American serama thread!

[Ra_]

No updating on the tracking since Tuesday.

Yes. Almost all packages would have shipped OUT of Jacksonville Wednesday night.
They're messing.up. Fortunately, the eggs are so fresh, a few days won't hurt them.

 

[Ra_]

My newest young trio.
Powder, Fifi & Grace

 

[nchls school]

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My newest young trio.
Powder, Fifi & Grace



Absolutely beautiful.

 

[nchls school]

2 weeks ago I gave Gyda some eggs that I had tried refrigerating along with some eggs that got stained with dirt from being laid in the nighttime security nests. Gyda is in a trio with young Deanna and Deanna joined Gyda in the nesting box last week.

One or both of them has also been laying additional eggs in the box.
I had the original eggs marked and I've been discarding the new eggs since I couldn't figure out what to do with them since they'd been heated up and I assume had begun growing? Ra-unless the eggs have been kept warm for 6 to 12 hours embryonic development has not started. If the eggs have been kept warm for just a few hours treat them as fresh eggs. Do not discard them. I have had many hens brood overnight and then leave the eggs to get cold. Then in the evening brooding started full time. The eggs hatched. This is something I have test repeatedly, eggs have to be kept warm for several hours in order for the embryo to start developing. I hate doing that.

When you have a trio, do you move the nesting box to an isolated location when one of them starts setting?

 

[Ra_]

...unless the eggs have been kept warm for 6 to 12 hours embryonic development has not started. If the eggs have been kept warm for just a few hours treat them as fresh eggs. Do not discard them.

Fantastic!
Thanks for the info.

 

[nchls school]

I would go check the post office today anyway. Sometimes the tracking does good, but when I ordered my hova bator (it came from Cali I think...) it showed it left the original post office and never said anything after that. I got it three days after it got to the post office cause it never said it arrived. Didn't mater so much with it, but I would deffinately check for the eggs :-D
POs are supposed to scan but a lot of times they don't...

Thank you.

 

[Sclark73]

Nchls- do you by chance have the hatch day of these lil buggers? Just want for my records. The lil Cockerel is already raising trouble with the ladies.

 

[nchls school]

Nchls- do you by chance have the hatch day of these lil buggers? Just want for my records. The lil Cockerel is already raising trouble with the ladies.

My Kimmi says they hatched February 14; Valentines Day.

 

[nchls school]

I sure want to buy, but... moving day is getting closer and closer. Your minimum order I believe is 4 eggs-yes?? I'll take four if that is true. I'll worry about moving day later.  Price?

Two hours away at 11:00 AM. Being delivered today! I sure hope so. Tomorrow is back to work with the wife gone to visit Mom for a month. It bugs me to no end that the eggs would sit there waiting for me to get home. Wisconsin has gone back to winter-DANG!

 

[laurieb01]

Emers, Ahsoka and Noname(pronounced Nonahmee) at 2 days. They are now 4 days old, eating, drinking and driving their bantam Cochin mama nuts.