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Just wanted to say a big thank you to all the people who replied to this. On closer investigation it did indeed look like he had lain in a beet puddle. Now I feel like an unnecessarily anxious parent 😂.

Oo good point on potential beetroot stains from earlier, I’ll check for those. He’s a little nervous around our grumpy older hen (her beak being the only sharp thing in there) but we’ve been watching their interactions so far and I don’t think she’s beating him up (or if she is she’s waiting...

Hi all, This morning we noticed some red splatter markings on our 9 week old Serama male’s chest - last night we thought we saw something like this right before roosting time but he’d had beetroot that day so we put it down to that. Today when he first came down there were no markings and he has...

Is there anything we can do to mitigate it? I wonder why this time and not on previous occasions, was his concern for her putting his own concerns second?

Step 1: indignation.

Step 2: impersonate pressure cooker.

Album depicting the stages of visible stress in my rooster Frankie.

Hi all, I took our two Seramas for their routine nail clipping yesterday and things went a little differently than usual: normally she has a mad flap and won't settle down and he looks after her. This time, she quietly took the clipping (guess she's getting used to it) but he went into stress...

Hi all, Hope all your brood are doing well in the New Year. There’s a fascinating piece in Discover discussing how a rooster’s own crow is muffled by the process of opening its mouth...

Hi all, bit of an update as it's been a while: Frankie & Faux-pas have just been for their first health check and have been given the all-clear. They are a good weight, have no sign of mites and the vet said their nutrition is excellent. The vet trimmed their claws too as we didn't want to do it...

Oh good grief, am glad I only have the two but not sure what I can do with them even so. They have an enclosure that wild birds can't get into but they could touch beaks through the mesh if they had a mind to. The magpies like fighting with each other across the rooftop above the coop but we...

Very cheeky, the day walkers. Got my eye on one recently also. [/IMG]

We had our first eggs this morning :). After all the stories of Seramas only producing 1 tiny egg / month I'm very pleased to find these two from our girl. Nice healthy-looking shells too, far as I can tell.

An update: my rooster started crowing this morning! Had to be hallowe'en and he sounds like he's being killed but he's doing it! So proud of little Frankie.

I have two little Serama sub-adults - rooster just learning to strut upright yesterday, hen steadily outgrowing him and already making big girl noises :D.