My Pet Chcken or Meyers?

[TillinWithMyPeeps]

Do the Faverolle feathered feet pose any problems?

 

[hcammack]

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I have found that to be honest I don't even notice them. When kept inside they will be pretty and long but with freeranging they are much shorter and less noticable.

 

[gkeesling]

what's the website for Meyers? Does anyone have it? I'd like to check them out. I ordered from Ideal for my first batch of chicks but they are way down in Texas (I'm in Indiana). I'm wondering where Meyers is.

 

[hcammack]

Meyer is in Ohio. www.meyerhatchery.com is the website I think.

 

[Cetawin]

Oh go with Meyer...I love my birds from them. Out of 21 pullets ordered, I only received one roo which was perfect for me. All the birds are great. I got


BOs
BA
GLW
EEs
S Faverolles
Cochins
RIR
Dominique
Golden Buffs (one laid at 14 weeks old the rest at 16 and 17 weeks old)
PR


The Faverolles are sweeties and cold hardy. I did lose one at 4 days old....she was just never a strong girl. Faverolles are a bit more fragile as chicks but I really love them. One of them is my avatar.

Also, my girls hatched on a Monday in Ohio, shipped on Monday and they were here in Oregon on Tuesday afternoon!

I believe MPC gets their chicks from Meyer anyway...

 

[Cetawin]

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Not a problem that I noticed....my cochins, faverolles and brahma have feathered feet and I have had no problem. My splash cochin has amazing feathers on her feet and I sometimes wash them for her because of the dirt but she is spoiled anyway. LOL

 

[PortageGirl]

Meyers is within reasonable driving distance for me so my chicks will arrive in comfort in the back of my station wagon!

< that's not the 'cool' smiley, that's a 'smug' smiley!! *ducks and runs for cover* The other good thing is I can get less than 25 or 50 that way according to the person I talked to.

I too have worried about feathered feet though... I had decided to avoid them, hmmm, I may rethink that now though.

 

[HorseFeathers]

Yes, I believe they get a lot of chicks from Meyers... We bought from them and all chicks were fine except one "packing peanut" they threw in free. I think they asked us before the sent the extra though.

 

[PortageGirl]

Yes, Meyer will ship fewer birds with 'packing peanuts' included, (usually an obviously different color so you know) but they charge an extra fee. It's understandable I guess, but picking them up avoids that charge.

 

[keliejc]

I am a chicken newbie and I ordered my chicks from Meyer hatchery. I ordered 2 Easter eggers, 1 Australorp, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Welsummer, 1 Cuckoo Maran, and 1 Silver Laced Wyandotte. I was adamant about wanting chickens that could handle a Michigan winter, and they could ONLY be GIRLS as I have one cranky old neighbor and the legality of my keeping hens is questionable. I chose Meyer because they will ship small numbers, they have a 90+% sexing accuracy, and they weren't far from Michigan. The Welsummer chick wasn't available when I called in my order, but again I was positive that I wanted one (I actually wanted two). The lady I spoke with convinced me to try a Cuckoo Maran instead (they also lay dark-ish eggs) and promised to call me when the Welsummer would be available so that all the chicks could be shipped at the same time. Fast forward six weeks - she called like she said she would, the chicks shipped out one day early, they are ALL GIRLS, and there was one extra in the package - another Buff Orpington girl. All chicks survived and thrived. One of the Easter eggers did develop a twisted beak, but she is feisty enough to keep herself fed and lay an egg once in a while. I will DEFINATELY order from Meyer again.