American serama thread!

[nchls school]

All my roosters want to have sex constantly. They will only stop to try and start a fight with another male.
During free range time, my yard looks like a Cologne train station on New Year's Eve.
Worf is a very determined suitor & even tiny Charley keeps trying to mount numerous girls but keeps getting swatted down.

Mine look to fight, but not a lot of mating. None of my roosters are like that and some days I spend a lot of time with the birds. What matters is the eggs are fertile. And I don't need to worry about over breeding. Fight they will. Sure wish that weren't the case.

 

[nchls school]

Of the 4 chicks that hatched 5 & 6 days ago, there's only one big ole smoothie.

How do you tell at such a young age? This I'd like to know for when my eggs hatch.

 

[Ra_]

How do you tell at such a young age? This I'd like to know for when my eggs hatch.

The flight feathers.

 

[nchls school]

The flight feathers.

An ignorant question. How would the flight feathers be different?

 

[Ra_]

As the tips emerge from their sheath, smoothies look like this:



Silkied look more like this:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9MdCYQfBR50/TErzFPYGlhI/AAAAAAAAAN0/uEa-UA7WBQA/s1600/DSC_8386.JPG

 

[nchls school]

As the tips emerge from their sheath, smoothies look like this:



Silkied look more like this:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9MdCYQfBR50/TErzFPYGlhI/AAAAAAAAAN0/uEa-UA7WBQA/s1600/DSC_8386.JPG

Easy to see. Thank you.

 

[Ra_]

You can see a little glimpse of their flight feathers if you look at the image full screen

http://tribbles.info/pics/gydachicks418.jpg

 

[nchls school]

You can see a little glimpse of their flight feathers if you look at the image full screen

http://tribbles.info/pics/gydachicks418.jpg

Yes, I see. One thing I've noticed about Tribbles is that their legs and feet are quite fleshy. A rather unique look. I sure hope some of mine hatch. I keep wanting to candle, but know that can be overdone. Bad hands-I keep dropping things all day and every day. I don't want to lose a Tribble that way.

 

[TJChickens]

I tried to put a legband on my tribble at the same time as the other Seramas of the same age. No way could I get it on him, his feet are Soooo fat!

 

[nchls school]

I tried to put a legband on my tribble at the same time as the other Seramas of the same age. No way could I get it on him, his feet are Soooo fat!

Oddly, it's one of the first things I noticed that was way different. Nine days to go before my tribbles hatch. Ra_ should start a Tribbles thread. How many do you have?