As I sit here the night before our trip to the Ohio State Fair I decide I should lay out everything I need to take in the morning. Pink Chicken socks … check! Favorite Meyer Hatchery tee … check! Looks like I am ready to dive into some fair food (I mean watching some great fair projects compete for the
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Every chick’s dream is to be on the cover of the Meyer Hatchery catalog. Help make your chick’s dream a reality by taking really great pictures of your birds. To ensure your photo is cover chick quality, read through our list of tips and tricks to set up your photo shoot. Occupy your Subject: Taking pictures of moving objects can
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And now, the day everyone has been waiting for: MOVE IN DAY! All of the finishing touches were in place. Surprisingly, everything went off without a hitch. No loose hens running around with Meyer Hatchery employees chasing in hot pursuit. First, we had to gather the flocks from surrounding farms where we brood the chicks until they’re through adolescence. Here are
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It was time to divide and conquer the new breeder house…literally! Each breed requires its own pen to be sure like varieties are mating only with one another. This house holds 27 breeds, so, we would need enough pens to keep them separate. Down one side, we planned for large pens for our larger flocks, like Easter Eggers, Dominiques, and
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Now that the exterior of our breeder house is complete we’ve headed inside to construct a cozy home for our flocks. That’s right, we’ve changed hats from chicken hatchers to interior designers. Smack down the middle of the entire house, we poured a cement walkway for people traffic. On either side, we have plans for individual pens for each breed.
Read moreFinally, a little sunshine! It’s what we’ve been waiting for. Spirits seem lifted and progress on the breeder house is moving right along. In a previous post, we showed the first wall being sided. That left us with three to finish up after the ceilings were wrapped up. Lucky for us the sun was shining on a day that would be
Read moreConstruction on our breeder house is rolling right along. We have a roof over our heads to shield us from the rain at least. The latest addition to the project was putting in the ceiling. We decided on a durable sheet material that comes on a roll. Installation was quick and sort of funny to watch. Two men held the roll
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