American serama thread!

[cluck-cluck]

Well, tonight my serama eggs will have been in the incubator for 76 hours, I guess I'll be trying to candle them n see if I can see anything! I'm so excited!

 

[Aschenfire]

Mine will be have been set 76 hours around midnight tonight...if I am awake I *might* peek. I'm trying to keep my paws off more this time around We know how bad curiosity is though... and how bad it is for cats.

 

[cluck-cluck]

Oh, I'm bummed. This is my first time candling and all but one has a detached air sack. My husband won't admit he needs reading glasses, as it was very easy to see. The one that doesn't have a detached air sack is actually developing, but none of the others are. I won't give up on them, but with completely detached air sacks, I don't have much hope

 

[Aschenfire]

I looked quickly...I think mine are still too new... they won't even be 72 hours till midnight. I *think* I could see a couple starting...I'm holding off on candling till late Thursday night now. The ones set last Thursday night will be a week in, and if the others come tomorrow, they will be 4 days, by then.

I don't think detached air cells are a certain death sentence...just incubate them upright, and they should be ok. Totally scrambled with airbubbles all through is a different story

 

[cluck-cluck]

I've read where people have hatched with detached air sacks, but they had accurate info when starting Now I've moved those air sacks at day 3, and I only saw veining in one without a detached air sack. Anyway, what I'm getting at is I shouldn't have been turning them for 3 days, On the one good egg, I did see veining in one spot, but it was rather clear, the lack of veins on the others concerns me. But I'll keep my hopes up, and see what happens

 

[Aschenfire]

Awwww man, yeah. I just started turning mine after 48 hours, I always do that with shipped eggs
They may be ok, positive energy!! Just keep thinking hatching thoughts to them

 

[Breshcandra]

Oh, I'm bummed. This is my first time candling and all but one has a detached air sack. My husband won't admit he needs reading glasses, as it was very easy to see. The one that doesn't have a detached air sack is actually developing, but none of the others are. I won't give up on them, but with completely detached air sacks, I don't have much hope

I kept mine in an up right position and just gently rocked it back and forth. It survived to lock down. But it died shortly after that. I probably should have laid it on it side for lock down.

 

[cluck-cluck]

Now I'm hand turning the one, and leaving the rest sitting upright in the carton. Wish I had checked them out myself when I got home, but oh well. I do have another set of eggs coming in mid October, so I'm not giving up ;P LOL. I knew what I was getting into when I bought them. I do enjoy going to Vegas I'm afraid.....

Only concern I have now is that the chick, if it makes it, will be all alone. But if I get so far, I'll just get a sex linked chick at the feed store to keep it company

 

[dncarr09]

Now I'm hand turning the one, and leaving the rest sitting upright in the carton. Wish I had checked them out myself when I got home, but oh well. I do have another set of eggs coming in mid October, so I'm not giving up ;P LOL. I knew what I was getting into when I bought them. I do enjoy going to Vegas I'm afraid.....

Only concern I have now is that the chick, if it makes it, will be all alone. But if I get so far, I'll just get a sex linked chick at the feed store to keep it company

I have the same problem. Only 1 from my batch too, and we got our eggs from the same person. The rest either had detached air sacs, or never started to develop. I am on day 9, and removed all the bad eggs yesterday. I am happy to say that 10 of 17 that I got from another breeder on ebay are doing well. If you lived closer I would share! Good luck!

 

[ocseramas]

Don't expect much luck from shipped eggs, especially serama eggs. They can be difficult enough to hatch let alone being shipped. If you are looking for serama, better to start with adult birds and them hatch out eggs for you.