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Well whatever either of them are I'm keeping them forever! They are both very sweet but the little black/white chick is super sweet. He/she has started running up to the cage door when I come up to it and jumping right into my hands. They were skittish for quite awhile but out of the blue a...

I've lost track of weeks so not sure what we're on now. 5 weeks maybe? The comb and wattles on the little cream/brown chick seems to be more pink and defined than the black/white chick. Laura what do you think? Black/white is a girl and brown/cream is a boy? Or still much to early to even guess?

I know it's bound to happen and is just a part of the whole deal, and I always think I'm prepared, but it has killed me the few times I've lost chicks and seriously made me question each time if it was worth it. By far the worst one for me was a turkey chick last spring. I hatched out a batch of...

Quote: So very sorry you lost your chick today. I know that tears at your heart. It makes me question sometimes if it's worth it. We do this for the enjoyment but it becomes a burden when it breaks your heart. I'm glad you had family there to comfort you. Healthy thoughts for your other...

Three and a half weeks now! I can't believe how quickly they change with all those feathers coming in! This is right before he/she decided flying onto my head would be a good idea. Okay, not Seramas but seriously some of the cutest chicks I've ever seen! Bantam Cochins, 4 days old.

Last year I hadn't found this forum, didn't have much of a clue what I was doing while incubating and hatching eggs yet I had great success. Never more than a couple eggs that didn't make it (out of 20-40 eggs). I even hatched out a batch of wild Eastern Turkey that I read were difficult to...

Okay, here's my little 'uns at two weeks old. Lots of feathers starting to come in and I'm thinking the Napoleon chick is smooth, don't you think Laura?

New Serama owner here! Went down to Jerry's this weekend and picked out a little trio to bring home. I'm already in love with these three and see this becoming an obession for sure! My wonderful husband is building me a hen house totally dedicated to Seramas and it's about 80% done. My three are...

Quote: Yeah, me too. They were excited to get outside and do chicken stuff. Last year I put out some bird seed for wild birds and sat this camera about a foot from the seed on the same platform....got some great wild bird closeups...then someone knocked it over. LoL, we had a camera my...

Quote: That was shortly after hatching. The size difference is even more noticable now that they're all upright. The little ones run under the Ameraucana's legs all the time. It's funny watching them all stumble over each other. I subscribed to this thread so be sure and post pics here so I...

Quote: Thank you so much! They are truly very entertaining. I had two Ameraucana eggs in with the Seramas and one hatched (the other pipped internally but never externally and passed away, when I broke the egg open to look at the chick I discovered it was deformed). It's funny how much bigger...

Quote: Sorry I didn't repsond sooner, I just now saw this thread had replies I had missed. I had a really poor hatch this first time out. I was using an LG incubator and just could not keep it steady with my house temps rising and falling this time of year. I was aiming for a 99.5 average...

Quote: Yeah for pips! Will be looking for updates about hatching! I ended up buying the eggs from Fattie so have a batch in the incubator right now. They're due Saturday 17th. I just candled today and had 5 out of 14 clear so those got tossed. The other 9 were bouncing around in their eggs so...

Just got my mealworm package from WestKnollAmy today! Thank you so much! Funny the first thing I read about when I came to this thread was the "designer bags" because that's the first thing I was going to comment on! Super, super cute! I was cautiously opening the box because I didn't know if...

Here are my litte two at 4 days old. At what point can you tell what kind of feathering they will have? Obviously Romeo's baby will be smooth but I was curious if Napoleon's baby might be something other than smooth. Romeo baby Napoleon baby