American serama thread!

[Lorilyn Farms]

My reason for removing the chicks is that I think they are more easily tamed if they have not been left with the hen. I have also had them fight over chicks if the hens were setting at the same time. I agree with what you said about the hens taking a "vacation" from the roosters by going broody. This past summer I had 3 hens which set on the nests practically the whole summer and I think it was because they wanted the roosters to leave them alone. Some roosters are very aggressive with the hens and the hens don't like it. I finally had to take the hens out from the roosters to get them off the nests. It does not seem to harm a hen to stay broody for an extended period of time as long as they eat and drink regularly. My problem has been getting them to stop setting when all the good eggs have hatched.

I didn't even remember about the tame factor. Yes, I like my birds tame, so there's yet another good reason to take the babies away. My babies are kept in my bedroom, so they always get to talk to me and listen to TV. At first, they would panic when I sneezed or coughed (bird dust, anyone..) but now they are used to it and come running when I walk by. That stays with them when they are finally turned out- if they panic, they look for me and all hide at my feet. That came in handy a few times when raptors were flying overhead.

 

[JulieNKC]

Well, back to home despair! LOL Thanks! .... every thing costs money...

(grumble grumble)
Yes, they already have ACV in their water, the food I give them is mash, what kind of grain? It's pretty small stuff. I seriously think it was caused by the stress of being cold, but I could be wrong! It is the smaller of the two, so maybe it ate something too big in the mash?? (chick starter mash, very finely ground)

It depends on how nice the LF are. I've seen videos and read where the Seramas have no idea how small they are and are quite precocious; even being at the top of the pecking order! But really, it all depends on the flock. A LF can really hurt a serama if it's aggressive. I would guess it would be safer to introduce a few LF into a Serama flock than to put a few Serama in a LF flock though!

Anyway, here are some pictures of my babies, day 7. I do believe my possible frizzle egg turned into a frizzle chick! Yaaay!

Ouch! Pasty butt looks painful!

Poor dear! I put a bit of vaseline on it hoping it'll help keep stuff from sticking and keep it from drying out? Been cleaning him all day........ but it's slowly getting less and less over time......


The little one has a lovely creme comeing through in his feathers. Very pretty! And the frizzle might have some dusky charcoal coming in? The pins deeper in look dark like that so I'm hoping for more than a white (even so I love white, I already have white Leghorns and Sultans, so I'd rather see a new color

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Love my babies, hope they both grow up healthy and that my little butt will get better quickly

Ouch! That poor chicks rear does look pretty painful, hope it heals quick.
And I think you are right, you do have yourself a frizzle.

 

[kukupecpec]

After all these fun chick pictures I thought we needed a downer - jk!
But these pictures aren't the happiest. This egg is from the batch that froze in transit. I kept 4 in the bator that looked ok, two ended up veining, kept those two in the bator till 3 days after hatch due date and then I cracked 'em open!
So this one developed the most. When I cracked the top open where the air cell was the top of the squishy inner egg was almost black and felt sort of like leather. Then I popped that layer off and all the goo and the dead baby popped out. Any ideas why this guy stopped developing? Humidity and temp were kept consistent through out hatch after arriving at my place. I only candled twice but did turn by hand 3 times daily. (yes, I cracked it open with a pen lol)





He definitely doesn't look like he developed all the way.


And for some happy pictures - I know these are NOT serama, but every night I pull in my driveway and my sleeping chickens poke their heads out of their crates and I just cant help but crack up so here's some fun




Crazy birds! I don't even know how they get up there! It's over 6 ft tall!

 

[Gardeningmama]

After all these fun chick pictures I thought we needed a downer - jk!
But these pictures aren't the happiest. This egg is from the batch that froze in transit. I kept 4 in the bator that looked ok, two ended up veining, kept those two in the bator till 3 days after hatch due date and then I cracked 'em open!
So this one developed the most. When I cracked the top open where the air cell was the top of the squishy inner egg was almost black and felt sort of like leather. Then I popped that layer off and all the goo and the dead baby popped out. Any ideas why this guy stopped developing? Humidity and temp were kept consistent through out hatch after arriving at my place. I only candled twice but did turn by hand 3 times daily. (yes, I cracked it open with a pen lol)





He definitely doesn't look like he developed all the way.

This looks like one that quit on me after about day 12 or 13ish? Who knows why they quit like that, I blame the lethal gene. So sad, but I always open them up, too, as a learning experience. It really grosses my kids out, LOL!!
BTW, love the chickens in the crates.

 

[Gardeningmama]

Cluck-Cluck: Congrats on the Frizzle!!! Oh, to have a Frizzle...... but Gabrielle is sending me Frizzle eggs soon, so I too will be getting a Frizzle. The Joy!!!!

 

[Brookhavens]

Anyway, here are some pictures of my babies, day 7. I do believe my possible frizzle egg turned into a frizzle chick! Yaaay!

Ouch! Pasty butt looks painful!

Poor dear! I put a bit of vaseline on it hoping it'll help keep stuff from sticking and keep it from drying out? Been cleaning him all day........ but it's slowly getting less and less over time......


The little one has a lovely creme comeing through in his feathers. Very pretty! And the frizzle might have some dusky charcoal coming in? The pins deeper in look dark like that so I'm hoping for more than a white (even so I love white, I already have white Leghorns and Sultans, so I'd rather see a new color

)


Love my babies, hope they both grow up healthy and that my little butt will get better quickly

Yes those look like frizzle feathers to me.

Instead of the Vaseline maybe try some antibiotic cream(Neosporin) to help heal the ouchies. What about giving some yogurt to help get good probiotics into the digestive system?

 

[kukupecpec]

This looks like one that quit on me after about day 12 or 13ish? Who knows why they quit like that, I blame the lethal gene. So sad, but I always open them up, too, as a learning experience. It really grosses my kids out, LOL!!
BTW, love the chickens in the crates.

Gah! I'm so bummed. Got another batch in though, hopefully this one will do better.
My husband was appaled that I cracked it open t find out what went wrong. Not sure if it was the exploring or the fact that I did it in the kitchen in one of his cereal bowls that upset him =P

Those silly crate chickens used to all cram in ONE crate. They finally figured out there are plenty of crates for everyone. Such strange cute birds.

 

[Brookhavens]

And for some happy pictures - I know these are NOT serama, but every night I pull in my driveway and my sleeping chickens poke their heads out of their crates and I just cant help but crack up so here's some fun




Crazy birds! I don't even know how they get up there! It's over 6 ft tall!

Where do you get the long crates like that? I have the regular ones that are square but would love to get the rectangle ones.

 

[austinhart123]

here are some photos of some birds i am selling

 

[froggiesheins]

Yes those look like frizzle feathers to me.

Instead of the Vaseline maybe try some antibiotic cream(Neosporin) to help heal the ouchies. What about giving some yogurt to help get good probiotics into the digestive system?

You can also use Preparation H to help shrink that ouchie........poor bebe...