Size of Serama Eggs?

[Penturner]

I am trying to get all set up to hatch a dozen Serama eggs. But have never seen them before. I am trying to figure out something to use as a hatching tray. anyone have some approx measurements for a standard Serama Egg? Whatever I use will have to be home made as I expect the eggs to arrive today or tomorrow. setting here waiting with nothin to do so I could be working on somthin.
Thanks

 

[Penturner]

Well, Never Mind, My eggs arrived about 30 minutes ago.
Thanks anyway

 

[chickensducks&agoose]

so... how big ARE they?

 

[Penturner]

I say they are about 1/3 the size of a large chicken egg but like the birds they come from they vary in size quite a bit. Fragile though I think 13 out of 14 eggs did not survive being mailed.

 

[Sunny the Hippie Chick]

Please can you post a pic of a serama egg next to a large store bought egg. I too have never seen a serama egg and have been wondering about their size.. Thinking of getting some during summer....

 

[easttxchick]

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Wow, I'm sure sorry about that-that's frustrating. Mine all survived the mail.

 

[Penturner]

Hippie Chick, Sorry I did not see your request until after I had them set in the bator. I set all of them and will see what happens. I really expect that 7of them at least will not survive long and will get a picture of them next to a regular egg when I do.

Mainly air sacs that ruptured in mine.

easttxchick, how where your eggs wrapped? I am thinking by box had to have taken a big jolt at some point to take out all the eggs like that but am interested in figuring out how to give them the best chance.

The seller has offered to replace the entire lot for cost of shipping but I asked if I could postpone that offer until I have some time to see what results from these.

 

[Chicky Tocks]

I'm so sorry. Yes, serama eggs are very hard to ship. Out of a dozen, these three were the only ones to develop....and they never hatched.

The bottom row on the right are the serama eggs. Two of them, and the other one is
to the left center of the thermometer. It's not a perfect size view because its from the top, but you get the idea.

 

[godseeds]

My husband and I are incubating for the first time. We got 18+ eggs from IN and other 6 coming from FL. The eggs are very tiny, about 1/3 the size of regular eggs.
I have a question though. We have a LG incubator. There are little black caps on the cover. There wasn't anything in the instructions about when to take them off or leave them in. Does anyone know what to do with them?
Thank~Pam

 

[Penturner]

They set so low in a regular egg carton cup that they are hard to get back out. The top down view does not show you how low in the cup they really are.