American serama thread!

[ladycat]

Jerry Schexnayder started a topic on Facebook about Serama Sudden Death Syndrome, where a perfectly healthy breeding adult Serama is fine one minute and dead the next. People participating in the discussion are telling their own experiences with this phenomenon. Apparently it happens mostly with males, seldom females.

I never heard of it. Has anyone here run into this problem?.

 

[clousert]

Jerry Schexnayder started a topic on Facebook about Serama Sudden Death Syndrome, where a perfectly healthy breeding adult Serama is fine one minute and dead the next. People participating in the discussion are telling their own experiences with this phenomenon. Apparently it happens mostly with males, seldom females.

I never heard of it. Has anyone here run into this problem?. 

No and have never heard of it either. I've only had them for the last year though.

 

[ladycat]

Well, now it's making me paranoid. My Seramas are all pets first, breeders second. I don't want to find any of them unexpectedly dead,

 

[clousert]

Well, now it's making me paranoid. My Seramas are all pets first, breeders second. I don't want to find any of them unexpectedly dead, 

Me neither. The kids would freak. I know it's always possible just as it is with any living thing but sucks if it's actually going to be a reoccurring thing :/

 

[artsyrobin]

well, it happens in all breeds- if that is a bit of a comfort- unexplainable deaths- from what i have read genetic heart conditions- nurture and spoil them- and pop in here if you need help

 

[Granny Hatchet]

the incident is probably low for sudden death if you think of how many birds he has. we MIGHT see that in the average sized flock once in a life time. I have my thermometer in my bedroom most the day and it is reading 64. thats pretty cold. My bathroom is very cold off the master bedroom. not sure its the best place for the incubator. I need a lock box for it in the kitchen.

 

[clousert]

the incident is probably low for sudden death if you think of how many birds he has. we MIGHT see that in the average sized flock once in a life time.   I have my thermometer in my bedroom most the day and it is reading 64. thats pretty cold. My bathroom is very cold off the master bedroom. not sure its the best place for the incubator. I need a lock box for it in the kitchen. 

It doesn't really matter what temp the room is. You will be adjusting the thermostat to bring the incubator to 99-100 degrees no matter what the room temperature is. It will take longer to heat up and will lose more heat when you open it but with an auto turner you shouldn't be opening it very often so it's no big deal. Once the thermostat is set to where the incubator is at the right temp it will stay there unless you open it. Once it's shut again the heater will bring it back up to the right temp. Just like a home heating system. It could be 20 degrees outside but if you turn your heater on and set thermostat to 70 it will bring the inside to 70. When the doors open or heat is lost through windows etc and the temp goes down a little in the house the heater kicks back on to bring it back up. Same way an incubator works.

 

[ladycat]

It doesn't really matter what temp the room is.

Unless you're in Antarctica.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I understand the concept. my house furnace is supposed to be a good one. it has the heat pump. not old a few yrs. I have it set to 71. my bath is too cold to shower in there and bedroom 64 ? other bedrooms are too warm. 75-76. it does face the north wind but it is not a drafty old house. well, its a 2000 manufactured home. triple wide.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

lol, feels like the north pole. especially the bathroom seat !!!