Rural Gardening: ZZ's Babiez: (Seramas), 1 by Haystack

Haystack wrote:
Time goes by just to fast. I think about seven weeks ago ZZ's sent me her four serama hens, and two roos. I housed them together to the first six weeks or so and Dot though the smaller of the Roos just would not allow the other roo (Booker the Looker) any time at all with or around the hens. I seperated the two roos and divided the girls so each one had two hens each. Well within days after that both roos and the hens seemed contented and all four hens started laying eggs on the same day. I could not believe it. In a perior of five days with four hens I had twenty eggs. I incubated seven and sold three to a customer to incubate. Today is day nine in the inc and my granddaughter and I candled the eggs tonight and it looks like at least six out of seven and maybe all seven are fertil and well developed. I was told that they did not do well incubating them so with no real experience I decided to try any way and it looks very promising at this point. I just can't get over how they laid so many eggs and I was told they were lousy layers. Tonight I went out late and checked for more eggs and two of the hens are setting on four more eggs and I was told they would not set. Murphy is setting and she looks so totally proud of herself. ZZ's would be so proud of these boyz and girlz so I will be posting some pic's very soon.

This message was edited Oct 25, 2009 10:01 PM