The tiny serama; a Hatching adventure

[TwoCrows]

This is so true. I've been known to shed a few tears reminiscing of past birds. I already know I'll miss Cruella like heck when she's gone, I've never had another bird quite like her

There are a few birds in my past that still evoke the tears, they were and still are special to me. I totally get it.

 

[fluffycrow]

One of my Cochin pullets did this to me this morning, just standing around and staring while everyone else was eating their breakfast. Definitely got that same feeling of, 'oh no, something's not right'. I picked her up and checked her over, and nothing was visibly wrong. Then I set her back down, and she immediately was back to normal and went over to the dish to eat, like a switch flipped back on in her brain. Hopefully both our girls were just having an off day and nothing more

Thank you for the reassurance pipd. Scary Spice did have a droopy tail for about half the day, and for a few seconds droopy wings. It was just so sudden! Hopefully your girl is completely healthy, and bounces back tomorrow!

 

[ElfenLied89]

The time has arrived, and you don't know how happy I am! Lady Gaga is back in with his serama girls!



I watched them carefully until I made sure he bred all of them, to avoid any potential discrimination when it comes to which girl gets to feed.



The plan is this: wait 2 more weeks for them to settle into a routine, have many successful matings, and give some more time for the girls to really up their laying game, after a winter of not laying anything. Then, for ten days I will be collecting eggs. Hopefully we reach at least 20 eggs, but my guess is around 15 or less (oh well, the pain of only having three serama pullets). That should bring us to about the middle of the first week of April, at which point I'll be setting eggs in my incubator, lovingly called Electric Lady. That's about it!

@TwoCrows @WoDia @tlcmurphy @2ndTink @Debbie292d @CoopBoots @Antiocheggers @SwampPrincessChick @Sally PB @Chive @ElfenLied89 @GreenJay @LTAY1946 @EEforMe come join peeps! I bet I've forgotten a bunch of you, so sincere apologies if I have

I need Seramas in my liiiiiiife!

 

[ElfenLied89]

Thank you for the reassurance pipd. Scary Spice did have a droopy tail for about half the day, and for a few seconds droopy wings. It was just so sudden! Hopefully your girl is completely healthy, and bounces back tomorrow!

Maybe chickens have crappy days just like us. I know some days I'm just like ugh, too. Lol. Well. Pretty sure humans have more UGH days than chickens.

 

[fluffycrow]

I need Seramas in my liiiiiiife!

Don't we all

 

[fluffycrow]

Maybe chickens have crappy days just like us. I know some days I'm just like ugh, too. Lol. Well. Pretty sure humans have more UGH days than chickens.

Humans definitely have more UGH days, because we've been taught that in many instances, expressing our feelings is frowned upon. With chickens, a peck (or a very loud scream) and it's done

 

[BDutch]

One of my Cochin pullets did this to me this morning, just standing around and staring while everyone else was eating their breakfast. Definitely got that same feeling of, 'oh no, something's not right'. I picked her up and checked her over, and nothing was visibly wrong. Then I set her back down, and she immediately was back to normal and went over to the dish to eat, like a switch flipped back on in her brain. Hopefully both our girls were just having an off day and nothing more

Maybe they were just daydreaming about spring?

 

[fluffycrow]

Maybe they were just daydreaming about spring?

Spring's here . Proof in the form of Cruella's adoptive daughter faceplanting in the weeds:

 

[Antiocheggers]

I am Greek, but I can speak (and as you can see, write) in English. I also *pretend* to know French. But Greek and English are the two languages I can confidently say I know.



















Tsouloufates are a Greek landrace. The Greek language is very different from the English language, so the plural of the landrace is Tsouloufates, while the singular is Tsouloufati. In my earlier posts (as well as my article) I did not use the plural, because I thought it might be too complicated. OK, that's a lie. I was just too lazy to type it out myself, and my keyboard already had "Tsouloufati" ready, so I never bothered. Here are some photos of my Tsouloufates; it means "crested" in Greek

What an education! We are never to old to learn. Thanks for answering my questions Wow!

 

[fluffycrow]

What an education! We are never to old to learn. Thanks for answering my questions Wow!

No problem! The learning never stops, especially when it comes to a subject one is passionate about!