Of the five eggs, three chicks hatched. A fourth egg is in the incubator as a possibly late hatch. The fifth egg died early in incubation. Not bad for a first time!
The rooster is a booted serama. His crow is medium, but his brother has a soft Crow which would be fine in town. This serama pair is in the house. The crow is soft. Many serama have a very loud Crow so if you get one make sure it is an adult where you know what the crow sounds like.
I love to get some Japanese bantams.
I am getting four or five eggs a day. I only have a few hens.
I also have three hens brooding sitting eggs and one with chicks. This one is in the house bathroom sitting in the shower.
Serama pets.
My roosters are way too small to defend against a dog or any large predator. They do a great job of watching for Hawks and alerting the flock. I rarely lose any birds to the big big hawks.
My free range birds are locked in today. Having a winter storm and snow and snow and snow and snow. No plan letting the birds out because they wouldn't find anything to eat anyway.