American serama thread!

[nchls school]

A rather exciting chicken day. My avatar hen has has gone broody. I'll have my third generation birds a few day before generation one turns a year old. I'm hoping to see the same improvement between G 2 and G 3 as I saw between generation 1 and 2.

 

[Ra_]

Not surprising. Your birds are unique and beautiful.

Thank you.

Did your hen start setting on the Tribble eggs yet?

 

[nchls school]

Thank you.

Did your hen start setting on the Tribble eggs yet?

The hen that had the prolapsed vent went broody a while back. She is experienced and has raised a number of chicks. I gave the tribble eggs to her today. I'll candle them next weekend.

 

[Ra_]

I decided to make an A Frame style cage recently.
It took me a long time.
Modeled by Worf & his mate.



Today I tried to design & build a simpler cage.
It only took me about an hour.



Modeled by the group that will turn 3 months old in 10 days.

I temporarily laid towels on the top to shade the birds.
I will probably cover them with white plastic sheeting.

I used the J clips. I like them. Nicer than hog rings.
You can buy blue pliers for about $12 that work poorly, don't fit your hand & break easily.
I opted for the red pliers for $18 that work great, fit your hand & don't break.

 

[Coreenelane]

Do you ship serama chicks over night? I would love to have several to go along with my silkis. House birds would be a welcome site and out to play in the summer, just kidding but I would bring them in with me. If not I am deffinately intrested in eggs. What info. do you need to put me on the waiting list?

 

[Skink]

The most bizarre thing happened with my tribble eggs. They were alive when I candled them hours before hatching started, right? Well, 3 pips, and all the other eggs are peeping, hurray! 2 babies hatch just fine. One zipped, but then died without even getting out of the egg. It kicked its leg out so I guessed it couldn't get free. The eggs are all suddenly silent by this time.. hours later, I find one more pip but I think that chick is dead. Candled, all of 'em look dead. Looks like for all the trouble those poor embryos went through, I've only got two tribbles. Here is hoping they aren't both boys. It is always REALLY upsetting to lose them at this stage because they are capable of suffering by this point and I am all about preventing that, but how can you know?

I don't understand! I incubated same as I ever do and everything was going great until hatch.. One thing, my incubator beeped at me, which I have never heard before. It keeps beeping briefly here and there too. I know it has a low temperature alarm, but the temps on its own read out seem to be in proper range! It is a brinsea mini advance. I wonder if it is an error beep, like my fan died or something and it was an oxygen issue very upsetting if so.. I can't reasonably get that fixed right now, especially since this was given to me as a gift and never put under warranty as a result (they wanted whoever purchased it to do it and they never got around to it)

 

[3riverschick]

Hi,
I have 2 of this incubator. It shouldn't be beeping at you. Something is wrong. Did you raise the humidity the last day? Did you check and see what the symbols on the digital readout are saying to you. There are several alarms on this incubator. Did you stop it from turning when it was time? Make sure the humidity was right? Often when they die just at hatch it is a humidity problem. If you don't have the instruction book, let me know at [email protected] and Hubby Bob can scan ours and send it to you in a PDF. I am so sorry for your losses.
Best,
Karen in western PA, USA

 

[nchls school]

Did you raise the humidity the last day? Did you check and see what the symbols on the digital readout are saying to you. There are several alarms on this incubator. Did you stop it from turning when it was time? Make sure the humidity was right? Often when they die just at hatch it is a humidity problem. :a3riverschick@verizo

X 2.. The reason I stopped using incubators and went with broody hens.

 

[Ra_]

The eggs are all suddenly silent by this time.. hours later, I find one more pip but I think that chick is dead. Candled, all of 'em look dead.

That is horrible.
I'm sorry to hear of any suffering the poor things may have experienced & for your own pain.

 

[nchls school]

That is horrible.
I'm sorry to hear of any suffering the poor things may have experienced & for your own pain.

X 2.