Meyer Hatchery

[Apache Rose]

My friend and I ordered 50 chicks from Meyer Hatchery. 12 of them died the first two days, since then more than 1/2 of them have died. More than 1/2 of the order were smaller than the others, almost like the runts of the litter. It actually looks like some are a lot older than others. I did contact Meyer,they said they would reimburse me for the cost of the initial deaths. I canceled the credit card before the refund was issued, did not get refund, did not get any correspondence from Meyer asking where to send refund as it did not go through. This was the second time I bought from them. First time I bought 100 and only 1 was doa,no others died, which made me go back to Meyer. Never again.

 

[Pyxis]

Well, it does sound like this wasn't completely their fault. They did try to refund you and couldn't. Perhaps you should call them and let them know. I've ordered from them before and they've always been great, and I'm sure they would try to make it right. There's nothing they can do if they try to refund you and can't because the card was canceled. Maybe they mailed you a check and it hasn't arrived yet; they mailed me a refund check once in a similar situation and it takes a while to arrive.

 

[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.