Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[NanaLynn]

Thanks Honestly unless you are planning on having a plywood board underneath them, they probably wouldn't work as a run roof, they have to be nailed down at all the edges and probably quite a bit in the middle, its both floppy and heavy so I could see major sagging and possible collapse if not nailed down to a solid, flat piece.

Thanks, good to know, we'll probably stick to something a little sturdier then.

This is my 3 month old Welsummer roo. I got him from a gal who needed to rehome him after "he" showed up in her batch of chicks. According to her, he's from Meyer Hatchery. Very Handsome, healthy guy

Pretty boy!

My new blue AMs should ship Monday. I had to purchase a shipping box and send it to the seller. I hope she gets it by Monday

Yay, I hope that it works out!

 

[christine9]

My new blue AMs should ship Monday. I had to purchase a shipping box and send it to the seller. I hope she gets it by Monday

Yay! She got my box. Oh my nerves! Hope I'll be able to sleep the next few nights till they get here.

 

[christine9]

As if any of us need more encouragement....I just saw this. (When I can't sleep, I browse the buy-sell-trade section. Don't judge me lol)

Someone has a Meyer gift certificate available.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/866432/meyer-hatchery-gift-certificate#post_13092988

 

[NotableNancy]

I get 13 to 17 eggs per day, every once in awhile I get 18 to 19 on higher count days but not often and every once in awhile I get 12 eggs a day. Usually I get a really high count day right after a really low count one. But I guess if you average all the days out it is 15 eggs a day from 21 chickens.

Mine are slowing down though, I did average 17 a day for awhile. I think as they reach a year they start slowing down. My 16 month old chickens lay less then they used to the first year that they started especially my 2 BR's and 1 older EE. I imagine the 16 almost 1 year old hens will slow down when they get closer to a year and a half too. Which will be winter time.

I really need to figure out a good rotation schedule for my chickens and typing it all out here makes me wonder if maybe I should get more chicks to bring up my winter egg supply?

One of the main reasons I am waiting is if I add more chicks I need to also get rid of more chickens. It wasn't so hard "taking care of" Daisy, the mean WR, but I really care for these others, especially my very first ones. I need to work on not getting attached, so hard.

Our dog is now free in the yard and is no longer on a runner leash and so the squirrel population has gone down. She actually achieved her life long goal and caught a squirrel. Poor squirrel, I kinda felt sorry for it. We were having them in the run all the time, but not since Maxie has been scaring them all away or catching them.

I guess I keep thinking they're in their prime right now but maybe a bit younger is their prime. Of course after I complained on here I got 7 eggs that day!! They're too funny. I had 13 last summer but one wasn't laying yet so out of 12 layers I was getting 8-11 eggs/day. I guess that's why the big egg producers get rid of them at 1 1/2 yrs old.
A good rotation schedule is probably a good idea. There will be a few here that can stay forever but then others will get re-homed. It seems like around here I should be able to find them a place to live pretty easily so that makes me feel much better.
That's great Maxie can be free in the yard!! I would love a dog to catch squirrels and pigeons! Too many of both

Thanks Honestly unless you are planning on having a plywood board underneath them, they probably wouldn't work as a run roof, they have to be nailed down at all the edges and probably quite a bit in the middle, its both floppy and heavy so I could see major sagging and possible collapse if not nailed down to a solid, flat piece.

Agree. Your roof sounds like an interesting product. We happened to have 'concrete forms' which sound like your product but ours is metal. Very heavy and it's on top of plywood. And we still get a few leaks but it certainly held a lot of snow up this past winter!!

This is my 3 month old Welsummer roo. I got him from a gal who needed to rehome him after "he" showed up in her batch of chicks. According to her, he's from Meyer Hatchery. Very Handsome, healthy guy

Welsummer roos are so pretty!! Glad you got a handsome healthy rooster!

Yay! She got my box. Oh my nerves! Hope I'll be able to sleep the next few nights till they get here.

How exciting.... how old are they?? Can't wait to see pics!!!

As if any of us need more encouragement....I just saw this. (When I can't sleep, I browse the buy-sell-trade section. Don't judge me lol)

Someone has a Meyer gift certificate available.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/866432/meyer-hatchery-gift-certificate#post_13092988

LOL. No judgement here!! I have a few unfertilized eggs to trade... think they would want that? Or some slacker hens?

 

[christine9]

Oh geez. Priority mail express will be Wednesday delivery. Priority mail express with hold for pickup will deliver Thursday! That's frustrating. Trying to stay calm until I get a tracking number. The new girls are between 8 and 13 weeks old. My boy is 14 weeks, so they're perfect.

 

[christine9]

I really need to figure out a good rotation schedule

Lol...sounds like an excuse to get chicks every year.

 

[NanaLynn]

I guess I keep thinking they're in their prime right now but maybe a bit younger is their prime. Of course after I complained on here I got 7 eggs that day!! They're too funny. I had 13 last summer but one wasn't laying yet so out of 12 layers I was getting 8-11 eggs/day. I guess that's why the big egg producers get rid of them at 1 1/2 yrs old.
A good rotation schedule is probably a good idea. There will be a few here that can stay forever but then others will get re-homed. It seems like around here I should be able to find them a place to live pretty easily so that makes me feel much better.
That's great Maxie can be free in the yard!! I would love a dog to catch squirrels and pigeons! Too many of both

Just keep complaining and you'll have a ton of eggs.

Yes, we have to face it our girls are getting older. I feel so sorry for chickens, their lifespans are so short.

I need to find more chicken people around me, I'd much matter just rehome.

Yeah, Maxie is a great dog for predators but she also tried to attack one of my broodies when I was moving her, so not so good in the "getting along with chickens" department. That is funny you have a lot of pigeons too, we have noticed a lot more around now too. We never used to see them.

 

[MamaShell]

Oh geez. Priority mail express will be Wednesday delivery. Priority mail express with hold for pickup will deliver Thursday! That's frustrating. Trying to stay calm until I get a tracking number. The new girls are between 8 and 13 weeks old. My boy is 14 weeks, so they're perfect.

When are they being shipped? Monday?

 

[christine9]

Oh geez. Priority mail express will be Wednesday delivery. Priority mail express with hold for pickup will deliver Thursday! That's frustrating. Trying to stay calm until I get a tracking number. The new girls are between 8 and 13 weeks old. My boy is 14 weeks, so they're perfect.

When are they being shipped? Monday?

Yes Monday. Trying to get prepared today.

 

[MamaShell]

Oh geez. Priority mail express will be Wednesday delivery. Priority mail express with hold for pickup will deliver Thursday! That's frustrating. Trying to stay calm until I get a tracking number. The new girls are between 8 and 13 weeks old. My boy is 14 weeks, so they're perfect.

When are they being shipped? Monday?

Yes Monday. Trying to get prepared today.

I can't believe that the hold would take longer. That seems strange. Hopefully, you will have them early on Wednesday. Fortunately, it seems that chickens are incredibly resilient. They should make it fine. Can't wait to see photos of them when they arrive.