Meyer Hatchery Chicken pics anyone??

[Sunshine0235]

Ooo pics please! We are getting a light brahma chick in March, husband's pick but I'm excited! I noticed in your signature that you have other brahma chicks. May I ask how old they are and where they are from? I would love a buff laced brahma one day and I really like the look of dark brahmas too!

Yes, you can have pics,



(the middle left chick is a gold laced brahma, and the spotted head to the right is SFH)

(gold laced brahma in the center, the rest are lights)

The gold laced brahma I have is a week old today, hatched from eggs bought on ebay. The buff laced brahma I have is about 6 weeks old, I bought it from a man down in kentucky near lexington area, about 3.5 hour drive to pick it up along with the buff brahmas, he was advertising it as gold laced, but when I got there they were actually buff laced, with the white edge instead of black. Hopefully the gold laced and buff laced will make a pair. I have some more laced brahmas on order from someone in Wisconsin, and someone in Georgia, and some buff LF in ohio, Im going all out with brahmas, the lights I got today will be going into a project pen with buff pullets and a speckled sussex rooster for an eventual speckled brahma. Thats going to be a few years in the making though.

Here is the buff laced,

 

[COChix]

Ooo pics please! We are getting a light brahma chick in March, husband's pick but I'm excited! I noticed in your signature that you have other brahma chicks. May I ask how old they are and where they are from? I would love a buff laced brahma one day and I really like the look of dark brahmas too!

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[autumnhearth]

Yes, you can have pics,


The gold laced brahma I have is a week old today, hatched from eggs bought on ebay. The buff laced brahma I have is about 6 weeks old, I bought it from a man down in kentucky near lexington area, about 3.5 hour drive to pick it up along with the buff brahmas, he was advertising it as gold laced, but when I got there they were actually buff laced, with the white edge instead of black. Hopefully the gold laced and buff laced will make a pair. I have some more laced brahmas on order from someone in Wisconsin, and someone in Georgia, and some buff LF in ohio, Im going all out with brahmas, the lights I got today will be going into a project pen with buff pullets and a speckled sussex rooster for an eventual speckled brahma. Thats going to be a few years in the making though.

Thank you! So cute! Brahma babies remind me of little Eskimos. How exciting, that's quite the endeavor you've taken! I love the buff with white lacing, what a lucky find!

 

[autumnhearth]

Sitting here with Miss Victoria, my husband's Silver Grey Dorking (pictured in my new avatar). Poor dear somehow broke/lost the majority of one of her nails on her back feet. I was going to shut the girls up in the coop for the day as the wind was really picking up when I noticed splatters of blood on the straw. I searched all the girls for signs of injury. She had been hiding out in a nest box but stepped out when I brought in a small dish of water. She had blood on her feathers and feet so I rushed her in. Cleaned her up, spayed with Vetricyn, dabbed with Blu-Kote and later applied some Sierra Sage Green Goo Salve I just got in the mail and bandaged her back toe up. She's a good patient. When I was cleaning up the dried blood on her underside I noticed she has a bare spot on her belly. She's still molting, but there are no pin feathers coming through there. Waiting for the husband to get home so we can carry the brooder/infirmary in. So until then it's Dorking snuggle time. No school for the boy today or tomorrow due to the dangerous windchill here.

 

[COChix]

Sitting here with Miss Victoria, my husband's Silver Grey Dorking (pictured in my new avatar).  Poor dear somehow broke/lost the majority of one of her nails on her back feet.  I was going to shut the girls up in the coop for the day as the wind was really picking up when I noticed splatters of blood on the straw.  I searched all the girls for signs of injury.  She had been hiding out in a nest box but stepped out when I brought in a small dish of water.  She had blood on her feathers and feet so I rushed her in.  Cleaned her up, spayed with Vetricyn, dabbed with Blu-Kote and later applied some Sierra Sage Green Goo Salve I just got in the mail and bandaged her back toe up.  She's a good patient.  When I was cleaning up the dried blood on her underside I noticed she has a bare spot on her belly.  She's still molting, but there are no pin feathers coming through there.  Waiting for the husband to get home so we can carry the brooder/infirmary in.  So until then it's Dorking snuggle time.  No school for the boy today or tomorrow due to the dangerous windchill here.

So pretty! Some broody hens will pull out their breast feathers to help warm the eggs. Not sure if that is what is going on, just thought I would share what I have learned.

 

[COChix]

Got s few shots today of our gang today, found the two Wellies side by side in the nest box and I just so happened to have m phone.

Nutmeg, Saffron left after a few shots, didn't get any close of her.

Shots of Rocco. I don't think I posted here but on Valentine's Day my BF and I culled and processed Bruno, our second in command BO roo. Probably four days after my wrist surgery, the gang was out free ranging and it was duskish so figured better go get everyone rounded up and into the run. When I got out there all the hens were in the run and the two roo's were still in free range area. At first glance I thought they had found something like a mouse and where standing over it, but when I rounded the corner, my heart sunk. They were both bloody and they were fighting, not just squabbling but fighting. They were exhausted and I was able to grab Bruno with my good arm and yelled at my dear BF to come help. He grabbed Rocco, both were very bloody and it was dark, I have a bad arm and my BF couldn't deal with them atm due to work. So we put Bruno in the small coop and let Rocco be with the flock. I was so sad, why....I know chickens do this, but still, they had never fought. Anyway, the next day, I reviewed the video tapes from the chicken areas and found that they had been fighting for forty minutes, maybe longer as the beginning of the fight seemed to happen somewhere off camera view. The next day, I was able to look at them both and Bruno took the brunt of it of the top of his head and comb as evidenced by the missing feathers and blood. Rocco seemed to have healed from frostbite just fine, only to have some of his wattles ripped off during the fight. The flock is adjusting, Rocco is very Leary of me and looks a bit smaller than he used too, I think due to the frostbite on his wattles and now the stress & recovery from the fight. I am trying to win his heart by hand feeding him his fav snacks, grapes, BOSS and kale. A lot of the girls have bald backs from the boys obviously competing for dominance, so that helped seal the deal for Bruno. I have already seen some of the girls starting to get pin feather again.

Sorry this last shot isn't better, like I said he runs now when I start to come close.

I am still reading just can't type a whole bunch due to wrist, got my bandage or soft cast removed Monday, have about 4 inch incision. Restrictions for another 6 weeks. I am going batty now that I am feeling better, but can't push/pull/lift anything more than 2 pounds. Chickens included so lots of reading and BYC.

 

[christine9]

Got s few shots today of our gang today, found the two Wellies side by side in the nest box and I just so happened to have m phone.

Nutmeg, Saffron left after a few shots, didn't get any close of her.

Shots of Rocco. I don't think I posted here but on Valentine's Day my BF and I culled and processed Bruno, our second in command BO roo. Probably four days after my wrist surgery, the gang was out free ranging and it was duskish so figured better go get everyone rounded up and into the run. When I got out there all the hens were in the run and the two roo's were still in free range area. At first glance I thought they had found something like a mouse and where standing over it, but when I rounded the corner, my heart sunk. They were both bloody and they were fighting, not just squabbling but fighting. They were exhausted and I was able to grab Bruno with my good arm and yelled at my dear BF to come help. He grabbed Rocco, both were very bloody and it was dark, I have a bad arm and my BF couldn't deal with them atm due to work. So we put Bruno in the small coop and let Rocco be with the flock. I was so sad, why....I know chickens do this, but still, they had never fought. Anyway, the next day, I reviewed the video tapes from the chicken areas and found that they had been fighting for forty minutes, maybe longer as the beginning of the fight seemed to happen somewhere off camera view. The next day, I was able to look at them both and Bruno took the brunt of it of the top of his head and comb as evidenced by the missing feathers and blood. Rocco seemed to have healed from frostbite just fine, only to have some of his wattles ripped off during the fight. The flock is adjusting, Rocco is very Leary of me and looks a bit smaller than he used too, I think due to the frostbite on his wattles and now the stress & recovery from the fight. I am trying to win his heart by hand feeding him his fav snacks, grapes, BOSS and kale. A lot of the girls have bald backs from the boys obviously competing for dominance, so that helped seal the deal for Bruno. I have already seen some of the girls starting to get pin feather again.

Sorry this last shot isn't better, like I said he runs now when I start to come close.

I am still reading just can't type a whole bunch due to wrist, got my bandage or soft cast removed Monday, have about 4 inch incision. Restrictions for another 6 weeks. I am going batty now that I am feeling better, but can't push/pull/lift anything more than 2 pounds. Chickens included so lots of reading and BYC.

I just love the wellies! I was never interested in them except for their eggs. I thought they'd be boring brown chickens. But I just love my pumpkin. She's really sweet and curious.

Sorry to hear about your boys. I guess it's one of those risks of keeping roos. Hoping you're back to yourself soon!

 

[kkwinwy]

Exciting to have found this thread... My Meyer hatchery order will come in April. Can't wait!

 

[trsturself]

Ooo pics please! We are getting a light brahma chick in March, husband's pick but I'm excited! I noticed in your signature that you have other brahma chicks. May I ask how old they are and where they are from? I would love a buff laced brahma one day and I really like the look of dark brahmas too!

I love the dark brahmas too. We are getting one in a couple months.

 

[trsturself]

I did the coloring on the vent trick today for our CCL and BLRW. I'm pretty sure they are both laying but I want to see which is their egg. I remember when I got a dozen of the CCL eggs to hatch I put one of our EE eggs in there and I couldn't tell it apart so I think that may be happening here. We'll see. Sorry I didn't get any pictures taken, I pulled my phone out and it was dead.

DH and I spent quite a bit of time in the run today. We held the two head roosters and let poor Carter come out of the coop for awhile. He hasn't been on the ground in a long time. He was really nervous at first but after he realized he wasn't going to get attacked he started scratching in the new straw I put down today and even mounted our little bantam EE. Our CCL roo is attacking him now too. Poor Carter is missing 2 toenails now.

We also made plans for some window coverings (about 4'x6') that will be able to be lifted to make shade in the summer and lowered to protect against rain/snow/wind. And talked about how to turn a small fenced off area in the goat pen into a place for meat birds.

I've been working on my garden plan slowly and got some seeds started inside. We are lucky and have a ton of raw space to work with but it's almost too much space, it's overwhelming trying to plan it and get it ready before spring is here.

We are supposed to get a big storm this weekend. I think I'll go out Sat morning before the snow starts and make sure everyone has enough food/water to last until Monday so I won't have to go out in the middle of the storm. We'll have the Sunday's eggs freeze but I'd rather that then go out in it. lol

We worked on our laundry room this morning. It used to have 2 sets of small cheap mismatched white cabinets in it. We took those down and put up the kitchen cabinets from our flooded basement kitchen. It gave us enough room to get the shelving unit we had in there out and it feels so much bigger now. We're hoping our next litter of puppies will be able to be kept in there instead of our kitchen. Eating and having a puppy poop right next to you is not the ideal thing. lol

I got our beehive and got that put together. Just need to paint it and it will be ready for our bees in a couple months.

Now I have some toddler boots to crochet, a dresser to paint, a garden to plan, a couple rooms to paint, and I need to pack for my trip next week.