Secret Serama Nest

[Suzi18]

Yeah!!!

 

[N F C]

Gotta follow along, I want to see some of those teeny babies!
Good luck @Aleelupton

 

[Aleelupton]

Oh I remember your new coop building now! Looks like they are handling the cold very well.

With that large enclosed building, i would think you could cut the door on the box to open almost the entire side, like make the door almost the full width of the box. All the girls would probably lay eggs in it, unless you have nest boxes elsewhere too, and would be easier human access?

Or.... how about hinges on the bottom or side of the large side wall, make the whole side of the box into a door instead of a fixed wall.

We have a few nest boxes in other places. I want to keep the chicks somewhat separate because they are so small. I'm afraid the big chickens may try to eat them. I think we are going to make the big wall a door so we can open it and close it.

 

[WVduckchick]

The chick in that last photo looks like one of the Easter basket decorations! So cute

A Peep? It does.
Thanks guys. I love those little babies.

 

[nchls school]

So I candled the eggs yesterday and got their warming box setup with a chick feeder and waterer. During candleing something horrible happened. I dropped one of the smallest eggs and it had a crack in it with blood coming out. I felt TERRIBLE. This particular egg had been showing great development and the chick inside looked to be around day 13 or 14. I cried on and off yesterday. I feel so so bad. No more candleing for me. They will hatch when they hatch. I keep meaning to take pictures. My chickens were relocated last year to my inlaws house so I can't just go out and see them whenever I want Hoping to go over today to check on everything. I will get a picture of the hens and the warming box and their eggs.

Did you put the egg back into the incubator?

 

[Aleelupton]

Did you put the egg back into the incubator?

I have a broody hatching the eggs. I sat it down next to one of the hens to collect myself and she started packing at the crack with the blood coming out so I didn't think it would be a good idea. I don't think the chick would have survived.

 

[Aleelupton]

Well it's too darn cold and the serama chicks should be hatching in the next couple days. I made the executive decision to move both hens and their eggs to our house in a brooder. I don't have a heat lamp on them. It's much warmer in our house than their coop so I think they will do just fine for the next week or two. Once the weather warms up I will move them back to their warming box in the coop.

 

[WindingRoad]

The chick in that last photo looks like one of the Easter basket decorations! So cute

Or a Peep. Used to love those things at Easter time.

 

[sean_wonder]

Omg. Seramas are just so unbelievably tiny I can't stand it!! Every single time it gets me.

 

[Aleelupton]

Omg. Seramas are just so unbelievably tiny I can't stand it!! Every single time it gets me.

These are my two biggest. I have a third hen that's about 2/3 their size. She was broody last month, but I kept taking all her eggs.