I received my small box order from Meyers this morning. I wanted to share how they do it and why I am very comfortable ordering winter chicks.
All 9 chicks arrived healthy,active,very warm and alive.
They were in a small box with a heating pack that covered the bottom then the mat material on...
I had a little partridge cochin bantam sitting on a clutch ( I had switched some out) most hatched day before yesterday, I had one slow poke hatch 30 hours later( i.e. finally fully out at about 10 pm with a little help - had internally pipped with the rest ,had external pip about 2 hours after...
This cockerel,Puppy, was hatched under my OEG bantam, but not her egg, blue egg..( blue egg layers are blue ameraucana, 2 crested cream legbars, and 1 Easter egger ( but based on size shape doubt it was hers - lighter and since she is a couple years old much older her eggs are bigger) I have the...
I received a cackle crazy chicken lady package from 13september hatch. I received 14 very healthy chick's that I had integrated and living as free range chick's within 7 days ( I had 2 bloodiest hatch chick's 2 days before they arrived, while they did not take them they do bully any flock member...
Hi all, as a lifelong horse and dog owner ( goat & cows too,) dogs love to see the farrier coming..well I have learned over time that the chickens do too..I thought it was mostly hens until today..I realized that the little qp day to 4 week chicks were also scurrying about getting trimmed hoof...
I have been looking for the spring ( well actually since this past spring ) to find spangled oeg bantams
The few places that had them either no longer breed them or I couldnt find any info..even some of the bantam groups on fb I got zero response.apparently every other color is available
So...
I have a quirky broody hen, this will be her 4th group to raise ( which for 1st time includes 2 of her eggs)
Anyway, she came in the cat door and laid a clutch in bed room and started sitting ( thankfully this room is closed off, in the winter is is so the outside cats can come in or sick...
Hi, i have a lovely Maran ( maye cochin) roo, he was an adopt me from Meyers, knew he was a roo from about 10 days..named him Rocko/Rocky. He is not a fighter though.
I have zero idea of what he is other than a Maran or cochin
Meyers carries the following:
MARANS:
CUCKOO
BLUE CUCKOO
WHEATON...
Hi, this is a mix, hatched from either a blue egg.
My blue egg layers are my crested cream legbar,a hoover easter egger, and meyers green queen bantam.
My roos at the time
A splash (BBS) Ameraucana from Meyers, Meyers Green Queen bantam , a golden sebright, a jubilee orpington and a...
These are between 4 days and nearly 3 weeks. Probably from Hoovers ,last little ones at my local tsc and manager offered them to me deeply discounted so they wouldnt go in with a bunchof standard sized chicks from day old to 3 weeks.
There is a grey that is feathered in quite a bit, has light...
I bought 4 chicks because they had lots of 1-2 week old and very few small ( bantams or polish ) and had just gotten all standard chicks in..the store manager is a lifetime horseman from a ranching/racing family..he knew i would take them..so sold them to me for $1
Anyway, i know the two...
Ok, this is gonna sound odd.
My chickens range from almpst 2 years old to 10 days old. They live a free range life, roosting under the extended roof the covers a conctete ares,they roost here, a few loners roost on front porch. It is not unusual for my young 5-6 week old hatchery birds,mt light...
Cicely is about 15 months old, been broody 3 times, hatched whatever eggs were around and raised very good free range birds. Anyway, she "weaned" her current chicks at 10 weeks when the little cockerel started trying to crow ( they are inadvertently able to be sexed based on color and pattern...
This guy showed up thursday living in the wild brush areas..i found him in one of the crates last night.he is gentle,malnourished and been in some fights. I happen to know at a barn about 1/4 mile down the road they have "friendly" rooster fights ( no metal spurs, spurs dubbed ) this boy has...
I am not sure what Rocko is. He was an adopt me from 27 March 2023 hatch from Meyers
The types of Marans are as follows( i included those he is obviously not)
Wheaten,black copper,blue copper cuckoo,splash,blue cuckoo,golden cuckoo,& blue birchen.
He is massive,bigger than many of my older...
I have a Crested Cream Legbar fromMeyers ,she is a 28 November hatch.
She started laying a lovely blue egg about 7 weeks ago. She had several soft eggs,wasnt concerned.she started laying regularly a nice large to xl egg..but very quickly found her having jumbo eggs, double yokes about 3 out of...
This chick was an adopt me from27 March 27 hatch. I am still not sure what it is.
Very docile, soft feathered, white skin on bottom of feet, slate/ dark shanked. Dark comb.
Appears to be a blue
WEll feathered feet and shanks.
Meyers doesnt have any odd marans they have blue copper and blue...