Serama Hatch-A-Long!!

[MadamPoofyBrow]

Hey guys! I can truthfully say that I am now obsessed with Seramas! My first two chicks hatched today! My rooster is light blue, and my hen is black breasted red. Both the chicks came out creme with a couple buff spots. Super cute, and very surprising! Any idea what these will look like grown up?
I have four Serama eggs hatching next week, and six going in the incubator today...can't wait!
I'll get some pics up of the chicks in a bit!

 

[darkbluespace]

Hey guys! I can truthfully say that I am now obsessed with Seramas! My first two chicks hatched today! My rooster is light blue, and my hen is black breasted red. Both the chicks came out creme with a couple buff spots. Super cute, and very surprising! Any idea what these will look like grown up?
I have four Serama eggs hatching next week, and six going in the incubator today...can't wait!
I'll get some pics up of the chicks in a bit!

I bet they are adorable! I can't say what they will look like as they get older but a lot of my chicks grew up to be similar versions of their mama or papa!

I am not still incubating eggs but I have a few hens that won't quit, so they can hatch a long with you ; )

 

[MadamPoofyBrow]

Alright, finally got some pics! I didn't have my pair as chicks, so I'm not sure what they looked like...one I think might look like the daddy as he is light blue and the chick is creme with light blue spots.
Here's the chicks, and the parents :-D
Cutest pic EVER!

Mama Anastasia :-D

Daddy Cliff

The first baby with the buff spot :-D

The first baby who hatched in my hand when I picked up her egg to put it back under a first timer mama who had let her egg come out from under her :-/ really cool experience though!

First chick again, I've got way more of her!!!

Second on the left, first on the right :-D
Cliff again

Second left, first right. Can kinda see the blue on the second

Second chick

My pair...they're about seven months old

 

[darkbluespace]

Alright, finally got some pics! I didn't have my pair as chicks, so I'm not sure what they looked like...one I think might look like the daddy as he is light blue and the chick is creme with light blue spots.
Here's the chicks, and the parents :-D
Cutest pic EVER!

Mama Anastasia :-D

Daddy Cliff

The first baby with the buff spot :-D

The first baby who hatched in my hand when I picked up her egg to put it back under a first timer mama who had let her egg come out from under her :-/ really cool experience though!

First chick again, I've got way more of her!!!

Second on the left, first on the right :-D
Cliff again

Second left, first right. Can kinda see the blue on the second

Second chick

My pair...they're about seven months old

Super adorable chicks! I love all the photos, thanks for sharing! How long have you had your pair? Did you hatch them? I am impressed that she is only 7 months old and has already hatched some chicks. I like their names too. I haven't named all my birds but sometimes a name just comes to me and it is just right for that bird. Cliff, his name cracks me up. I have young roo named Hank and it really suits him : )

 

[Audio51]

I still have a few broody hens going strong! If I had realized the extent to which these broody hens are dedicated to hatching then I probably would not have even bothered to hatch any eggs myself! I am glad I did though because I love my Sparky and Twinkle, cuckoo boys that turned out to be micros.

Some of the first pullets I hatched late winter have started laying. Their eggs are pretty small. I put a couple under one of the broody hens to see if they are fertile.

I had two chicks that hatched that looked to be straight feathered and then turned frizzle. I have never seen a chick feather out like that before... very mysterious!

I hope everyone's summer is treating them well : ) Those are some cute chick photos from July that somehow I missed!

Mine are still feathering out, but only have their heads left to go. I have quite a variety of colors. 3 of the six are silkied and the other 3 are standard feathered. It looks like 3 and 3 on pullets and cockerels too! 2 pullets are black and white,standard feather, 2 of the roosters are various shades of brown or maybe partridge. They all look very "typey" in their posture. I would love to get some pictures to pot here, but need to figure out how I will do it without having to chase them down.

Alright, finally got some pics! I didn't have my pair as chicks, so I'm not sure what they looked like...one I think might look like the daddy as he is light blue and the chick is creme with light blue spots.
Here's the chicks, and the parents :-D
Cutest pic EVER!

Mama Anastasia :-D

Daddy Cliff

The first baby with the buff spot :-D

The first baby who hatched in my hand when I picked up her egg to put it back under a first timer mama who had let her egg come out from under her :-/ really cool experience though!

First chick again, I've got way more of her!!!

Second on the left, first on the right :-D
Cliff again

Second left, first right. Can kinda see the blue on the second

Second chick

My pair...they're about seven months old

These guys are adorable! I definitely see the 'blue' in the one chick. The parents are both beautiful! The second one looks like it could be a lighter shade of Mom's coloring.

 

[MadamPoofyBrow]

Darkbluespace, I got my pair when they were six months old and she started laying in a couple of days. I immediately started gathering her eggs for hatch. I too am impressed that she's laying this young and already has chicks. She's actually more like seven and a half months, but not quite eight yet...

Audio51, I would love for the chick to be a lighter version of mama! She just started getting a little bit of wing feathers in and they're kinda really light buff...super pretty!

 

[Naliez]

Can I join? I'm a first time hatcher. My first shipped dozen Serama eggs didn't make it, (only one developed past the first week, then quit) but I got a second batch of 18. It looks like 5 of them have made it, but lockdown is still a week away. I have 8 local Silkie eggs due Tuesday bc I knew shipped Seramas were a big gamble (even bigger for an inexperienced hatcher) and I didn't want to walk away from my first attempt completely empty handed. These Little Seramas have become an obsession. I must have them!

 

[darkbluespace]

Darkbluespace, I got my pair when they were six months old and she started laying in a couple of days. I immediately started gathering her eggs for hatch. I too am impressed that she's laying this young and already has chicks. She's actually more like seven and a half months, but not quite eight yet...

Audio51, I would love for the chick to be a lighter version of mama! She just started getting a little bit of wing feathers in and they're kinda really light buff...super pretty!

Wow, you didn't even have to wait for eggs ; ) Good luck with your incubator eggs, let us know how they are doing!

 

[darkbluespace]

Can I join? I'm a first time hatcher. My first shipped dozen Serama eggs didn't make it, (only one developed past the first week, then quit) but I got a second batch of 18. It looks like 5 of them have made it, but lockdown is still a week away. I have 8 local Silkie eggs due Tuesday bc I knew shipped Seramas were a big gamble (even bigger for an inexperienced hatcher) and I didn't want to walk away from my first attempt completely empty handed. These Little Seramas have become an obsession. I must have them!

Welcome! Sorry your first batch didn't make it! Where were your new eggs shipped from? Seramas are cute funny little birds, I know you'll love them! Do you have other chickens already?

 

[Naliez]

Welcome!  Sorry your first batch didn't make it!  Where were your new eggs shipped from?    Seramas are cute funny little birds, I know you'll love them!  Do you have other chickens already?

Thank you! I have 2 Speckled Sussex and 3 Black Australorps, all just beginning to lay. Our little flock is very tame. We give them turns getting "inside" time so we can interact with each one individually. I wanted to start out with hardy birds since I am new, but now that I'm a little more confident in my chicken raising abilities, I wanted to dabble in hatching with different breeds. After a lot of research, we decided we NEED Seramas! The first batch of e-bay shipped eggs came from Tennessee, I believe, (I'm in NC) but the usps was SO slow, they took 5 days to get here in this HOT, humid weather, so I knew my chances of getting a good hatch rate were pretty low. The second batch has 5 out of 18 doing well, but if these fail, I think I'll stick to local eggs only. The 21 day wait is agony! Lol