Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[Melabella]

Holy Moly. Lord help me! Are you all aware of this, I'm probably out of the loop and you do but you can text MEYER the word "CHICK" to 419-318-1650 and receive over hatch alerts, sales and exclusive offers! No stopping me now!

MB

 

[christine9]

They are adorable. I hope that they are all girls! So is Plum a Lavendar Orp? and Pumpkin a Welsummer? I can't remember. I am sure you already told us though, sorry. Plum is my favorite, I love her look and coloring, I wish I could get one just like her.

Yes and yes. I hope as Plum feathers out, her color will be a little more distinguished. But eggs are the reason I have all these chicks now. I never feel like I have enough!

And don't feel guilty. Your flock is happy and you provide them enough space. We all feel guilty from time to time. It's because we love them!!

 

[christine9]

Holy Moly. Lord help me! Are you all aware of this, I'm probably out of the loop and you do but you can text MEYER the word "CHICK" to 419-318-1650 and receive over hatch alerts, sales and exclusive offers! No stopping me now!

MB

Don't worry too much...I have not received a notice in a long time

 

[jonsccm]

Don't worry too much...I have not received a notice in a long time

I have not had a text in a long time as well.

 

[Brookshire11]

Ok so, I know these aren't from Meyers but my new babies arrived today. And they are all in such great shape! They shipped yesterday and got to the post office at 4pm today

 

[Brookshire11]

 

[Melabella]

Sun going down, time to head to the roost, SS Sally, White Maran Aurora, Austra White Merida

 

[NotableNancy]

So we had 10 eggs yesterday which I guess our average will be 7 to 10 for awhile. Our oldest son is coming to see us today and he usually picks up 6 or more dozen to take back home and I may be able to send him home with 1 dozen. He'll be disappointed. Of course his younger brother who lives closer stopped in yesterday to get 2 dozen before his older brother got here.

Sometimes I really think that I need more layers. There are feathers everywhere in the coop and run so a lot of those 16 younger hens that are a year old are molting. The older 5 are actually helping keeping up the slack and Buffy my Polish is laying pretty well too.

I feel a little guilty but I am finding it so much easier keeping them in the run and we're not as worried about getting rid of a few before we add a few since the coop is so big, but I would like to extend the run a little more first. Our ratio of coop floor space is good enough for 30 chickens and we have 21. I make sure to give them all the kitchen scraps and I also am now putting all my compost in the run and it seems to be working out well. They do not even seem to be eating anymore food then usual, they may even be eating less.

So maybe I can relax and stop feeling so guilty about keeping them all cooped up?.

Maybe a few more really good layers? A couple Leghorns and a few GB and weed out the flighty ones? I'm assuming our girls are taking a little break and will start back up again in a few weeks. No eggs from my RIR for a week or 2 and none from my one BA for a while. They sit in the nest, sing the egg song but nothing! They must be so confused. LOL
That would be my boys too... trying to beat each other here for the eggs. First come first served I guess!!

Yes, stop feeling guilty. You are a great chicken mamma and your girls are treated much better than other flocks I've seen. And with all the healthy stuff you are giving them I'm sure they are loving it. We all do the best we can!

Ok so, I know these aren't from Meyers but my new babies arrived today. And they are all in such great shape! They shipped yesterday and got to the post office at 4pm today

Awwww, cute I forget what you got?? Glad they arrived safely!

Sun going down, time to head to the roost, SS Sally, White Maran Aurora, Austra White Merida

Beautiful! Just wondering how far ahead your ordered to get the Austra White? Every time I looked it had the message "none available at this time" like it has now.

 

[Brookshire11]

Maybe a few more really good layers?  A couple Leghorns and a few GB and weed out the flighty ones?  I'm assuming our girls are taking a little break and will start back up again in a few weeks. No eggs from my RIR for a week or 2 and none from my one BA for a while. They sit in the nest, sing the egg song but nothing!  They must be so confused. LOL  
That would be my boys too... trying to beat each other here for the eggs.  First come first served I guess!!

Yes, stop feeling guilty. You are a great chicken mamma and your girls are treated much better than other flocks I've seen. And with all the healthy stuff you are giving them I'm sure they are loving it. We all do the best we can!

Awwww, cute  I forget what you got?? Glad they arrived safely!

Beautiful!   Just wondering how far ahead your ordered to get the Austra White?  Every time I looked it had the message "none available at this time"  like it has now. 

2 Australorps, 2 EEs, 2 Salmon Faverolles, and 2 Russian Orloffs.
One of the Australorps is really speckled so im wondering if its a little roo.

 

[NotableNancy]

I'm getting so bummed.... Izzy (my green laying EE that's my Avatar) is soooo mean to my 4 1/2 month olds. Izzy is pretty much at the bottom of the pecking order of her group so I know she's doing it to protect her spot but she is making them a little crazy. My younger ones are still sleeping in their own coop (I will be moving them all in together to the bigger coop in a week or 2) but they are together from sun up to sun down in the run and free ranging for an hour or 2/day. So when my DH opens up the little ones coop door, the big girls are already out bec. they have a door on a timer, Izzy waits for them to come out and terrorizes them and pecks them hard when they try to get past her. Sometimes she's on their ramp pecking their door trying to get into the coop and once she ran into it and just starting chasing them around as they tried to get out. Then all day she chases them around. Never drawing blood but just bullying off and on all day.

I can try caging her for a few days and see what happens. Should I cage her and leave her in the run or put her out of sight? Maybe this chasing will change when they move into the same coop? Or maybe get worse? Anyone have any other ideas? Do I just let it go and they will work it out? It just seems like after being together for 3 months it would be getting better.


Pipsqueak my CW is going to a new home tomorrow. A guy contacted me and said his kids favorite hen died and he would love to buy Pips for them. He even texted me a pic of his 2 little kids with the chickens when they were just a few days old ... so cute. He free ranges most of the day and has a rooster for protection so I think after she gets acclimated she will be happy there!