a coop that you are happy with.

It was difficult here too when we built ours. We've built two coops so far, but the first time it was a metal shed, 2nd time a wooden shed, so it was a little less stressful since we had a structure that we modified. The run we built once over a year ago and then moved it this year. The move was actually the hardest since it was on a slope. I just stepped back and let him figure out how to make it work. Plenty of disagreements but eventually we survived the experience. I can see why people would just buy a complete coop, so much less headache!

Thanks, good to hear that other couples have made it through this, lol!

Somehow, someway guess we all have!

My MIL freaked when I told her my eggs sit on the counter for a few days. I had to tell her that I put hers in the fridge right away or she wouldn't eat them.


So jealous. I love that age. Once they hit grade school it just flies by!!!

I've had tons of questions about my eggs on the skelter. So far no refusals to take any. I did have one person say they would not get eggs from me if I had a rooster, they're afraid they may crack it open and a chick would fall out.

I tried to explain why it would not happen.

I got more complaints about keeping my tomatoes on the counter then in the frig. This was my SIL, she stayed with us for a month and she would always put the tomatoes in the frig. I argued that it is best to store them on the counter and finally gave up and let her put them in the frig. She lives overseas, so I figured I'd keep the piece and not argue. I only see her every 20 years or so.

I loved it when the kids were around 6 years old, great times. We feel like their heroes then, plus we can do no wrong. Much better then when they hit those teenage years!

 

[dazookeyper]

I need help identifying these babies..these are at 3 days







1 week2 weeks

 

[daniellea2912]

@pipdzipdnreadytogo I love that one of your Ccl's is named Poppy too!

And on the topic of Poppy...Oh my almost had a heart attack last night! I went to close all my girls in for the night, and as I walked in the coop I immediately knew one of the chicks were missing! Upon closer inspection, I realized it was Poppy my CCL :,( I searched for almost 2 hours for her, no luck. I was so upset... I thought for sure an owl or hawk got her.

Then this morning, all ready for the Poppy search party to start again, I walked out the back door toward the coop to let the other girls out annnnnd who walks out nonchalantly from underneath the lilac bush by the coop door? POPPY. I have no idea where she was, must have shacked up in a tree or his away somewhere for the night. I'm so relieved I found her, the little brat! She's grounded! Haha

You can tell she had a long night, she's been taking naps between grazing a lot this morning, but seems fine otherwise

I'm guessing I will be checking on the flock about 5x more than usual today!

 

[NanaLynn]

I need help identifying these babies..these are at 3 days







1 week2 weeks

Easter Eggers or Sicilian Buttercups?

They are adorable whatever they are!

Do they have straight combs, any cheek puffs, what color legs?

 

[dazookeyper]

Easter Eggers or Sicilian Buttercups?

I have 5 EE in the same batch and these are small statured and have golden yellow legs. I never considered Sicilian Buttercups. Thanks for the reply