Mine are still feathering out, but only have their heads left to go. I have quite a variety of colors. 3 of the six are silkied and the other 3 are standard feathered. It looks like 3 and 3 on pullets and cockerels too! 2 pullets are black and white,standard feather, 2 of the roosters are...
My guy has pretty much stagnated in his progress. I am adding a bit of prednisone left over from my own supply. I read somewhere about adding 2.5 mg twice daily for 5 days, then tapering down. It is though that inflammation is the cause of the condition. Hope it works.
As for tube...
I have a Crested Cream Legbar cockerel with wry neck right .His head twists completely upside sometimes. He is able to eat on his own though. He has been in hospital cage for 3 days getting Vit E, Selenium, nutria drench and Poly-Vi-Sol added to his food
No pips yet. They are not really due until Friday. I generally use puppy pee pads in my brooder. I don't have any wire on the floor for the pope to fall thru....
Congrats on your babies!
My eggs are on lockdown as of this morning. Looking for any hints on what to do (besides sitting on my hands). They are in a Brinsea Octagon 20 Advance with humidity pump. Of the 22 I originally received, 18 developed and 14 have made it to lockdown. Any...
4 chicks is great! This is my first attempt at Seramas, but from everything I have read and heard that are tough little buggers to hatch! Sounds like you are doing OK with them! Mine still have another 6 days until lockdown
Awesome! And congrats!!! That is amazing with shipped eggs! How far did they travel? I have 1 broody, but she is LF and would probably crush the eggs. Wish my Silkie was old enough to go broody...
Hi there! New to Serama's but not to chicks or to hatching. I just received 24 hatching eggs from some on here on BYC. they arrived it great shape yesterday and are settling since then. I have some options for incubating and an looking for some feedback on what would be the best way to go...