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Yes, she is the daughter () of my Napoleon (smooth) and Fawn (frizzled). They both carry the frizzle and silkie genes.
I just got an adrenaline rush
Napoleon and Fawn throw the most interesting babies. I have one completely silkied, one frizzled silkie (the second frizzled silkie...
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That's weird it looks like one side is smooth and the other is silkied... Do they parents carry the Silkied gene?
Yes, she is the daughter () of my Napoleon (smooth) and Fawn (frizzled). They both carry the frizzle and silkie genes.
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Soooo beautiful . . . if you have eggs for sale, any time, ever . . . I want them!
Yes, they should be fine together.
Lol that's what I was thinking! It's hard finding people who sell Silkied Serama eggs. It's usually smooth and some frizzles and the occasional Silkied. I've...
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THat is what I understand Bill, either it is frizzled or it is not and does not carry the gene.
Frizzled to smooth is 50% probability of frizzled or smooth. Probabilities are averaged over a large number and long period. Therefore, I can still have 4 frizzleds out of 4 hatched and...
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I don't use a turner with mine. The one time I did, the insides were so scrambled, wavy air sacs in every single one of them....but I know a lot of people do. Your eggs are going out later today or tomorrow morning
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Fingers are crossed for you!
Thanks, my grand-daughter gets to start showing her chickens this Feb. and she wants to show seramas, I can't afford to buy her a show serama from him, so he gave her the eggs to hatch. The white serama is the only ABA approved serama right now, so he...
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I am nervous but hope so much they hatch, I wanted some whites and also he sent some other colors. I look forward to see what you hatch out. Jerry is a very nice man and I am so thankful to have some of his eggs and I hope some of his offspring soon.
Fingers are crossed for you!
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Yep! You enabler you!!! And I do literally thank you everyday...especially for my Zephyr He IS Castle Delight Seramas! (p.s. I want more eggs when you have them. I think I'm going to set in February )
he he... just remind me, the girls have been layin up a storm.. maybe due...
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Pamperedpoultry started me on my Seramas too! Bonus eggs in with sizzles....I thank her everyday Welcome to Serama World!
mmmmmuuuaaaaahhhh (my evil laugh) you went from no serama to serama crazy!! and its all my fault.. Love it!!!
Yep! You enabler you!!! And I do literally...
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Same as other chicks its all about nutrition and prevention. Vaccines, cleanliness, good feed, clean water. Think of a chihuahua and a great dane, smaller with a faster metabolism so power pack their food from day one,. Prevention - sounds dumb but they can drown in an inch of water...
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I've witnessed marek's with a friend's chickens...I hope you are wrong
I have had several chicks suffer from not being able to walk, splayed legs, almost coma like for days. Vitamin deficiency in every single one of them. I put them all on a strict regime of vitamin B, D and E...
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I lost both babies that were trying to hatch when I came home just now. They both died within minutes of each other. I'm devastated. It feels like I lost Thadd all over again - twice.