California - Northern

[debs_flock]

Deb, that one is super small. Is it a micro? The little mottled chick in our group is the smallest. Very short legs and small feet compared to the others. Calling it Stumpy.

It was the smallest serama I've ever hatched. It ended up a Class A bird.

I can't get over how tiny bantam eggs are.

I can only imagine the size of the chick that's going to come out of these eggs. I have two of them, hopefully at least one will hatch!

That's actually a fairly big egg compared to a small serama egg. I love Japanese bantam. Do you know what color they were from? When my son was in 4-H he raised Black Tailed Whites.

Keep in mind that Japanese are a breed with a fatal gene, like dwarfing. 25% will be normal legged, 50% will be short legged (correct) & 25% of chicks will not survive. I don't recall if they die in the shell or shortly after hatch. But it works the same as dwarfs and tufts in araucanas. This of course is assuming the roo/hens being bred were short legged.

Just so you know that if they don't hatch, it doesn't necessarily meant you did anything wrong.

I do love a nice Japanese bantam though, they are a striking bird.

 

[sewandgrow]

Here is a better (and less giant) picture of the egg. Do you guys think it could be a pure Ameraucana, or is the color off?

My blue eggs vary in intensity & I get the darkest blue eggs from the Blue/Wheaten girls I had. My B/B/S give me a nice blue too but not quite as dark

I would venture to say that if the breeder doesn't spell Ameraucana correctly, they are probably EE's.

I put my U in the wrong side of the C sometimes............does that count?????? LOL............

Ok next questsion Fodder Seed mixes. Any recommendations?

I have used barley, wheat & oats but barley is my default grain that I do the most with.

 

[sewandgrow]

I think I figured out my bad hatch & it is a "good" thing. I ordered my cucukoo Marans eggs & my Bielefelder eggs from 2 different breeders in Washington. For some reason I have had better luck with Washington sent eggs. I received the cuckoos very quickly but the Bielefelders were taking longer so I decided to set the cuckoos & then set the Bielefelders later when they got here. The one chick I thought was Bielefelder is the extra egg the cuckoo breeder sent to me from a Crele project that she is doing. That's why it is brown & chipmunk marked. I have my big calendar marked for the Bielefelders Friday or Saturday. I will cross my fingers. I am so glad I never give up on late eggs til waaaaaaaaaaaay late.....LOL

 

[sewandgrow]

I think I figured out my bad hatch & it is a "good" thing. I ordered my cucukoo Marans eggs & my Bielefelder eggs from 2 different breeders in Washington. For some reason I have had better luck with Washington sent eggs. I received the cuckoos very quickly but the Bielefelders were taking longer so I decided to set the cuckoos & then set the Bielefelders later when they got here. The one chick I thought was Bielefelder is the extra egg the cuckoo breeder sent to me from a Crele project that she is doing. That's why it is brown & chipmunk marked. I have my big calendar marked for the Bielefelders Friday or Saturday. I will cross my fingers. I am so glad I never give up on late eggs til waaaaaaaaaaaay late.....LOL

 

[BCollie]

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Deb, that one is super small. Is it a micro? The little mottled chick in our group is the smallest. Very short legs and small feet compared to the others. Calling it Stumpy.

It was the smallest serama I've ever hatched. It ended up a Class A bird.

I can't get over how tiny bantam eggs are.

I can only imagine the size of the chick that's going to come out of these eggs. I have two of them, hopefully at least one will hatch!

That's actually a fairly big egg compared to a small serama egg. I love Japanese bantam. Do you know what color they were from? When my son was in 4-H he raised Black Tailed Whites.

Keep in mind that Japanese are a breed with a fatal gene, like dwarfing. 25% will be normal legged, 50% will be short legged (correct) & 25% of chicks will not survive. I don't recall if they die in the shell or shortly after hatch. But it works the same as dwarfs and tufts in araucanas. This of course is assuming the roo/hens being bred were short legged.

Just so you know that if they don't hatch, it doesn't necessarily meant you did anything wrong.

I do love a nice Japanese bantam though, they are a striking bird.

Yep, it's a Japanese Black Tail. Thanks for that information, that's very good to know. So I know if they die a little before or after hatch it is probably not something I did wrong. Hopefully that won't happen, though!

 

[ronott1]

I think I figured out my bad hatch & it is a "good" thing. I ordered my cucukoo Marans eggs & my Bielefelder eggs from 2 different breeders in Washington. For some reason I have had better luck with Washington sent eggs. I received the cuckoos very quickly but the Bielefelders were taking longer so I decided to set the cuckoos & then set the Bielefelders later when they got here. The one chick I thought was Bielefelder is the extra egg the cuckoo breeder sent to me from a Crele project that she is doing. That's why it is brown & chipmunk marked. I have my big calendar marked for the Bielefelders Friday or Saturday. I will cross my fingers. I am so glad I never give up on late eggs til waaaaaaaaaaaay late.....LOL

I hope they hatch for you!

Bielefleders are nice looking and I am interested in seeing if they make good Meat quickly.

 

[TheKeeper]

Big excitement in the coop this week. The first little clutch of Seramas hatched!

5 hatched of 7 eggs set, shared between 2 hens.

This is our first time hatching. Sure it won't be the last. Think we are in BIG trouble here!

Gaah! Must . . . have . . . itty bitty chickies!
That is a handful of happiness right there. Awesome. Congrats!

 

[SpringPeeper]

I think I figured out my bad hatch & it is a "good" thing. I ordered my cucukoo Marans eggs & my Bielefelder eggs from 2 different breeders in Washington. For some reason I have had better luck with Washington sent eggs. I received the cuckoos very quickly but the Bielefelders were taking longer so I decided to set the cuckoos & then set the Bielefelders later when they got here. The one chick I thought was Bielefelder is the extra egg the cuckoo breeder sent to me from a Crele project that she is doing. That's why it is brown & chipmunk marked. I have my big calendar marked for the Bielefelders Friday or Saturday. I will cross my fingers. I am so glad I never give up on late eggs til waaaaaaaaaaaay late.....LOL

Yay, you still have a good chance then!

 

[TheKeeper]

Serama baby

That right there might cure a need for quail. Too cute!

 

[PetRock]

I think I figured out my bad hatch & it is a "good" thing. I ordered my cucukoo Marans eggs & my Bielefelder eggs from 2 different breeders in Washington. For some reason I have had better luck with Washington sent eggs. I received the cuckoos very quickly but the Bielefelders were taking longer so I decided to set the cuckoos & then set the Bielefelders later when they got here. The one chick I thought was Bielefelder is the extra egg the cuckoo breeder sent to me from a Crele project that she is doing. That's why it is brown & chipmunk marked. I have my big calendar marked for the Bielefelders Friday or Saturday. I will cross my fingers. I am so glad I never give up on late eggs til waaaaaaaaaaaay late.....LOL

That's good news!!!! I'll keep my fingers crossed, too!