American serama thread!

[prizepete]

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hope you get the house!

 

[shahtir101]

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Thanks! Do you have any chicks hatching?[/quote

I have a hen with three that should be hatching any day now; forgot to write down the beginning date. I won't be keeping hen or chicks. As soon as the eggs hatch they will be going to a new home. It's the hen in my avatar.

Next hatch are my tribble eggs a week from Saturday. My smallest eggs yet are due the same day. And then nothing until we know for sure on our move to TN. We've made an offer on a home near Jackson; we're hoping.

Exciting! Wishing you the best!

 

[Ra_]

I've been running the incubator dry for a couple of days.
It started at 40% humidity and slowly dropped to 30%.
It got down to low 20's after a day. I opened the lid and let in some moist air.
On about day 16 I'm going to add water by misting the eggs directly.
That's what I did in desperation when hens were hatching in my bone dry room in January.
I wish I had a hygrometer then. I'll bet it was < 10%.
Both hens hatched eggs and it wasn't just low humidity, it was almost NO humidity.
Those birds were Dorothy & her siblings.

 

[Scovy Momma]

I've been running the incubator dry for a couple of days.
It started at 40% humidity and slowly dropped to 30%.
It got down to low 20's after a day. I opened the lid and let in some moist air.
On about day 16 I'm going to add water by misting the eggs directly.
That's what I did in desperation when hens were hatching in my bone dry room in January.
I wish I had a hygrometer then. I'll bet it was < 10%.
Both hens hatched eggs and it wasn't just low humidity, it was almost NO humidity.
Those birds were Dorothy & her siblings.

Oooh! I hope this is the answer for us incubator runners!

 

[Ra_]

I peeked under Gracie this morning & I'm happy & grateful to report that I found two Powder babies & two babies from Worf!

 

[WVduckchick]

I peeked under Gracie this morning & I'm happy & grateful to report that I found two Powder babies & two babies from Worf!

 

[nchls school]

I peeked under Gracie this morning & I'm happy & grateful to report that I found two Powder babies & two babies from Worf!

That is so great. How about that last egg? Is it hatching?

This is such good news for me too. Give a little more hope that I, too, will get some tribbles.

 

[Ra_]

There are 2 eggs left. Neither one has started hatching.
This evening, I'll remove them, give them a little mist and put them on a small rack above the egg turner in my dry incubator, just in case.

 

[nchls school]

There are 2 eggs left. Neither one has started hatching.
This evening, I'll remove them, give them a little mist and put them on a small rack above the egg turner in my dry incubator, just in case.

Candling would let you know if there's a chance.

 

[nchls school]

Exciting! Wishing you the best!

Thanks. The 7th day candling showed six eggs developing for the tribbles. Could not tell for sure with the tiny serama eggs as the shells were too dark. Come the 14th day candling I'll know what to hope for.