American serama thread!

[Scovy Momma]

Want me to send you four free eggs today to try again??

Oh, you're so sweet! Thank you so very much!
Unfortunately, I just have the incubator & not a broody but if you have any ideas as to what the incubator needs to make this happen I'd love to try again

 

[Ra_]

if you have any ideas as to what the incubator needs to make this happen I'd love to try again

I'm starting a hot/dry experiment tonight.
I'll post the results in 19 days.

 

[Scovy Momma]

I'm starting a hot/dry experiment tonight.
I'll post the results in 19 days.

Excellent! Good luck

 

[nchls school]

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Madam Poofy Brow still has Spaz but her next Tribble hatch failed near the end. Quail eggs hatched in the same batch.
She doesn't want any more eggs. Another casualty of the Tribble Curse.


Good Morning Ra_,

And everyone else too!

I candled this morning. Of the en eggs you gave me all ten started development; four have since died. One each from W, De, P, T. The good news is that six are hanging in there. Good news too that only one of those six has a disrupted air cell. And I'm pleased that I still have 1 or 2 eggs from each bird. I've given the six eggs to the young serama in that only one of her eggs had perished.

 

[Ra_]

Thanks for the info. Why do you think 4 died? Did they have broken air cells?

So you're confirming that Worf's eggs are fertile? That's great news.
Hoping to see his first babies tomorrow.

Good luck.

 

[nchls school]

Thanks for the info. Why do you think 4 died? Being shipped.Did they have broken air cells? Three had broken air air cells the fourth did not.

So you're confirming that Worf's eggs are fertile? Absolutely positive; all the birds whos eggs you sent are fertile.That's great news.
Hoping to see his first babies tomorrow. Good luck, Ra_.

Good luck.

There is no chance that I am mistaken on the fertility of your birds. Candling is something I've been doing for forty years.

 

[nchls school]

Thanks for the info. Why do you think 4 died? This is impossible to determine in every case. I've often read posts about the air cell membrane being ruined in shipping. But there's also a membrane around the yolk. I have never read the effects if that is damaged. I have had eggs shipped a number of times and there has always been those eggs that start to develop and then die. There's also the possibility that eggs were pushed aside and got cold. This is unlikely in that the number of eggs to start with was small. And too, the embryos could have been weak for one reason or another. This I doubt too as there is a surviving egg from each bird. My belief is that the yolk membrane was damaged. Did they have broken air cells?

So you're confirming that Worf's eggs are fertile? That's great news.
Hoping to see his first babies tomorrow.

Good luck.

 

[silverlaced44]

It is 4-H show time! What should I put this guys color type down as?

 

[Skink]

It is 4-H show time! What should I put this guys color type down as?

Seems closest to gold laced imo

 

[MadamPoofyBrow]

Hey! Long time no Serama thread!
I've been super busy.
Spaz is doing great! As Ra told you, none of the second batch hatched and I have no idea why since the quail did fine.
I will try to get some new pics of Spaz tomorrow!