The tiny serama; a Hatching adventure

[WoDia]

That's sooo encouraging to hear! Especially since it was with serama eggs!

You’ve currently got just 3 girls to work with, so every egg is precious!

 

[fluffycrow]

Hmmm, I guess they’re not finding the nest boxes to their liking. Silly girls. I find mine in a few nest boxes usually, but sometimes I find them right in the middle of the floor. Sometimes, right in front of the door! That doesn’t always end well for the egg.

Maybe. It doesn't help that they're hay/straw throwers like Ursula. Although I have to admit that Lady Gaga was the one to teach them that trick

I guess whenever, wherever…

 

[fluffycrow]

You’ve currently got just 3 girls to work with, so every egg is precious!

Exactly! These eggs are VERY precious!

 

[BDutch]

That's my plan! It's just a matter of these dummies laying in the nest instead of the frigging ground!

Just an idea: buy a bag of clean playing sand or dig up 2 buckets of clean sand and spread it in the spot were the Serama’s like to lay the eggs.

 

[fluffycrow]

Just an idea: buy a bag of clean playing sand or dig up 2 buckets of clean sand and spread it in the spot were the Serama’s like to lay the eggs.

Huh. That might just work. Of course, there's always the chance that they'll throw it all out. I'll see what I can do!

 

[tlcmurphy]

Well, even those can be fun.... sometimes. Is she the one that poops in the nest boxes?

Yep

 

[TwoCrows]

Would an egg in this condition be OK to set?

Look it over, as long as it's not cracked, you can set it. You can clean eggs before setting, many of the professional hatcheries do it. I'd rather not so I just don't. However if you use warm water, it sucks the bacteria out and off of the egg, cold water sucks it back into the egg.

 

[fluffycrow]

Yep

I see. Maybe she could get an award for being the dummy of your group?

 

[fluffycrow]

Look it over, as long as it's not cracked, you can set it. You can clean eggs before setting, many of the professional hatcheries do it. I'd rather not so I just don't. However if you use warm water, it sucks the bacteria out and off of the egg, cold water sucks it back into the egg.

Interesting. I'm guessing this goes for both beneficial bacteria and not?

 

[TwoCrows]

Interesting. I'm guessing this goes for both beneficial bacteria and not?

The idea behind this is the warm water opens the pores and you are washing it all off where as cold water closes the pores and pushes it all further into the egg. Yes some of the bloom is removed however as long as there isn't any deadly bacteria on the egg, which there shouldn't be if your flock is healthy and the egg isn't filthy, it should incubate and hatch just fine. This is the theory.