American serama thread!

[Lunar]

awww Sally....they are adorable. I had to go after a Silkie earlier this week....so glad I did. It ended up being a black Showgirl; well worth the stress of helping. She is doing great.

My Serama girls are in gear now. Yesterday and today I have gotten 5 eggs from 5 hens.

I should be really set for Tues. I ordered some and will have my own to boot.

Now if only the ordered ones will have a frizzle in the bunch.

My little Uno is going to have quite a harem when he gets going this spring.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

awww Sally....they are adorable. I had to go after a Silkie earlier this week....so glad I did. It ended up being a black Showgirl; well worth the stress of helping. She is doing great.

My Serama girls are in gear now. Yesterday and today I have gotten 5 eggs from 5 hens.

I should be really set for Tues. I ordered some and will have my own to boot.

Now if only the ordered ones will have a frizzle in the bunch.

My little Uno is going to have quite a harem when he gets going this spring.

did she have an internal pip or no

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Also typically are serama beaks towards the lower dip in the aircell like reg size chickens?

 

[Lunar]

Yes, she was chirping and wiggling, but no cracks at all. Her clutch mates were out and she started to sound like she was getting weaker, so I jumped in. They only have about 20 hours of air. I waited 16. She had gotten her head thru the membrane into the air sac, but was trapped with her head turned so she couldn't hit the shell. I used a warm,moist towel to hold her egg and broke the egg shell first in a circle. Then I candled it to see where her head was and tore a hole in the outer membrane. Thats when I could see she was turned with the back of her head against the shell.

I tore the top off the shell and kept her damp and started peeling shell/membrane off. IF YOU HIT BLOOD...STOP. Let her stay put for a bit and then start again. Keep it moist and warm. She had absorbed the yolk, so I was lucky and got her out in about half an hour. I just took shell off first and then started rolling down the membrane toward her rump. When I could see that she had absorbed the yolk and was closed up, I laid her back in the hatcher and let her break free of the membrane on her own. I broke all the shell off and just had her and a small amount of the membrane left on her when I did that.

Make sure your humidity stays up for this so she doesn't dry out to bad. I did have to give her a bath the next day as she was all sticky from drying out in the egg. There are several good videos on YouTube. I put her a washcloth in the hatcher to lay on and she dried and was fine in about 12 hours. (I have a fan in my hatcher) She snuggled with her clutch mates and is now eating and drinking and running around a brooder tub with them.

I named her Breathless as she was down to about 4 hours of air when I jumped in.

This isn't the best picture, but here she is.


Her clutch mates were a columbian silkie and a blue (both regular silkes) and she is a black showgirl.

She liked sitting in the slot of that egg rail beside the cochins that hatched today. Out of 8 eggs in Lock Down, I got 3 silkies and all 4 cochins.

Tues....Serama Fest begins. I have 20 Serama eggs to set for the NYD hatch.

 

[cluck-cluck]

Too freaking cute! "I wanna pretend I'm an egg", Hee hee hee. Oh dear, I'm actually giddy over having little chicks again, not a good sign...... like a hatchaholic, LOL

 

[gabrielle1976]

awwww great job on the hatch!
Harmony has two blackish Tiny Serama resting in the bator drying off yet, and the last one nothing yet : ( Not sure when to try to save it.... no internal pip but moving and ... I opened the bator (smack my hands, but Daddy tried to adjust temps in the hatcher bator and those styros are nothing like the wafer in the one he build.... anyway it was I02.9 so I had to let some heat out cause those peepers where a panting : (

Suggestions anyone? I hope he pips internally at least!! I do want want to have to go fishing for his head : ( but dont want to loose him either! They are now on day 20 and these guys started hatching on the begininng of day 19.... other egg is same size as these guys eggs.

BHep ~ Here are two of your grand serama! there heads are smaller than marbles!! AMAZING!

Congrats, lol my babies have a water dish exactly like that marbles and all and one for there food to

 

[Lunar]

Too freaking cute! "I wanna pretend I'm an egg", Hee hee hee. Oh dear, I'm actually giddy over having little chicks again, not a good sign...... like a hatchaholic, LOL

Or maybe..."I want back in an egg and if I concentrate hard enough......"

 

[Tripp16]

Hi everyone! I havent posted pics lately of my babies so here they are!! Keep in mind they are NOT posed!

This is Lucky he is about 7 or 8 months old. Not breeding yet but he has "the dance" and his crow down pat!!



Louis.... This isLuckys dad. He is much bigger then Lucky thats why Im going to be using Lucky this year to do the breeding. Ill still breed Louis though. He has made lots of pretty babies and still does!





They perfect quality but I still love them.

 

[gabrielle1976]

Gingerbread enjoying the heat of the rice filled tube I have for my neck

Gingerbread (far right) Eggnog (middle) and the newest who hatched last night (no name yet need ideas, christmas peferbly food related) enjoying the heating tube
Gingerbread giveing them the eye cuase I moved to take the picture

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Hi everyone! I havent posted pics lately of my babies so here they are!! Keep in mind they are NOT posed!

This is Lucky he is about 7 or 8 months old. Not breeding yet but he has "the dance" and his crow down pat!!



Louis.... This isLuckys dad. He is much bigger then Lucky thats why Im going to be using Lucky this year to do the breeding. Ill still breed Louis though. He has made lots of pretty babies and still does!





They perfect quality but I still love them.

OH WOW!!!!