American serama thread!

[prizepete]

Where are you located and he chase her trying to mate her but all he does is exhaust her she keep her from eating (I'd the hen i posted about the other day)

Honestly I would Take nchls schools advice, if the rooster is that aggressive, I wouldn't breed him.

Northern California is too far at this time of year. I would not ship birds when the temperatures could easily drop below zero at any time (I have never shipped birds). This year has been great in that our temperatures have been milder than usual; 10-30 degrees F. But I do not think it will last.

When bleeding is involved I would separate quickly, as you have done. I'd also be looking the rooster over debating on whether he was worth keeping. I also have a rooster that is too rough and debating on what to do. He is too mean to sell or give away and too beautiful to destroy.

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I don't think it's all his fault. She's a size a or b and is just to small for him. And yeah i understand maybe in the spring if i haven't found him another hen i either need a bigger hen or more dominant hen

I have a cockerel that weighs 20 OZ. with hens that weigh 12 oz. and they have not bled once, I think You have an aggressive Rooster

Not meaning to be mean, but This breed is meant to be docile and calm

 

[EZFarms]

Ive never seen him actually make her bleed so she couldve just ran into a piece of loose wire (which there was at one time but ive since cleaned it up) i have him andhis brother and hes the most docile of the two his brother is docile too but i think its just because he was trying to breed her to much of it was him that made her bleed

 

[prizepete]

Ive never seen him actually make her bleed so she couldve just ran into a piece of loose wire (which there was at one time but ive since cleaned it up) i have him andhis brother and hes the most docile of the two his brother is docile too but i think its just because he was trying to breed her to much of it was him that made her bleed

ok...

 

[CharlotteRenee]

How cold hardy are seramas???

 

[shahtir101]

They aren't very cold hardy. Where I live our winters are mild. You could make them a pen in a shed or garage for the winter with a heat lamp. Or a coop that has a heat lamp

 

[CharlotteRenee]

They aren't very cold hardy. Where I live our winters are mild. You could make them a pen in a shed or garage for the winter with a heat lamp. Or a coop that has a heat lamp

Last time we set up a heat lamp in our coop some of our roosters feather were burnt.. Would you still recommend it?

 

[shahtir101]

Then maybe look into making a heating pad cave. I am not a fan of heat lamps. Since some of your birds got the tips burnt off of their feathers o defiantly wouldn't use it. I personally don't like heat lamps because of the fire hazard.

 

[Skink]

Consider radiant heat panels if you are adverse to bringing your birds inside! These won't burn your birds, use less electricity overall, and are not gigantic fire hazards. They are more expensive than lamps and bulbs, and because of their size would be better used in at least a relatively confined pen, but still an option worth considering.

I do believe those ecoglow and sweeter heater brooding heat sources are just a take on RHPs, but I use RHPs for larger enclosures for my reptiles and will use them to heat any serama pens I ever move outdoors.

 

[nchls school]

Northern California is too far at this time of year.  I would not ship birds when the temperatures could easily drop below zero at any time (I have never shipped birds).  This year has been great in that our temperatures have been milder than usual; 10-30 degrees F.  But I do not think it will last.

When bleeding is involved I would separate quickly, as you have done.  I'd also be looking the rooster over debating on whether he was worth keeping.  I also have a rooster that is too rough and debating on what to do.  He is too mean to sell or give away and too beautiful to destroy.

Tonight, while caring for the birds, my "beautiful" rooster attacked and left a deep gash in my arm. Even after I had him held by wings and legs he kept trying to attack. He will attack no one again. Next time I see aggression in a rooster it will be culled immediately.

 

[shahtir101]

Tonight, while caring for the birds, my "beautiful" rooster attacked and left a deep gash in my arm. Even after I had him held by wings and legs he kept trying to attack. He will attack no one again. Next time I see aggression in a rooster it will be culled immediately.

do you have any idea why that behavior occurred? Has it ever happened before?