I agree. My serama rooster was bred with a silkie, and the chicks looked like seramas except for the 5 toes, feathered feet, and the crests on top of their heads.
I agree that the frizzle does look like a mottled chocolate. I have a mottled chocolate hen that is not frizzled, but she looks somewhat like that serama, minus the frizzling, of course!
You can move the poult to the brooder 2-3 days after the other poults that have pipped are done hatching. When I moved mine to the brooder, I just held the poult with both hands and placed them in gently, making sure to show them where their water was by dipping their beaks in for a very quick...
Another indication that can be done is tipping the poult on its back in your hand, and seeing if the poult puts its leg or legs up. If it is a hen, she will tuck her legs in close to her. If it is a tom, he will kick 1 or both legs out. This is 100% accurate, but it gave me an idea for my...
Yes, the sooner you get them, the better it will be for Thanksgiving dinner, or if you want to use them for breeding. I raised 2 Royal Palms, a Slate, and a Narragansett, at this time a year ago, and none of them were large enough to be used as a Thanksgiving dinner, even though I sold them...
I personally have never tried putting turkey eggs under a broody hen, but I have put eggs in an incubator. Out of the close to 30 eggs, I had 7 hatch, and 4 survive past the first week.
I kept my temperature at 99.5 degrees, and for humidity I kept it between 50% and 60%. I took my turner out at day 25 of incubation, and then increased the humidity to about 80%. I kept the incubator in lockdown from the time I took the turner out, until I knew for sure that all off the eggs...