Serama Egg Hatching Day

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Thus far, I have at least three Serama chicks!!! We will see how many more make it out of their eggs in the next day or two.

 

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Five chicks and counting!!!

 

[WoDia]

Five chicks and counting!!!

Congratulations! Please post photos!

 

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Congratulations! Please post photos!

Here’s Lucy with four of the chicks! She’s doing a splendid job of covering them, so it’s not easy to get decent photos.

Out of curiosity, what colors do you think the chicks will feather out to be?

 

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Also, @WoDia, here’s a bit of art I created of your Curly!

 

[WoDia]

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Here’s Lucy with four of the chicks! She’s doing a splendid job of covering them, so it’s not easy to get decent photos.

Out of curiosity, what colors do you think the chicks will feather out to be?

Adult color is not so easy to predict with Seramas, unless they’re all white or all black. Even then, that can change. They do not breed true, but I’ve had a few hens hatch chicks that have grown to look nearly identical to them. Is the 1 beneath her all white? If it is, you’ll likely have 1 white (or primarily white). The black/white COULD be exchequer, or black and white mottling. It’s just difficult to determine. Is that 1 in the back silver? I had a chick that my girl Seasons hatched, who was white with 1 black dot on her head. She grew out to be pure white.

Here’s 3 from my latest hatch (Thanksgiving day):

(The following 3 photos are from yesterday)
Bramble

Bia

Barley

Bia is on the right in the top photo. She was the darkest. Bramble is in the back, and he’s remaining the silvery shades.
Barley does have the same coloring as daddy, Curly (the same young roo in that gorgeous artwork you produced ).

This is their 4th chick, 11 days younger. Beatrix, with Barley.

This little one surprised me. Look at the legs! It comes from somewhere back in the daddy’s lines, I’m thinking.

Seasons, their mama.

And daddy, Curly.

I know this doesn’t help you much. Seramas really are tough to determine adult plumage colors. Continue posting photos of all those totally adorable chicks!

 

[WoDia]

Also, @WoDia, here’s a bit of art I created of your Curly!

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Thank you sooo much for the beautiful Curly artwork! I absolutely love it! You have tons of talent! Do you mind if I use it for my profile photo?

 

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Adult color is not so easy to predict with Seramas, unless they’re all white or all black. Even then, that can change. They do not breed true, but I’ve had a few hens hatch chicks that have grown to look nearly identical to them. Is the 1 beneath her all white? If it is, you’ll likely have 1 white (or primarily white). The black/white COULD be exchequer, or black and white mottling. It’s just difficult to determine. Is that 1 in the back silver? I had a chick that my girl Seasons hatched, who was white with 1 black dot on her head. She grew out to be pure white.

Here’s 3 from my latest hatch (Thanksgiving day):
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(The following 3 photos are from yesterday)
Bramble
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Bia
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Barley
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Bia is on the right in the top photo. She was the darkest. Bramble is in the back, and he’s remaining the silvery shades.
Barley does have the same coloring as daddy, Curly (the same young roo in that gorgeous artwork you produced ).

This is their 4th chick, 11 days younger. Beatrix, with Barley.
View attachment 4028668
This little one surprised me. Look at the legs! It comes from somewhere back in the daddy’s lines, I’m thinking.

Seasons, their mama.
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And daddy, Curly.
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I know this doesn’t help you much. Seramas really are tough to determine adult plumage colors. Continue posting photos of all those totally adorable chicks!

This helps a lot! You take such beautiful photos . I’m going to attempt to get some higher quality photos when Nancy is a little less on edge.

As for the chicks colors, so far I have three black and white chicks, one blue and white chick, one blue chick, and one black chick. The blue chick and the black chick will keep their colors I presume, but the black and white chicks will be definite surprises as they feather out!

 

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Thank you sooo much for the beautiful Curly artwork! I absolutely love it! You have tons of talent! Do you mind if I use it for my profile photo?

You are welcome and thank you so much! I had a blast trying to make his frizzled feather texture come through in my art . I would be honored if you were to use it as your profile picture!

 

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Here are some pics!