Rural Gardening: My first serama egg!!, 1 by musicnotes

musicnotes wrote:
Oh Claire...that just breaks my heart about the packaging. It is so much more REAL how the eggs are beginning of lives, now that I have a hatched a few. I'm sorry. I was telling Silkie a few weeks ago that I was going to start and egg & chick (all birds and their eggs, really) shipping business. There are sooooooooooo many people in need of this. I can't trust the PO as far as I can throw them! (no pun intended). Even overnight. I swear when you put "FRAGILE" on a package, they see that as "DROP, KICK, AND CRUSH"!

Well, on the brighter side of things, I am home from work. Got the brooder all set up last night. Having a hard time regulating the temp. Finally got it to pretty much sit at 96-98. I read that it should be 90 degrees. But, I came home to the 3 hatched chicks frolicking around on the wire and the 4th and largest egg, pipped! It has been pipped since about 4pm and just keeps on chirping in there.

The 3 are the most absolutely adorable little fuzzy butts I have ever seen. After we got them into the brooder, I have called them from the side and the littlest chick (we are calling it Blondie) come running to face on the outside of the homemade brooder. I talk to it just like I've talked to it for the past (almost) 3 weeks!

Pics will follow.
Enjoy!
~music
PS~Silkie- I purchased from you on BYC...I'm the one with the pourous Serama eggs (5 out of 9), 3 cochin, 1 sp1 (doa due to post office handling), buff brahma, and 1 with nothing written, so I wrote a ? on it...it will be a surprise! I haven't had a chance to reply to your PM