...stop myself from seeking even more (useless) information
don't work and i'm not sorry (except i will be teaching freshman english this year - *sigh*)
love animals to a neurotic degree
crave odd, disturbing art/forms
drive a volvo station wagon
got turned onto chickens by a rogue escapee...
i've always seen really good things written on the board about hovas so sounds like you are on the right track.
welcome to the board - it's an awesome community!
hi revelu!
i leave mine in the bator to hatch but i turn the "turner" off during the last two days (i hatch serama usually).
for my last hatch i left the babies in the r-com for a full day after the hatch but i lowered the humidity by quite a bit during that time. during other hatches i have...
adorable!
congrats.
i usually leave my babies in the bator until they are dry or near dry and then i move them to a brooder. if they aren't drying off fast enough i do try to adjust the humidity so that they dry more quickly. it looks like you did a great job!
otg is right - you don't have to but it can be really exciting to do so!
i would recommend you candle at least one egg just for the thrill/wonder of seeing that little chick moving around LIVE in the shell. it's such an awesome feeling.
what i do when i candle is i do it right next to the bator...
update:
the most developed egg hatch yesterday!
the chick seems fine.
i didn't see him pip or zip - he was FAST!
because i was using the r-com i couldn't take the turner out, i could only turn it on or off. i opted to leave it on and leave the humidity at a normal level. apparently that didn't...
i have two pair of modern game bantams and the boys are starting to get snippy with each other so i am seeking a home for one pair!
the boys are lemon blues (BEAUTIFUL) and the girls are dark brown with lemon.
i'm selling only ONE pair (one male and one female) and keeping the other.
it is too...
so . . .
let's get this part out of the way. i'm a total dum dum. i know. i admit it. you don't have to tell me.
moving right along . . .
being the total hatchaholic that i am i put some of my own eggies in the bator five days ago. in this batch are some serama eggs (yea!) and also some mutt...
it's always sad when our little ones don't make it. most of us get sad i think. i had one that passed last week and i posted the little story just lookin' for hugs cause i was sad. i'm very sorry for your loss. and please don't be so hard on yourself. it is 'natural' for some chicks to die in...
i love to trade art - do you?
in particular i am a huge fan of "funky" art. i love stuff that is imperfectly perfect - one of a kind stuff that has character, spunk and whimsy. (these qualities are hard, if not impossible to find in mass produced "art.")
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you don't have to be a "good" artist...
i hatched this little serama dude last week.
he was the first one out of the eggs and i named him "rocky" because he wanted out soooooo bad. he fought like a little champ to get himself out of that darn egg.
he is a very energetic little guy and photographs well. i didn't notice it until i...
sorry about your experience, what a bummer.
i've had good and bad luck with ebay but i've only every bought "stuff" and not birds or eggs. i've had people not send my items once i've paid and such.
however, i've also gotten really awesome deals on ebay on "one of a kind" items and so i just...
i hatched out a batch of serama eggs last thursday and had 15 babies hatch live.
the smallest of the chicks seemed to be having trouble standing/balancing and would lay on his right side all the time but he was very verbal so i though maybe it was simply a splay leg or something along those...