The tiny serama; a Hatching adventure

[fluffycrow]

Let’s grow Jelly Bean (and everyone else too)!

Yes! In around 24 hours we will be doing the first official candling round, so we definitely need your support to get these little embryos moving and grooving!

 

[fluffycrow]

He reminds me of Kithara! Gorgeous

Thank you!







Yes, they have quite similar colourations. Completely different ancestry, though. Isn't that funny?

 

[fluffycrow]

We've entered Day 7 everybody !

In less than 24 hours we'll be doing the official first candling!

Today, the comb begins to develop.

I did a little bit of a cheeky candling, and I'm left a bit sad. I saw what I'm 99.9% sure were blood rings on at least three serama eggs, so please send positive vibes, prayers, or anything positive their way, so that we don't lose any more.

@tlcmurphy your eggie is definitely developing, little Jelly Bean is a fighter!

 

[tlcmurphy]

We've entered Day 7 everybody !

In less than 24 hours we'll be doing the official first candling!

Today, the comb begins to develop.

I did a little bit of a cheeky candling, and I'm left a bit sad. I saw what I'm 99.9% sure were blood rings on at least three serama eggs, so please send positive vibes, prayers, or anything positive their way, so that we don't lose any more.

@tlcmurphy your eggie is definitely developing, little Jelly Bean is a fighter!

Aww, I’m sorry to hear about the Seramas, I’m sending Well Wishes your way!
Yay for our little Jelly Bean though

 

[fluffycrow]

Aww, I’m sorry to hear about the Seramas, I’m sending Well Wishes your way!
Yay for our little Jelly Bean though

Thank you! I'm so happy Jelly Bean is growing. After seeing a tad bit of vein on the first candling, I was really rooting for that little guy (or girl)

 

[2ndTink]

Oh no, I'm sorry they are looking like blood rings do you have the same issue with the T-birds? (Sorry, not yet at the level to attempt the full name ) are Serama shells thinner or more porous?

I watched a YouTube video of a lady using hydrogen peroxide to sanitize hatching eggs and she said her number of blood rings significantly decreased once she started doing that. Maybe there's a bacteria in your soil that's sneaking in?

Come on little Jelly Bean, keep fighting!

 

[fluffycrow]

Oh no, I'm sorry they are looking like blood rings do you have the same issue with the T-birds? (Sorry, not yet at the level to attempt the full name ) are Serama shells thinner or more porous?

I watched a YouTube video of a lady using hydrogen peroxide to sanitize hatching eggs and she said her number of blood rings significantly decreased once she started doing that. Maybe there's a bacteria in your soil that's sneaking in?

Come on little Jelly Bean, keep fighting!

I didn't candle as many Tsouloufates. The ones that I did candle were either eggs that I had marked before setting as low chances of hatching (none of the claimed eggs were marked as such), or random ones I picked up. All the ones I marked as low chance of hatching had no development, but all the random ones I picked up were very much developing.



I actually set more Tsouloufati eggs with porous eggs, than I did serama. With the serama I tried to play it totally by the book, to achieve the best hatch rate. I'd say their shells are strong enough.



Don't know about potential bacteria seeping in. I didn't wash them, so the protective bloom should be there. I didn't even mark them with the pencil, in case it could affect them. I don't know if the high humidity was at play. Guessing by the air cell size on the Tsouloufates, that's a no too

 

[2ndTink]

I didn't candle as many Tsouloufates. The ones that I did candle were either eggs that I had marked before setting as low chances of hatching (none of the claimed eggs were marked as such), or random ones I picked up. All the ones I marked as low chance of hatching had no development, but all the random ones I picked up were very much developing.



I actually set more Tsouloufati eggs with porous eggs, than I did serama. With the serama I tried to play it totally by the book, to achieve the best hatch rate. I'd say their shells are strong enough.



Don't know about potential bacteria seeping in. I didn't wash them, so the protective bloom should be there. I didn't even mark them with the pencil, in case it could affect them. I don't know if the high humidity was at play. Guessing by the air cell size on the Tsouloufates, that's a no too

Hmm, I'm not a blood rings expert by any means, so hopefully others have more thoughts. I'm super bummed for you Fluffy there are so many variables and things that happen out of our control. That is great the Tsouloufates are doing well (thanks for giving me the name reference ) but I know how much we were all hoping for a bountiful Serama hatch.

Also, we won't give up on them just yet, I've had some funky looking ones that were actually just fine I was sure I have one silkie egg that was a quitter but thankfully I left it when I did my lockdown candling because it hatched!

Maybe they are just giving us a scare

 

[fluffycrow]

Hmm, I'm not a blood rings expert by any means, so hopefully others have more thoughts. I'm super bummed for you Fluffy there are so many variables and things that happen out of our control. That is great the Tsouloufates are doing well (thanks for giving me the name reference ) but I know how much we were all hoping for a bountiful Serama hatch.

Also, we won't give up on them just yet, I've had some funky looking ones that were actually just fine I was sure I have one silkie egg that was a quitter but thankfully I left it when I did my lockdown candling because it hatched!

Maybe they are just giving us a scare

Thank you so much . I know that you peeps also wanted to see these little guys hatch. We still have a few who are developing (3, at the very least) so let's keep cheering for those, and possibly hoping I was wrong in my assessment. As long as they aren't stinkers, they can stay in the incubator until lockdown. I really hope I just didn't judge their development correctly

 

[fluffycrow]

T-birds? (Sorry, not yet at the level to attempt the full name )

Totally get it! It's a weird name, and one you can't really remember by its pronunciation