Serama eggs from Castle Delight Seramas

[ZooMummzy]

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Congrats Paula!!!!

Laura, got a question. A couple of babies look like they are starting to (can't remember what it's called) but where they look like they are trying to 'walk wide' or straddling something. What are you suppose to do in this case? Something with a thin bandaid? or tape? I can't remember. One doesn't do it all the time and the other walks fine he just stands with his legs really wide apart. Funny babies...
Thanks,

Paula, I would use the smallest band aid size, cut in half. Use the pad in the middle as a separating point (it's just wide enough for these little babies) and wrap the ends around each leg. Leave it on for a day or two then remove and see how they are doing. Usually that is all it takes to strengthen their legs. I have found this problem in the babies I help, but it always corrects itself and you never knew they had a problem when they grow up!

 

[Cackling Hen]

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Yes, if they are pullets, their comb will develop slowly over the next few weeks. The 9 week olds I rehomed last week had just barely started to get a comb. Seramas mature much faster than other bantam breeds. The pullets can start laying at 14 weeks - mine have all started at 15-16 weeks - and the males mature by 12 weeks.

Wow they start laying that early huh

 

[ZooMummzy]

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Yes, if they are pullets, their comb will develop slowly over the next few weeks. The 9 week olds I rehomed last week had just barely started to get a comb. Seramas mature much faster than other bantam breeds. The pullets can start laying at 14 weeks - mine have all started at 15-16 weeks - and the males mature by 12 weeks.

Wow they start laying that early huh

They can yes. Most of mine started early, Dina as early as 14 weeks. How are your babies?

 

[Cackling Hen]

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Wow they start laying that early huh

They can yes. Most of mine started early, Dina as early as 14 weeks. How are your babies?

Doing perfect I need to get pics up of both batches I got a scale and want to weigh the first 6 who are 8 weeks already

 

[auntpa-k]

I have a young hen that has just started laying. Since I already have the incubator out and on, I stuck the eggs (2) in. Besides waiting a couple of days for the red veins to appear, how can you tell if the eggs are fertile? I candled both as I set them, but I'm not sure what I am looking for. I know when I have ordered eggs (ebay, catalogs, craiglist, etc) they have stated the fertility has been checked. OK, what does that mean exactly?

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(and yes, she is in a cage with a rooster.)

Laura, the hen I'm talking about is Amanda. She is with Angus and he is very young also. (is crowing) I have already hatched eggs from Jonnie. 2 of my new babies are hers. I held up those babies to Frankie and Jonnie's cage to introduce them to their babies. Frankie was really interested, Jonnie not so much. Frankie just cocked his head to the side and 'listened' the the babies. I didn't get them too close, I think Frankie would have been fine (he was very mothering to the silkie chick) but I didn't want to take any chances.

I'm not planning on hatching anymore from either of these, I was just curious. Jonnie is still laying an egg a day, but I have been just putting them in the fridge.

 

[ZooMummzy]

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You can crack them open Paula and look for the bullseye. I did that before I started selling eggs from my pens and do it when a new pen starts laying just so I can say "yes, they are fertile". Look up how to tell if an egg is fertile. You will find lots of photos

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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You can crack them open Paula and look for the bullseye. I did that before I started selling eggs from my pens and do it when a new pen starts laying just so I can say "yes, they are fertile". Look up how to tell if an egg is fertile. You will find lots of photos

Yesterday my Serama girls layed an egg, but alas, they layed it in their water, and it has a small crack!

It became breakfast, but I couldn't eat it. It could have been a chick!

Serama eggs are meant to EAT! They're meant to HATCH!

~ Aspen

 

[ZooMummzy]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy :

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You can crack them open Paula and look for the bullseye. I did that before I started selling eggs from my pens and do it when a new pen starts laying just so I can say "yes, they are fertile". Look up how to tell if an egg is fertile. You will find lots of photos

Yesterday my Serama girls layed an egg, but alas, they layed it in their water, and it has a small crack!

It became breakfast, but I couldn't eat it. It could have been a chick!

Serama eggs are meant to EAT! They're meant to HATCH!

~ Aspen

Awwww I can't eat mine either!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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Yesterday my Serama girls layed an egg, but alas, they layed it in their water, and it has a small crack!

It became breakfast, but I couldn't eat it. It could have been a chick!

Serama eggs are meant to EAT! They're meant to HATCH!

~ Aspen

Awwww I can't eat mine either!

That's the bad thing about them! My other breeds it's just a 'normal' 'ol brown egg. But a tiny, itty bitty, Serama egg! EAT it? ARe you kidding!

~ Aspen

 

[AlienChick]

I read someplace that Serama eggs do not ship well at all.

But it seems y'all here have a pretty good hatch rate.

Is your hatch rate 60% would you say?

And why do they supposedly not ship well? Is it because they're so small or they get destroyed by the Post Office x-ray machines?

I plan on guying an incubator and would love to get some eggs, but I need to understand all this first.