Hi there! I've got two handsome buggers that need a new home. One is a black and white silkie Serama (we've called him Methew🤣, he isn't a naked neck just growing in his big boy feathers). The other is a White with biege and gray splashes. (Sir Vulgaris) Both were hatched the 25th of August and...
Hatch went good despite alot of displaced air cells/scrambled eggs. Bad job USPS 😡 But, it's looking like 3 Roos and 6 hens, which I'm extremely happy with. Even ended up with a silkied and frizzled.
Ok, that's good to know. I have goldfish brain so remembering to hand turn wouldve involved setting alarms for me🤣
Although I know the optimal temp is 99.5 (like you said with the variations it's hard to keep it that way. I've figured out a way to keep it between 99-100. The middle part of the...
Thank you! She's my special baby and TY for your input. I get my eggs from ebay but I make sure I thoroughly look thru reviews and really pay attention to the living conditions and overall condition of the parent birds in the picture. Healthy eggs start w healthy parents IMO
2 Questions about what do you feel is better and more successful for hatching serama eggs...
1. Which is better? Automatic egg turner or hand turning? My incubators are ones where the eggs lay on their side and the tray rotates if that can affect the answer...
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2. My incubator has slight...
I agree...I've kept mine between 40-50, 50 max until lockdown then I'll raise it to 50-55. Soon as I start seeing pips or hearing chirps, I raise it to 60-65. Had good success w silkies that way. Btw I've learned through research that silkie eggs can handle a bit higher temp, so if something...
My serama hatched yall! And omg it is the cutest, tiniest thang I have ever seen! And more pics of the silkies bc why not, everyone loves cute chick pics🤣
All my silkies hatched (6 all together) and I'm pretty sure they are in my top 3 of cutest breeds as babies😍 only lost one due to not pipping and suffocating which sucked but yep I'm officially an Incubator-holic bc I'm already wondering what I can hatch next! Just waiting on my one serama to...
They are the SOFTEST chicken ever....I prefer the texture of my frizzle cochin feathers to my silkies...plus my kids named her Karen cuz she looks like she's made out of "Karen hair" 🤣 doesn't get better then that