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2010 Chick Update

Haleth — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:51:51 +0000

Five Seramas, born on New Year's Day, 2010.

Lighting, at five weeks old. Serama, born January 6, 2010.

Six and five weeks old chicks.

French Copper Blue Maran, five weeks old

Five-week-old French Copper Black Maran, born January 6, 2010

Another 2010 New Year's Serama, quite possibly a pullet.

25-day-old Serama Chick and More Eggs on the Way

Haleth — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:24:48 +0000

This is Honey Bee at three and a half weeks old, poking around in my herb garden. It’s hard to tell exactly how big she is here, but I’d say not very. She’s about the size of a standard-sized day-old chick.

My Serama and Porcelain d’Uccle eggs from Mary Robbins should be here by tomorrow, and Susan (AHappyChick on BYC) sent me a message yesterday letting me know that 30+ eggs are on their way. Lavender silkies, white silkies, some French Black Copper Marans, and finally, the elusive Araucanas!

I’ll probably do a split hatch in the one large incubator, but if there’s not enough room I’ll bust out the smaller one and use that exclusively for the Seramas. I think. We’ll see when they get here. I absolutely cannot wait, I swear, it’s like Christmas morning when they hatch: you think you know what you’re getting, but you’re never sure, and besides, it’s so much better to actually see them, than just know they’re in there.

Leopard Print Chick

Haleth — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:26:22 +0000

Obviously, she’s part leopard. <3

One-day-old Silkie Chick

Serama Chick Comparison

Haleth — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:20:24 +0000

Just to compare sizes, here are Diesel, who’s an Ameraucana/Maran cross at three days old, the black Serama Nemo (probably Nemette), who’s two and a half weeks old, and one of the new baby Seramas, yellow with brown stripes, one day old. I had a hard time getting pictures of them together: the little one kept skittering around trying to get underneath everyone, and Nemette kept wandering off because she bored. But Diesel was so good!

Hatched Friday!

Haleth — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:11:34 +0000

Thirteen hatched from this batch: two French Black Copper Marans (I think that’s what they’re called—some combination of those words, anyway), two Olive Eggers, a bunch of different colored silkies with a few pure whites—yay!, and three showgirls.

More pictures to come.

Showgirls and Silkies in the mix

Showgirls! Bearded and Non-bearded

Closer shot of the two showgirls

I'm hoping she's Lavender, but either way, she's GORGEOUS.

Bearded White Showgirl Chick

Chick Poo – You probably don’t want to see this.

Haleth — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:23:51 +0000

I have no idea if this is normal or not. I plan on asking on BYC right now. This is just a place holder for the images I want to ask about.

UPDATE: Okay, it’s cecal poop! Whew. Here are some more chicken poop links in case I’ve inadvertently enthralled you with the wonders of gallinaceous poo.

Day 8: Silkie & Serama Chicks

Haleth — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:28:49 +0000

The chicks’ first day free, wandering on the patio. They mainly stayed within sight of my toes, but a few wandered off for a few moments before fluttering back to “safety”. Goddard stayed with them the whole time, making sure no one got hurt. What a good boy!

Their first day on the patio

Nemo, the smallest Serama

Calmette, the most curious of the two Seramas, and certainly the calmest.

Nemo, wandering a teeny, tiny bit.

Black Silkies, "The Twins". No names for now.

Silkie Chick, “Flakers”

Haleth — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:28:31 +0000

Lee wasn’t supposed to name this one, since we were fairly sure she’d die, but he did. She hung on for three days, though, a little fighter to the end.

Silkie Chick “Flakers” on 12seconds.tv