American serama thread!

[Haubitze]

Uh Oh... yout haven't turned your serama eggs at all since you started incubating? the air cell wont detach if you turn them. what you are suppose to look for is veins in the egg. if you haven't turned them, I'm afraid they might be dead.

i mark my eggs with an X on one side, and an O on the other. ( x) and ( o), not on the points, in the middle of the egg. i turn them every eight hours so the embryos don't get stuck on one side. the air cell is not what helps you know if its fertile, its the embryo.

this is what you should have. on day 7 they start moving back and forth you can see the veins with the embryo in the middle.
quickly candle them and see if any are alive. if they are. then turn them immediately. oh and bump humidity to 65% during hatching.

Oh, no, I've been turning them, three times a day! I've just been switching the sides at which they're leaning. They're marked with x's and o's, and all that good stuff! The egg carton holes are so big compared to the eggs that they're actually probably sitting at more of a 60 degree angle rather than a 45, so they're being turned well.

Cluck-cluck: Yeah, most of the eggs I got are on the darker side of off-white. I've had a really hard time seeing into some of them, which is why that one egg I think is infertile is staying in the bator until at least day 10 or 14. I'm just gonna have to hope the air cells are growing at an acceptable rate until they get a little bigger and I can find them! Day 10 is this coming Saturday, so I'll look again then.

 

[Haubitze]

I agree with Cluck, I don't turn the first ten days either and I have no problems. In fact, when you get shipped eggs, you should NOT be turning them the first ten days. Not sure where that other person got their info, but you are doing just fine not turning them yet. Also, don't throw any eggs out until at least day ten. Some just take longer to start, maybe where they are at in the incubator, etc.

I should probably finish reading the thread before I reply, shouldn't I!

I let the eggs rest in room temperature for about twelve hours, upright in their egg cartons, once they arrived in the mail. I actually didn't turn them for 24 hours after going into the incubator because I had read you really shouldn't with shipped eggs, to give them that chance to have the air cells reattach. That's why they're still in the egg cartons too. Since I can't find the dang air cells, I don't want to risk one still being detached. I've only been turning them three times a day by hand though, just moving them back and forth in the egg carton holes to switch what side they're leaning on. Since this is my first time hatching eggs I've been EXTREMELY gentle with them. I'm kind of terrified even touching them! I haven't jiggled or jarred the eggs while slowly moving them, so hopefully they're okay. Out of 14, 13 have really obvious veining and I was able to see some of the embryos moving around from the force of their heartbeat, so at least that's reassuring!

 

[lulu313]

I just got a pair of seramas on monday. They are sooo cute I love them but I still need names for them both can anyone help me with that. They are my profile picture

 

[Lorilyn Farms]

Gwuinevere and king Arthur.

 

[larps1234]

I just got a pair of seramas on monday. They are sooo cute I love them but I still need names for them both can anyone help me with that.

They are my profile picture

taco and burrito, chico and penny, Gayina and Gayo, tommy and shady, Schnitzel and Taffy, Bon Bon and Twinkie, or amish... jedidaia and Mary. hope these help

 

[larps1234]

taco and burrito, chico and penny, Gayina and Gayo, tommy and shady, Schnitzel and Taffy, Bon Bon and Twinkie, or amish... jedidaia and Mary. hope these help

i personally love the names Twinkie and Bon Bon! and when they have kids they would be little Ding Dongs! let me know what you think of my names!

 

[kukupecpec]

i personally love the names Twinkie and Bon Bon! and when they have kids they would be little Ding Dongs! let me know what you think of my names!

Ha! that is adorable!!!! I ran out of food names and was able to name all but 2 of my most recent hatchlings. They aren't serama, but they definitely need a paired name as the two without names are simply called "the twins" because I can't tell them apart (both solid black and presumably the same breed 0 eggs were from a backyard mutt mix) where as everyone else is different color!

 

[cluck-cluck]

I should probably finish reading the thread before I reply, shouldn't I!

I let the eggs rest in room temperature for about twelve hours, upright in their egg cartons, once they arrived in the mail. I actually didn't turn them for 24 hours after going into the incubator because I had read you really shouldn't with shipped eggs, to give them that chance to have the air cells reattach. That's why they're still in the egg cartons too. Since I can't find the dang air cells, I don't want to risk one still being detached. I've only been turning them three times a day by hand though, just moving them back and forth in the egg carton holes to switch what side they're leaning on. Since this is my first time hatching eggs I've been EXTREMELY gentle with them. I'm kind of terrified even touching them! I haven't jiggled or jarred the eggs while slowly moving them, so hopefully they're okay. Out of 14, 13 have really obvious veining and I was able to see some of the embryos moving around from the force of their heartbeat, so at least that's reassuring!

That's an awesome percentage! Keep it up!

I just got a pair of seramas on monday. They are sooo cute I love them but I still need names for them both can anyone help me with that. They are my profile picture

looking at them, the names Snowie and Showy pop into my head, but names I come up with always suck, LOL

i personally love the names Twinkie and Bon Bon! and when they have kids they would be little Ding Dongs! let me know what you think of my names!

Now that's cute!

 

[BantyChickenLuv]

Does this also look like blue barred to anybody else? I sure hope that's what it is...

I wonder what his parents looked like.

 

[RobertYang]

What are you looking for? I have frizzled, silkied and smooth feathered show quality serama available. If you are not already familiar with the standard of perfection for the breed, I recommend you obtain a copy and know it prior to purchasing.

I am interested in the smooth feather kind.