Meyer hatchery reviews???

[Legendchicken]

Heres a pic of some of them from meyer. The silkies were not from meyer though
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[chickmom3941]

Our flock is from Meyer's, and they are four years old now. The photo to the left shows three of them. They seem to be very happy, with pretty much no health problems since we got them. I would definitely recommend Meyer's!

 

[Kristen D]

i ordered 17 chicks from them in the beginning of jan. all arrived alive and healthy and shipped to me in only 2 days so far it looks like only one is a roo. all are growing nicely. 17 was more then i needed but ordering in winter you have to order alot( for me). i will be rehoming 9 with 2 different families i know (5&4) who were building coops so i offered some free chickens to get them started. that will leave me with 16 chickens and

3 ducks altogether. here's some of them hanging out in the duckhouse.

Awww they're so cute!

 

[Heavnlydove]

Waiting for my 15 chicks from Meyers. Shipped yesterday. 10 Easter eggers and 5 Cochin. Hope they all arive healthy!

 

[lilybug51]

I ordered from meyer 4 easter eggers, 4 golden laced wyandottes, 4 silver laced wyandottes, 4 blue cochins and 1 blue cochin roo. All but one silver wyandotte (she wasn't doing well when she arrived) are doing great at 2 weeks old today.

 

[chickmom3941]

Our flock is from Meyer's, and they are four years old now. The photo to the left shows three of them. They seem to be very happy, with pretty much no health problems since we got them. I would definitely recommend Meyer's!

Since one of our hens went broody in mid-July (as she does every summer), I bought her 4 chicks to raise. 2 silver laced wyandottes, and 2 welsummers (from Meyers again). They arrived in great condition, and are three weeks old now. They are doing very well, and momma hen (Bertha) loves her new "kids"....

 

[MrsChickens]

I wanted to report my experience with Meyer Hatchery 2/2018. I ordered 10 Marans and 5 Buff Orpingtons. The chicks were shipped and received within 24 hours picked up at USPS 10:00 a.m. The outside temps were mid 60's no winds to speak of. Opening the box at home I noticed the 2 white Maran females and the 2 Blue Copper Maran females and 2 Blue Copper Maran females were VERY TINY. The Orpingtons seemed small but I had never experienced that breed. Chicks were placed in NEW brooder with 97* readings on heat lamp, puppy pads on brooder floor, Medicated starter and supplements. I ordered GroGel, probiotics/electrolytes/vitamin packs and prepared Grogel immediately presenting to the chicks - prepared water with filtered spring water room temp with feeder filled with medicated crumble. One of the white Marans was listless and would not take Grogel, water or food. That bird died by end of day. The next morning the other white Marans died. I notified Meyer, they refunded the $23 for the birds. I told them my concerns with the frail/listless condition of the 4 Blue Copper Marans. Over the course of the first week, 2 white Marans, 4 Blue Copper Marans and 1 Golden Cucko Marans femal and all five Orpington were dead. Folks that 11 chicks out of 15 dead within the first week. After the first two losses, I mixed up an ACV in second water in the brooder. Those birds failed to thrive while one Black Copper Marans male, one Golden Cuckoo Marans and one meal maker (?) have survived. Clearly Meyer mailed chicks infected with coccidiosis. I cancelled other orders with two other sources because I didn't want to loose those chicks. I wrote to Meyer expressing all this. Their response is they don't refund chicks older than 48 hrs, directed me to a book that covered coccidiosis and basically told me to pound sand. This is clearly the wrong customer service response. I plan to challenge the $197 credit card charge and will post this on all forums. Order from Meyer at your own risk. They completely failed to step up to a problem that rests solely on their hands

 

[Kristen D]

I wanted to report my experience with Meyer Hatchery 2/2018. I ordered 10 Marans and 5 Buff Orpingtons. The chicks were shipped and received within 24 hours picked up at USPS 10:00 a.m. The outside temps were mid 60's no winds to speak of. Opening the box at home I noticed the 2 white Maran females and the 2 Blue Copper Maran females and 2 Blue Copper Maran females were VERY TINY. The Orpingtons seemed small but I had never experienced that breed. Chicks were placed in NEW brooder with 97* readings on heat lamp, puppy pads on brooder floor, Medicated starter and supplements. I ordered GroGel, probiotics/electrolytes/vitamin packs and prepared Grogel immediately presenting to the chicks - prepared water with filtered spring water room temp with feeder filled with medicated crumble. One of the white Marans was listless and would not take Grogel, water or food. That bird died by end of day. The next morning the other white Marans died. I notified Meyer, they refunded the $23 for the birds. I told them my concerns with the frail/listless condition of the 4 Blue Copper Marans. Over the course of the first week, 2 white Marans, 4 Blue Copper Marans and 1 Golden Cucko Marans femal and all five Orpington were dead. Folks that 11 chicks out of 15 dead within the first week. After the first two losses, I mixed up an ACV in second water in the brooder. Those birds failed to thrive while one Black Copper Marans male, one Golden Cuckoo Marans and one meal maker (?) have survived. Clearly Meyer mailed chicks infected with coccidiosis. I cancelled other orders with two other sources because I didn't want to loose those chicks. I wrote to Meyer expressing all this. Their response is they don't refund chicks older than 48 hrs, directed me to a book that covered coccidiosis and basically told me to pound sand. This is clearly the wrong customer service response. I plan to challenge the $197 credit card charge and will post this on all forums. Order from Meyer at your own risk. They completely failed to step up to a problem that rests solely on their hands

So sorry to hear. I had much the same experience. They did have great customer service, and replaced them so I can't complain there. The have very runty, deformed chicks. Many died, the rest were deformed, and a bunch were severely stunted. I have not left a review yet, because I really feel terrible leaving bad reviews. You're definitely not alone though.

 

[MrsChickens]

So sorry to hear. I had much the same experience. They did have great customer service, and replaced them so I can't complain there. The have very runty, deformed chicks. Many died, the rest were deformed, and a bunch were severely stunted. I have not left a review yet, because I really feel terrible leaving bad reviews. You're definitely not alone though.

I spent $275.82 on 15 chicks - all died but 3 and was refunded only $73. Not only did they not refund the entire order of dead chicks but have disabled my account. Apparently they don't like the negative reviews I have left them on several forums. It's the same review I've left here copied several times. It is truthful but clearly they don't stand behind their products and their exotic birds have major disease problems. I suppose if you order $3-$5 chicks it's not devastating when the order dies, but I expected better than that. I ordered all Marans. The white, splash, blue and blk copper died. they were out of stock for the season and could not be replaced. The golden cuckoo and their bantam meal maker survived. I have purchased through private breeders and have a very healthy flock of GFF Marans. I should have never considered Meyers but wanted the white and blues...NEVER AGAIN. People beware. Meyer is helpful, courteous and eager to work with you as long as you're on the buying end of the arrangements. Should you have an issue, they hold to their 48 hr policy and refuse refund on diseased or troubled stock. BTW in speaking with several vets in my area on the sequential death of the birds over five days, BOTH suggest either yolk infections or coccidiosis.

 

[Kristen D]

I spent $275.82 on 15 chicks - all died but 3 and was refunded only $73. Not only did they not refund the entire order of dead chicks but have disabled my account. Apparently they don't like the negative reviews I have left them on several forums. It's the same review I've left here copied several times. It is truthful but clearly they don't stand behind their products and their exotic birds have major disease problems. I suppose if you order $3-$5 chicks it's not devastating when the order dies, but I expected better than that. I ordered all Marans. The white, splash, blue and blk copper died. they were out of stock for the season and could not be replaced. The golden cuckoo and their bantam meal maker survived. I have purchased through private breeders and have a very healthy flock of GFF Marans. I should have never considered Meyers but wanted the white and blues...NEVER AGAIN. People beware. Meyer is helpful, courteous and eager to work with you as long as you're on the buying end of the arrangements. Should you have an issue, they hold to their 48 hr policy and refuse refund on diseased or troubled stock. BTW in speaking with several vets in my area on the sequential death of the birds over five days, BOTH suggest either yolk infections or coccidiosis.

Mine just arrived dead, or barely clinging to life. The ones that did survive had serious deformities. I sent photos of the dead birds, and they sent out new ones which came alive. I just accepted, and won't order from them again. they never disabled my account or treated me like that. They were very pleasant to deal with actually.