American serama thread!

[WVduckchick]

Hi everyone! I'm new to keeping seramas. My babies are five weeks old and 3 days. Do they all look like pullets? The dark one in particular has me puzzled.View attachment 1502255 View attachment 1502256 View attachment 1502257 View attachment 1502259 View attachment 1502260 View attachment 1502262 View attachment 1502263 View attachment 1502268 View attachment 1502270

Cute chicks! I don’t see any obvious cockerels yet. Usually by that age, one will pop out, but they can be late bloomers too. I’ll look at the pics better from the computer. Mobile always messes with me on enlarging pics.

 

[WVduckchick]

The little one didn't make it, seemed to have breathing probs
But, I have one new arrival, at 4.00 am and another unzipping, I have video of first out, what looks like it's trying to help it's sibling out the shell, pecking the shell for it, is it helping ? can't post as says file to big, is there anyway I can show you ? It's so cute, new one is imminent, anytime now

Videos can’t be loaded directly here. Have to load to YouTube, FB, Vimeo, etc. first.
Sorry the one didn’t make it.

 

[WVduckchick]

great comparison pics Faraday posted!
Here’s one of a silkied chick at about 12 days old. I can usually tell within the first week, but I’ve also had some start looking smooth and evolve into silkied. Colors change pretty quick too, I still can’t project most patterns from what they look like as chicks

Silkied feathers have a frayed look.

 

[Nimueh Alene]

great comparison pics Faraday posted!
Here’s one of a silkied chick at about 12 days old. I can usually tell within the first week, but I’ve also had some start looking smooth and evolve into silkied. Colors change pretty quick too, I still can’t project most patterns from what they look like as chicks

Silkied feathers have a frayed look.
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my dark brown and 1 light one looks like paint brushes coming out of its wings the others little round paddle feathers . Hoping for silkied pullets for Cajun pen .

 

[Nimueh Alene]

Thankyou Chichero, only another hatcher who looses after a couple of days understands i guess, i was devestated, its my first attempts as never had a roo before, the other chick is here safe now, so made up i have 3 more in another incubater due next week, then im done, i think ? Don't know may be addicted now

It's really hard to stop once you get started.. Lol
Just finished a hatch, now I have eggs coming from WVduckchick. Going to grow all these out though so I'll have to stop do to space ..

 

[Katybee]

I'll upload to utube, then put a link. A question , can new born in incubator have pasty butt ? Can't seem to find the answer

 

[Nimueh Alene]

I don't think so. Your possibly seeing it's navel. Sometimes it takes a few more hours to close...looks like a dark bump. Can you take a picture?

 

[WVduckchick]

Hi everyone! I'm new to keeping seramas. My babies are five weeks old and 3 days. Do they all look like pullets? The dark one in particular has me puzzled.View attachment 1502255 View attachment 1502256 View attachment 1502257 View attachment 1502259 View attachment 1502260 View attachment 1502262 View attachment 1502263 View attachment 1502268 View attachment 1502270

Looked again, and now I'm leaning toward the darkest one possibly being male, and maybe even the solid white one. Seems to me that when I see the back part of the comb peek above the fluff, and a part in the fluff is visible, those usually turn out to be cockerels.

 

[Nimueh Alene]

I'm concerned about Gambit she's 10 weeks old and weighs 4.5 oz. Will she be too small for 14 oz Cajun?
Pic was taken at 8 weeks.
Think she's a tricolor.

 

[WVduckchick]

I'm concerned about Gambit she's 10 weeks old and weighs 4.5 oz. Will she be too small for 14 oz Cajun?
Pic was taken at 8 weeks.
Think she's a tricolor. View attachment 1502531

She's beautiful!