~MALAYSIAN SERAMA THREAD~ (PICS!!!)

[gumbii]

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good stuff bill... i agree 100%... i just hope i wasn't one of them peeps that was acting worst than a kid... LOL...

 

[pongo]

thank you i really am a nice guy just ask cara lol.....

my only problem in this world at the moment is hatching eggs....i still cant figure out why im unable to hatch these dang things.....im going bald trying lol

 

[HatchingFever]

Bill sit on them yourself ill help you build a nest LOL

 

[gumbii]

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what kind of incubator, temps, humidity, days, lock down, details, details details...??? give up the details...


i hatched one serama so far, and it died... i messed up... someone told me to incubate them for 17 days... so i did... fayul...

 

[bobbyc1970]

Good Morning Everyone. was reading and thought might try to (help) with the incubating. I use the Styrofoam bators with air. I use a Vicks Health Check Monitor it works best for me for keeping an eye on my temps. I keep mine between 40 and 50 on the humidity. And i use a automatic turner. because of long work hours. Some people dont turn for the first couple days but i do. Works best for me. I stop turning on day 19. but on the 19th day add more water to the other troughs. and raise the humidity to around 70. Try and not help get them out.

Be very Patient. Because they have to soak up the yolk and it ruff on them if you do. (learned the hard way) Once they hatch let them dry out Usually for a day or so. For my brooder i use two lights w/40 watt bulbs. But heres a fes tricks to raising them. I learned this by trial and error. Grind their non med chick start. change their bedding daily. I change twice a day. Same with water. Twice daily. Your fatality rate will be down if you do so. Learned this by trial and error. Hope this helps. I am sure i might of left out something theres alot of people that are pros. I wish i had this info when i started. just trying to help Bobby

 

[bobbyc1970]

Oh on day 10 you can candle them to see if fertile or not.

 

[Memphisjourney2seramas]

Mine usually hatch on day 19 so I stop turning on day 18. I usually just ask the people I get eggs from so I will know when to stop turning some are 18 days and some are 19.

 

[nurseshelly]

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what kind of incubator, temps, humidity, days, lock down, details, details details...??? give up the details...


i hatched one serama so far, and it died... i messed up... someone told me to incubate them for 17 days... so i did... fayul...

Hi,
I've hatched quite a few shipped Serama eggs. I have incubated in a forced air hova bator, and also now in a home made wine cooler incubator. My temp fluctuates between 98.8 and 99.6 right now. I was getting a 0.5 degree range, but now that I have two egg turners, the temp fluctuates a little bit more. I also use 40 - 50% humidity during incubation, then as much higher as I can get it for lockown. I'm in Arizona, so we have almost no humidity in the air, so not sure if you would need it as high as I do. When I'm incubating both Serama and LF, I run humidity at 35 - 40%, or else some of the LF end up with rough navel. Since I'm doing shipped eggs, I let them settle big end up for about 8 hours, then I put them in the incubator with the turner off for the first three days. I stop turning on day 17, and most of mine hatch day 19 or 20. I haven't ever lost a chick (knocking on wood!!!) but I hear it is pretty common. I had a lot of help from the person here on BYC that I bought my first eggs from, so I'm sure that is why I have had pretty good luck.
I usually get between 50 - 60% hatch rates on my shipped eggs, but of course I have had a few batches where only one, or none have hatched. I have one right now in lockdown, but I don't think it will hatch. That group took 6 days to come in the mail, instead of the usual 2 days, even though it was shipped priority. I only had 1 make it to lockdown, and only 4 were still fertile on day 5. The one that made it to lockdown has a saddle air cell, and I think it won't pip right. All of the air cells in this group were really messed up.
I use a coffee grinder to grind up their food for the first two weeks. I also have full size crumble available for them to play with. By two weeks they can eat the crumble, but they all prefer the powdered starter. I just start changing out the powder less often at two weeks.
Oh, mine are in the wine cooler incubator until day 17, then I move them to the hova bator for lockdown.

 

[LAseramas KP]

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Close but still not barred but its a start congrats on the barred project... Love the true barred color on austin's bird that past thats what u should try to get

Nah this bird is perfect type for my project and will toss me good birds why are you always so negitive?

not negitive little bro read my post .... anyway congrats on your new pick up if your happy with what you have then that bird is gold its all in the eyes of the beholder ...

 

[LAseramas KP]

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Nah this bird is perfect type for my project and will toss me good birds why are you always so negitive?

Jake, you should get some very typey and nice offspring from this guy. Just make sure you breed to something that is of his equal! Ken is just busy breeding his "true" cocopop so don't mind him......You have a great start with this guy.

wow big statements kate but your right cocoapop is top on my list but last time I check my coop I have more colors then just cocoapop to play with anyway Glad to have you as a REP for Cali