Awww, I didn't know you rescued her. Another reason to like your DH... he knows a dog smile when he sees it!!I can't believe someone would do that to such a beautiful animal.Ha ha, great! Thanks, Maxie is a good dog. She was an abused abandoned neighborhood dog that just wander up one day. My husband said we had to keep her since she smiled at him. My son and husband rescued her by cutting a collar off her neck that had grown into her neck. Whomever had her put a collar on her when she was smaller and never changed it or loosened it. She has a sad past but is all smiles now, especially since we fenced in the backyard. We only put a collar on her now when she goes for walks. Maxie seems to suffer in the summer too but loves this cold weather. I didn't realize Marrock has a double coat too, he is all set for this weather too.
Those are beautiful. I saw this link on another thread. You all should check out these chickens and eggs. I wish I could order from them, but they're in Florida
http://eightacresfarm.weebly.com/
Gorgeous chickens on that link you posted! Someday I'll have a Wheaten Ameraucana... they're one of my favorite breeds!!
Welcome.... glad your birds arrived healthy!! Nice selection you ordered. My 2 Exchequer Leghorns are 16 weeks old tomorrow.... can't wait for some more eggsHi all! I wanted to jump on this thread. All the great pics and reviews was why I ordered my juvenile Golden Buffs from them, which came two days ago and are doing great! I can't wait to integrate them in with my 11 other ladies. I just placed my spring chick order too, March can't come fast enough! I have my first rooster, a Buff Orpington coming, as well as more Golden Buffs, Wellsummers, Columbian Wyandotte, Australorp, White Leghorn, Exchequer Leghorn, and EEs. So excited!
Any pics of your Buffs? Can you tell how old they are?? Mine are 15 and 16 weeks and wondered if yours look like mine or if you can tell yours are going to lay soon.
Are you going to show them or just for eggs/pets? I don't think they're prices are that high but when you figure in the shipping it is. And of course a few of the specialty breeds are pretty pricey.I am seriously considering purchasing a few birds from Meyer. Just wanted to know, from those who have dealt with Meyer before, does the quality of their birds justify the higher price? They have some breeds that I have been wanting but they are not exactly cheap.
Overall, I've been very happy with them. A couple of duds here and there but for the most part nice birds. But I've only had them for 1 1/2 years so I don't have much to compare to.
Our feed store buys from Ideal in Texas and I have 7 birds from them. All nice.
My neighbor buys from Murray McMurray and quite frankly, I haven't loved their stock. They had 4 EE's and they all looked the same! Maybe just dumb luck but they were all just plain brown. Can't attest to the egg color because their whole flock got eaten just as they were starting to lay. Actually, that happened to them 2X this year! But that's another story. They also include packing peanuts and as someone else said, what am I going to do with all those males? I consider that an inconvenience when hatcheries do that. Their Leghorns lay huge eggs though; but I assume most do.
I also know someone that ordered from a breeder here in PA (they do ship as well so if you want to know who NOT to order from you can PM me. I don't want to put it out there) and it was an absolute disaster. She paid a fortune to buy them at 6 weeks old rather than 2 day old, they had mites when she picked them up, she didn't get the breeds she ordered, he said they would all be female and she ended up with 3 male out of 12 total chickens, 2 have died and now the flock has been diagnosed with MG!!!! And she had 2 other roosters on her property for over a year and were healthy so it was most def. from the breeder.
So, from now on I will only be going with reputable hatcheries which I know Meyer and Ideal are. AND the customer service at Meyer is amazing!! So many of us called and changed our orders (some more than once
I know... that's the last thing I need ... to find a home for lots of roosters.I've heard about those packing peanuts....