Kate's Sassy Seramas

[shahtir101]

I also candled te eggs from my birds that are on day 5, I have 100% fertility! I'm really happy

 

[nchls school]

I also candled te eggs from my birds that are on day 5, I have 100% fertility! I'm really happy

That's great!!

For whatever reason the fertility of my birds is dropping; down to about 50%. Maybe because the rooster is young. But somehow I am not too disappointed right now-less chicks hatching also means less to cull. And it is getting hard to get anyone to take roosters.

 

[shahtir101]

That's great!!

For whatever reason the fertility of my birds is dropping; down to about 50%. Maybe because the rooster is young. But somehow I am not too disappointed right now-less chicks hatching also means less to cull. And it is getting hard to get anyone to take roosters.

I would think that's what it is. The younger roosters have a hard time until they are older...

 

[shahtir101]

I'm very thrilled with how this is all going! I have a really small roo growing out that is very vertical! In the same batch is a chocolate mottled hen that is vertical as well with a nice back from truffles line! I'm keeping them and my frizzle roo has a nice looking comb growing and the other 2 are girls. My recent broody appears to have hatched 4 girls! I've been having 100 percent fertility and 90ish percent hatch rate! I have plans for more breeding pens! I just hope I don't have to much bad luck at once after all of this good luck!

 

[nchls school]

I'm very thrilled with how this is all going! I have a really small roo growing out that is very vertical! In the same batch is a chocolate mottled hen that is vertical as well with a nice back from truffles line! I'm keeping them and my frizzle roo has a nice looking comb growing and the other 2 are girls. My recent broody appears to have hatched 4 girls! I've been having 100 percent fertility and 90ish percent hatch rate! I have plans for more breeding pens! I just hope I don't have to much bad luck at once after all of this good luck!

Bad luck. That's where I'm at on so many levels. I wish you the best. May fortune and good luck always be yours.

 

[shahtir101]

I have some eggs hatching in my incubator. Seramas are extremely hard to hatch and I had low hatch rates from my flock. I won some Silkie eggs and decided to throw in some Serama eggs just for the heck of it. This hatch was about the Silkie eggs so I had the humidity at 35% (as recommend by the woman who sent the eggs) for me that was a dry hatch and I had the best hatch ever! My Serama eggs thrived! I only had to toss one on day 7. I bumped the humidity up to 60% and all of the Serama eggs pipped and 2 have hatched! It's only day 20 and this is my best hatch yet! You guys might want to try this if you have low hatch rates

 

[nchls school]

I have some eggs hatching in my incubator. Seramas are extremely hard to hatch and I had low hatch rates from my flock. I won some Silkie eggs and decided to throw in some Serama eggs just for the heck of it. This hatch was about the Silkie eggs so I had the humidity at 35% (as recommend by the woman who sent the eggs) for me that was a dry hatch and I had the best hatch ever! My Serama eggs thrived! I only had to toss one on day 7. I bumped the humidity up to 60% and all of the Serama eggs pipped and 2 have hatched! It's only day 20 and this is my best hatch yet! You guys might want to try this if you have low hatch rates

Ra_ mentioned the need for lower humidity too. I wonder if the humidity changes over the course of brooding under a hen. Be interesting to find out; need a new hygrometer first.

Good luck with the hatch! I've tribbles and others hatching this weekend. The humidity is way high; hot and wet almost every day.

 

[shahtir101]

Ra_ mentioned the need for lower humidity too. I wonder if the humidity changes over the course of brooding under a hen. Be interesting to find out; need a new hygrometer first.

Good luck with the hatch! I've tribbles and others hatching this weekend. The humidity is way high; hot and wet almost every day.  

That would be interesting. I think your eggs will be fine. Even if a certain humidity hatched eggs better in an incubator that doesn't mean the same thing for a broody. I have had broodies hatch chicks when it is raining so I don't think it will be a problem for you

good luck and keep me updated!

 

[prizepete]

I have some pics of chicks that are from @shahtir101


This is from Rocco, I can't remember if she posted a pic of him.


This is a very blurry picture of another rocco baby

This is another rocco baby, Poses better than this but she was sleepy


This is a truffles baby, I think she is the darkest chocolate one that truffles has had! lol


And this is a chick from Her silkied pair, Looking good!

Again not sure if she has posted pics of parent birds, I just thought I should post a pic of babies!

 

[shahtir101]

This is from Rocco, I can't remember if she posted a pic of him. This is a very blurry picture of another rocco baby This is another rocco baby, Poses better than this but she was sleepy This is a truffles baby, I think she is the darkest chocolate one that truffles has had! lol And this is a chick from Her silkied pair, Looking good! Again not sure if she has posted pics of parent birds, I just thought I should post a pic of babies!

They are lookin awesome