Sunday, June 19, 2011

Hatching

First serama chick battling out of the egg.
My serama chicks began hatching June 14th, 2011. The last one hatched on the 16th, for a total of five chicks! This is my second time hatching eggs, and the first time with a real incubator (my last hatch was done in a homemade incubator which yielded one turkey!). It was very exciting watching these little critters emerge from their shell!
The chick fresh out of the shell.


  It is amazing how small these little creatures are. I would say only 2-3 inches tall. The eggs are comparable to pheasant eggs. 
 

 They are quite fun to watch. And, you'd be quite surprised how loud of a peep can come from such a small body! 

Fuzzy little peepers.
I cannot wait until they are full grown! The average weight is 13 ounces, and they can still fit in the palm of your hand!
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40 comments:

  1. JimJune 19, 2011 at 10:16 PM

    Nice to hear you had a higher survival rate. gotta love being surrounded by cute chicks

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  2. LizardJune 20, 2011 at 1:38 AM

    awww, those are cute. when i was a little kid we had chicks, but our dog ate them :(

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  3. BenJune 20, 2011 at 2:11 AM

    I love having baby chickens as pets!! Like snoobyy I had some when I was in kindergarten- however our neighbors Labrador attacked them and killed all 3 of them

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  4. UnknownJune 20, 2011 at 5:26 AM

    Those are some sweet chickens!

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  5. AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 12:02 PM

    Awww, baby chicks are always cute.

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  6. UnknownJune 20, 2011 at 1:04 PM

    How utterly ironic that i'm eating a plate of scrambled eggs and toast when I stumble onto your blog.

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  7. The HammerJune 20, 2011 at 1:37 PM

    oh wow, really cool

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  8. ChainJune 20, 2011 at 2:34 PM

    Awww those are really cute <333

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  9. AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 4:09 PM

    It's amazing how they evolved from an egg to a chicken. It's like pokemon :D

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  10. BurndroJune 20, 2011 at 4:57 PM

    @thenitefalls: Funny, too bad I didn't hatch 'em all!

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  11. Renzo ArandaJune 20, 2011 at 5:11 PM

    Wow I've hold creatures like these in my hands and they are beautiful, nice job with those eggs, hope they grow up like healthy chickens

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  12. JayJune 20, 2011 at 5:17 PM

    cute! where did you get them?

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  13. BurndroJune 20, 2011 at 5:22 PM

    I had purchased the eggs on eBay actually.

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  14. D3N00B1F13D™June 20, 2011 at 5:40 PM

    All those chicks!

    Those are cute!

    FOllowed!

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  15. UnknownJune 20, 2011 at 6:05 PM

    are you planing on selling the full grown birds? nice post Followed btw

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  16. BurndroJune 20, 2011 at 6:20 PM

    @Integral_Triple: I am not sure yet. They are definitely not worth eating, weighing less than 1 pound. These chickens are supposed act more like little dogs than chickens.

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  17. BartJune 20, 2011 at 8:38 PM

    wat..... u have your own chicks, and i bet you hunt too. wheres the cool hunting pics?

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  18. M FawfulJune 20, 2011 at 9:31 PM

    So cuute! THey should make good pets!

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  19. trawler666June 20, 2011 at 9:58 PM

    When I was a kid I always wanted a pet chicken!

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  20. DouglasJune 21, 2011 at 12:43 AM

    They're adorable!

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  21. ShahanJune 21, 2011 at 1:19 AM

    Aaaaw so cute

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  22. JackJune 21, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    Are you going to eat them eventually?

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  23. Michael ArsenaultJune 21, 2011 at 8:41 AM

    woot! awesome!

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  24. ThiagoJune 21, 2011 at 9:24 AM

    Haha, they're cute. :)

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  25. Bunny HillJune 21, 2011 at 10:39 AM

    cuteness overload

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  26. Miyamoto KaryuuJune 21, 2011 at 10:45 AM

    aww man.. thats adorable! ^^

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  27. Viperman24June 21, 2011 at 2:07 PM

    Aww their so cute

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  28. Jack of DiamondsJune 22, 2011 at 2:38 AM

    CUTEST THINGS EVER!!!!!

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  29. TriperJune 22, 2011 at 2:41 AM

    I wanna hatch the chicken!!

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  30. UnknownJune 22, 2011 at 2:50 AM

    they are cute when they are young they are awesome as kfc stuff ;) just kidding, enjoy your every day organic omelette

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  31. MailexJune 22, 2011 at 3:34 AM

    so cute *-*!
    but only cute when they are young,if they grow up not anymore :S

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  32. Some GuyJune 22, 2011 at 8:35 AM

    Aww so cute!!

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  33. Red13June 22, 2011 at 8:36 AM

    they are soo cuutee!!

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  34. iceyJune 22, 2011 at 10:07 AM

    i want some chicks!

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  35. ShawJune 22, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    SO CUTE!

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  36. PeaceLoveandSharpiesJune 22, 2011 at 12:10 PM

    D'awwwww!
    What sweethearts! <3 :D

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  37. MakelJune 22, 2011 at 2:14 PM

    My god, the adorability index! ITS OFF THE CHARTS!

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  38. fit4lifeJune 22, 2011 at 5:02 PM

    that device is soo cool! and the "little peepers" comment made me laugh

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  39. A LordJune 22, 2011 at 7:14 PM

    There so cute as baby's but to bad they don't stay that cute :(

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  40. toddJune 24, 2011 at 8:51 AM

    that is so cute i can't wait for my wife to see it....

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