Any intrest in seramas, mixes, or frizzles? ***PICS***

[Urbanchickenfarmer]

i will think about it.... i need to earn money or something...... my parents are in the middle of a seperation so idk if i would even be able to get money..... and i dont have any extra money at this time..... im thinking about maybe even selling my buff orpington eggs. But hmmmmm for FFA you could have them scan their FFA card and send it to you. Atleast thats the only way i can think of

 

[poultryhaven]

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Yeah let me know if you want to. Thats a great idea to sell eggs to earn some extra cash. Yeah thats a good idea or get their FFA advisor or teacher email me.

 

[Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex]

I would love to have silkied seramas AND frizzles. I will have to convince my roomies it is a good idea though, first. I can get away with any standard dual purpose I want, but when it comes to the 'less useful' chickens, I have to battle.
Anyone know how they do at laying, brooding, and how big they will be?
The more info I have the easier the convincing will be.

 

[poultryhaven]

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They are both quite small and idk about laying but my frizzles actually lay frequently and they go broody =]

 

[poultryhaven]

alright i'm going to bed but i've got everyone that wanted on the list. I will be back on in the morning and check and answer any questions and write down anyone that wants to be on the list.

 

[JewellFarm]

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Told ya you would do good with them.

 

[PeepsInc]

I'd take a dozen mixed with the frizzel. With the understanding they'd be test eggs. My 7 silkies are due to hatch in 2 days. Bator will be empty....Please,Waking up with out eggs to roll is like a day with out sun. Let me know how much.

 

[BluegrassSeramas]

Hey! What beautiful white silkied serama! (I dont even like them, but those are tempting!!)

I have a few hopefully helpful hints!

They haven't started laying yet but the only way i would be able to send a dozen would be from the silkied serama hen plus the two black normal feathered hens.

Have any of the pullets started to lay? How old are they?
I think that you said here that they are 4 months old? https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=201300&p=1
Do you know the age of the ones you got from Jerry? Is the white silkied hen laying? Be careful making a list of people to sell eggs to if you are not getting any yet! Bad luck! lol Its like counting your chicks before they hatch! You may still have to wait a few months for the blacks to lay if they are that young.

I would put your best silkied roo in with the black pullets. They could stand to breed with his better type.

Get a scale and see how much your birds weigh. People may be interested in knowing if they are looking for true serama!

I would keep the other 2 silkied in a separate pen, so you can tell the eggs apart. Keep them marked and dated for your customers, so they can tell them apart in the event that they keep some kind of records!

Dont sell the first 5-10 eggs or so from each pullet. I find that after that you have better fertility, and you dont want to send people tiny blank pullet eggs.

If it were me, Id even do a test hatching from each pair or trio, to prove they are fertile.

Serama hens can be very fickle about laying. I have some that start to lay and do nearly all the time, and some that give me eggs just every so often. You might start out seeing how they lay before you offer 12 eggs from 3 birds. It might take a while if they are more on the fickle side. I suggest an auction for what you have, after you maybe use the advise from above. Then wait to see what kind of hatch they have.

Read alot about shipping eggs on here! You want them to be safe and serama eggs are tiny. Id add oyster shell to their rations so that it might help the eggshells!

Id even hatch out a batch of chicks from each pen and keep them marked. You can get more hens for your project this way, and you can show what your breeders can produce!

Best of luck!​

 

[poultryhaven]

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Have any of the pullets started to lay? How old are they?
I think that you said here that they are 4 months old? https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=201300&p=1
Do you know the age of the ones you got from Jerry? Is the white silkied hen laying? Be careful making a list of people to sell eggs to if you are not getting any yet! Bad luck! lol Its like counting your chicks before they hatch! You may still have to wait a few months for the blacks to lay if they are that young.

I would put your best silkied roo in with the black pullets. They could stand to breed with his better type.

Get a scale and see how much your birds weigh. People may be interested in knowing if they are looking for true serama!

I would keep the other 2 silkied in a separate pen, so you can tell the eggs apart. Keep them marked and dated for your customers, so they can tell them apart in the event that they keep some kind of records!

Dont sell the first 5-10 eggs or so from each pullet. I find that after that you have better fertility, and you dont want to send people tiny blank pullet eggs.

If it were me, Id even do a test hatching from each pair or trio, to prove they are fertile.

Serama hens can be very fickle about laying. I have some that start to lay and do nearly all the time, and some that give me eggs just every so often. You might start out seeing how they lay before you offer 12 eggs from 3 birds. It might take a while if they are more on the fickle side. I suggest an auction for what you have, after you maybe use the advise from above. Then wait to see what kind of hatch they have.

Read alot about shipping eggs on here! You want them to be safe and serama eggs are tiny. Id add oyster shell to their rations so that it might help the eggshells!

Id even hatch out a batch of chicks from each pen and keep them marked. You can get more hens for your project this way, and you can show what your breeders can produce!

Best of luck!

Thank you for all the advice. I'm gonna do a test hatch or two before i even sell them to anyone. The silkied pullet should start laying any day now.Also, I'm am gonna send test eggs for just the shipping prices to the first couple people on the list.

. I don't want to have bad customers so i'm not in a rush, just curious how many people aand i will get back to them when they start laying

 

[Bird Brain]

I just found one of my silkies dead in the brooder! You shipping yet?