American serama thread!

[Gardeningmama]

this little gal, gizmo is silkied- right?




joe was silkied





boaz is frizzle

Well, now I want a Silkied AND a Frizzle!

 

[kukupecpec]

i can't view it on this computer, can you post pics??

Oddly enough, it's actually WAY easier to post videos than picture from my phone haha!
I don't know if I got pictures though

Yes, It's fine. Perfectly normal. It won't look like that in a few hours. It's where the "cord" for lack of a better word, was.

Oh feuf! It kinda looks like he left a chunk of himself in the shell so that makes total sense.



Ok... scared new chickie mama here!
Is he ok? Can I leave that shell stuck to his back? He looks fine until he falls down and it looks like it is putting a ton of pressure on his little neck... I don't want him to get hurt!

and the other eggs he's pushing all over the bator are ok too right??

 

[cluck-cluck]

Oh my gosh, he is so CUTE! Like a turtle chicken! I know you're worried, but I think he'll be ok, and opening up such a small incubator might dry everyone out, so best to let him struggle (it'll only make him stronger) though our instinct is to help him, I'm sure he'll be fine for the time being until the others hatch. I had one with egg on her head, I just let it fall off naturally (she's my favorite bird now)

Thank you everyone. It could be Beth wrote frizzle on the egg but meant silky, it does get confusing sometimes when you're trying to fill orders I bet! I'd sure have a hard time! I'll send her a PM. Hope she has silkies and frizzles together, so I might have both, LOL. That would be very cool.

 

[kukupecpec]

Oh my gosh, he is so CUTE! Like a turtle chicken! I know you're worried, but I think he'll be ok, and opening up such a small incubator might dry everyone out, so best to let him struggle (it'll only make him stronger) though our instinct is to help him, I'm sure he'll be fine for the time being until the others hatch. I had one with egg on her head, I just let it fall off naturally (she's my favorite bird now)

Thank you everyone. It could be Beth wrote frizzle on the egg but meant silky, it does get confusing sometimes when you're trying to fill orders I bet! I'd sure have a hard time! I'll send her a PM. Hope she has silkies and frizzles together, so I might have both, LOL. That would be very cool.

I keep telling my husband he's fine but he's freaking out and it's making me nervous!
TURTLE CHICKEN... haha that's adorable. I may just have to name him turtle. He's so much fun to watch. I'm just watching them hatch and cracking up.
Theres one more that has cracked through the shell that you can see in the video and a third in the back who is wiggling a little but you can't really hear any pipping over turtle butt haha hes so loud! The other two don't seem to be doing anything yet.
So you think I can sleep tonight? Tomorrows my LAST DAY of my Veterinary Assistant externship - they already graded me and I got an A =) so sleep would be nice... but I don't know if I can sleep with all this excitement!

 

[Gardeningmama]

Oddly enough, it's actually WAY easier to post videos than picture from my phone haha!
I don't know if I got pictures though

Oh feuf! It kinda looks like he left a chunk of himself in the shell so that makes total sense.



Ok... scared new chickie mama here!
Is he ok? Can I leave that shell stuck to his back? He looks fine until he falls down and it looks like it is putting a ton of pressure on his little neck... I don't want him to get hurt!

and the other eggs he's pushing all over the bator are ok too right??

The first chick jostling all of the other eggs around stimulates them. I would have taken the shell off, but I can just pop a window out and reach in, you probably shouldn't if you have to take the whole top off. I'm sure it'll be fine. Soooo Stinking Cute

I'm loving the videos...

 

[cluck-cluck]

I keep telling my husband he's fine but he's freaking out and it's making me nervous!
TURTLE CHICKEN... haha that's adorable. I may just have to name him turtle. He's so much fun to watch. I'm just watching them hatch and cracking up.
Theres one more that has cracked through the shell that you can see in the video and a third in the back who is wiggling a little but you can't really hear any pipping over turtle butt haha hes so loud! The other two don't seem to be doing anything yet.
So you think I can sleep tonight? Tomorrows my LAST DAY of my Veterinary Assistant externship - they already graded me and I got an A =) so sleep would be nice... but I don't know if I can sleep with all this excitement!

He looks awfully healthy, don't stay up for him! Get some sleep and if he's in your room, maybe you should put him elsewhere 'cause then you're sure not to get any sleep!! LOL

Tomorrow, if it's stuck on him, just give him a nice warm soak in a bowl of water (making sure he doesn't slip in and drown!) to loosen it up and help it come off. Or else you can break it until only the stuck parts stay on, and let time cause it to fall off (did that with mine, cause it was on her delicate little head, and I didn't want to cause more harm than good) Good luck sleeping!!! I'm going to bed in a few myself, as I've been having trouble lately getting to sleep timely, LOL. Gotta finish that coop tomorrow!!!!

 

[kukupecpec]

The cat cage came with a pair of cockatiels I adopted, so not sure where to get one. It's an awful cage for cockatiels, but after I wrapped the bottom foot or so in cardboard it's worked great for the seramas.

Your chicken in the diaper is super cute! I might end up keeping my 2 favorites inside, and if I do I'll be getting a few diapers so will keep you in mind.
Great pics! Wonder what is going on in those little heads of theirs, lol.

So I am re-vising the diaper stuff. I think I can charge like $9 per diaper. $5 for shipping up to 10 diapers. $2 more for an extra back piece to fit another bird. $1 more for leash loops.
Once I use up the supplies I've got (not much left haha) I will check and see what the actual supplies and costing me and hopefully be able to adjust it down from there! I don't so much wanna make money as make them available to everyone who wants teeny tiny diapers . I'm a total clean freak so not having to deal with the pooh is a HUGE plus for me.

they are my tiny ones, they are best buddies, the others are quite a bit larger

was looking at those cat cages- on ebay they are about $100, wonder if you bought some panels, and made one yourself would be cheaper??

OH! That is an AWESOME idea! I do that for my rabbits - make those NIC cages out of the buildable grid cubes! You can get a box of 6 cubes for $20 at target.
Simple ones like this would probably make the best home's for serama


But this is the hybrid I made for my bunnies. It is a cross between the cube grid panels and those big heavy wire industrial shelves. I don't think I would survive with out my grid cubes and industrial wire shelves... lol

I have trimmed all the zip ties off! so it doesn't look so silly. And the levels are all full with toys and playthings now. But this is the best picture to show structure. This was like 10 minutes after I built the thing so it's a bit sparse.

Kukupecpec get ready to drool some more then. We had triplets born early morning and I got some great pictures. This is a little boy with mother Tumblelina.


Little doe.


Little red bucky boy.


The family.

Do you breed and sell these little cuties?
How much do you charge for them? The ones I've found around here are like $100 per goat. It makes me sad cause theres just no way I can afford that for a LONG time. This gal's still in school trying to pay bills completely off my husbands 2nd year teacher salary! HA
They are freaking adorable though!

My little hatch from last week. Serama to silkie

AHHH! They are so fuzzy! I hope mine fuzz out a little bit. They are all supposed to be smooth, but ALL the babies are little fuzz butts aren't they?

i can't view it on this computer, can you post pics??

I didn't get a picture of the funky butt. He's too darn wiggly now, I can't get much of a picture at all anymore, just video, sorry! Thanks for wanting to help though =)

 

[Brookhavens]

Yes, It's fine. Perfectly normal. It won't look like that in a few hours. It's where the "cord" for lack of a better word, was.

x2

 

[kukupecpec]

The first chick jostling all of the other eggs around stimulates them. I would have taken the shell off, but I can just pop a window out and reach in, you probably shouldn't if you have to take the whole top off. I'm sure it'll be fine. Soooo Stinking Cute

I'm loving the videos...

Feuf. You guys are a real life saver! I need all this good advice from you guys who have hatched before. It's sure nerve wracking not to know exacty what's going on or what's normal.
ha! Thanks! DH was kind enough to show me how to switch to "HD" video on my phone, upload it to YouTube straight from the phone, and then get the Embed code I need to post it here all in like less than a minute so I'm getting a little forum-post-happy haha

He looks awfully healthy, don't stay up for him! Get some sleep and if he's in your room, maybe you should put him elsewhere 'cause then you're sure not to get any sleep!! LOL

Tomorrow, if it's stuck on him, just give him a nice warm soak in a bowl of water (making sure he doesn't slip in and drown!) to loosen it up and help it come off. Or else you can break it until only the stuck parts stay on, and let time cause it to fall off (did that with mine, cause it was on her delicate little head, and I didn't want to cause more harm than good) Good luck sleeping!!! I'm going to bed in a few myself, as I've been having trouble lately getting to sleep timely, LOL. Gotta finish that coop tomorrow!!!!

Oh good! He seemed pretty healthy to me, but reassurance is never a bad thing!
I'll check on him tomorrow. I think I'll wait til the other two have popped out or until I need to help someone else to worry about his turtle back. Maybe he'll be a little stronger tomorrow so its not so heavy on his little neck.

Woo hoo! Happy coop building vibes sent your way!
Building coops is so much fun! Non-chicken people just don't understand how great it feels to be able to build a coop...

 

[Gardeningmama]

KUKUPECPEC: Going to bed now, it's almost midnight here. Good Luck sleeping with all of that commotion going on, I know I couldn't

. Make sure to post a video or pics when it's all over. You've gotten me excited to get my own hatch going, but the rest of my eggs won't be here till Friday, so I'll have to be patient. Happy Hatching & Nite Nite Everyone.