My newly hatched Seramas -pic heavy-

[Guitartists]

What little cuties!

Congrats!

 

[Corey NC]

Here is the last one. It's a little wet from getting a little bath to remove the egg goopies.

I'll get better ones of all of the once they are all fully fluffed out.

 

[Henpecked]

Adorable little babies! I am on my third attempt at incubating Seramas. Its been a not so funny comedy of errors. Bought a batch from Frank and Deena but they got lost in shipment and were a week late. I put them in, but nothing developed at all. She sent me a second batch and they arrived but again, at 7 days, nothing but yolks. I was simultaneously hatching my own chics in the same bator so I knew the temps and humidity were right. Sweet Deena took pity on my tortured soul and sent me one more batch. We are on day 7 today and I had to cull 6 - BUT - I have 6 very obvious little wigglers!! Any tips for me?

Temp is 101 steady

Humidity is holding at 38% (I heard Seramas do better with lower humidity - odd since they originate in Malaysia - but I ain't in a position to argue!)

LG Still Air (heard this is best for them - not sure why)

Turning by hand x3 and have them in a "clutch" formation - again, heard this is better than all sep. Incidentally, the ones that were culled were the ones on the fringe of the clutch. I now have replaced them with my own cochin eggs I had in another bator.

At this point, if you told me to dance a jig by the full moon while chanting an ancient Serama hatching prayer - I WOULD DO IT! LOL

 

[Corey NC]

I had terrible luck with my LG and my seramas. I only started getting them to hatch when I got my Octagon 20.

I keep my temps at 100.00 through out the hatch and humidity at 45%. I stop turning at day 17.

I messed up this time. I waited to long, I could have (maybe) saved 7 others had I piped them on day 20 instead of waiting til day 21. Of the three that I got only one pipped on it's own and they all needed help getting out of the shells.

Shipping is just really rough on these little eggs. I hope to have better luck once are start hatching out my own.

 

[M.J]

have to ask how did you loss eight chicks
thats im just starting with the breed so am just wondering
i have two that are 3 weeks old now and should have maybe five more hatch this sunday so far the one is a pure white and the other is i white with dark gray dusting in some spots

 

[Corey NC]

I had them in with a broody in an XL dog kennal with a small pen attached. Momma hen brought then out into the pen but when she went back into the kennal those 8 chicks couldn't get back over the lip of the kennal and chilled and died. Not pleseant to wake up to.

This is where they were at but this is a different time with a hen with standard chicks. It never even occuried to me that the seramas were too small to get back in.

 

[aberfitch]

they are soooo cute!!!! I just became a daddy too i have 7 fuzzy buts running around!! I just love them!

 

[ae50mag]

corey,

the first 2 will probally be mottled, possible they will go all black, time will tell, the 3rd may go solid white,maybe, i am getting solid white serama from my sparks line. one or two every 3-4 hatches. good luck

frank

 

[ae50mag]

hen pecked -

i would keep at around 55% humidity.. and 100.0-100.5

frank