American serama thread!

[cluck-cluck]

Ok, will grind then, thank you! Better safe than sorry!

 

[Aschenfire]

Ok, will grind then, thank you! Better safe than sorry!

With mash, you might not have to grind it, depending how fine it is. These little ones will pick up and eat what they can, and leave the bigger pieces, till they are a little older. I just put food in with Autumn today and she kind of pecked at it. She's just a day and a half old though, so I don't expect her to be that interested in eating just yet

 

[PNWGirl]

Pretty pair, catwalk, I really like the hen

I have a question I hope ya'all can answer, please? Can Serama chicks eat mash, or do I have to grind that up too?

I start them on ground chick starter. After two weeks I mix in ground chick starter with unground. When I see that they have started to eat the unground (it's no longer being left in the chick feeder and I see them eating it), I stop grinding.

Sheila

 

[catwalk]

I feed regular chick crumbles. The pieces are different sizes, and they pick out the ones that they can eat. After a day or two, I take the feed out and give it to older birds, and I give them a new scoop of crumbles. The next week, when I put in another clutch of chicks, the older ones can eat the bigger pieces and the new ones pick out the small bits.

 

[mnferalkitty]

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Thats exactly what I do.

 

[ocseramas]

An oregon native. She says she purchased them as chicks.

I NEVER sell chicks - never ever have and never will. And, most important, I would absolutely, postively, over my dead body, ship a chick! I have sent full grown birds to Oregon but chicks ...never.

 

[cluck-cluck]

Thanks again everyone!

 

[Aschenfire]

Ok...so I have a question...

Is this a Serama baby thing, or just a baby chick thing? Last hatch (a solo silkied baby) was hatched out perfect, then developed pretty nasty splayed legs which did resolve on their own (I only kept that one hobbled for about 8 hours before he kicked one hobble off). This time, with the new chick, she is taking what seems like a long time to get her land legs. She spent all day yesterday on her back. I'd turn her over and she'd immediately flip back to her back the moment she moved. I finally gave up trying to keep her upright, and thought "if she makes it through the night, it should be ok". Well, today, she is more coordinated, and can stay MOSTLY on her feet. Once in a while she'll get going too fast and roll to her little back, but today she can right herself fairly fast.

Is this baby a *special* child, or is this common with these little bitty guys? LOL! I'm not too concerned about it, and she's showing interest in the food and water, but I just thought it was worth asking about

 

[angelchix]

I will say my bestest chicken hatching prayers to you! Nothing conpares to those teeny-tiny wee fuzzy-butts!!!

teeny-tiny fuzzy- butts? how small are they when they first hatch? Anyone have some photos and something in the photo to use as a scale? what, arent the eggs they size of grapes?

 

[Aschenfire]

This was my hatch prior to the one I have in the incubator right now... Booger, who is still tiny at 8 weeks old



This was the day he was hatched. Most of my Serama babies are slightly larger, but they can be very tiny!