American serama thread!

[WVduckchick]

I would likely make a cage out of materials I have. All my rabbit cages are too big to bring in and out of the house easily and I use them for Chicken transport because hey fit perfectly in my van. I think I will just put them in the inside brooder on the nights it goes below 30 I have a few inside that I no longer use. On those days where its below freezing every day I might just put diapers on them and let them free range the house and find out the hard way why that is a bad idea.

I have a table that I covered with a piece of upholstery fabric. I’d put a small bowl of water and food on it, and Honey would hang out on it all evening. Rarely move from it, so it was easy to clean up. She’d occasionally jump over on my chair, or walk around the floor a bit, but it was amazing how happy she was just to stay there on the table.

 

[WVduckchick]

Lol found some pics I had to share. This was last winter. She would hang out on my chair with me too. And on the wood stove, until we started burning it. (Surprised she never tried to land on it while it was hot!) This one evening she was standing on my dogs back

 

[Compost King]

for about a week I had a coop and run for my first pair of Seramas but they stayed in the coop and only looked out to the run, a couple of times the male jumped out and scratched for food but at night I had to pick him up and put him back in the coop. They love to stay in their central location. if I do work in their cages and need to walk away for a while I can just leave the door open. One of my males will jump out from time to time but he lets me pick him back up and put him back in the cage. He is the same one that will sit on my shoulder like a parrot.

 

[Suzi18]

Lol found some pics I had to share. This was last winter. She would hang out on my chair with me too. And on the wood stove, until we started burning it. (Surprised she never tried to land on it while it was hot!) This one evening she was standing on my dogs back
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How sweet. She seems perfectly at ease hanging out in the house

 

[Compost King]

I just thought of something. There are no predators in my house. I do not need a cage I just need chicken containment... I will take a cardboard box and cut out large windows and use scrap hardware cloth. I have so many odd shapes and long strips that are pretty much useless for anything else. I even have odd shapes and strips of bird netting. I only want to keep them inside on the cold nights so it doesn't need to be pretty.

 

[Faraday40]

Doesn't look like I got any silkied, but they're still very cute.

Yellow (feathering in white)

white (still white)

Chipmunk

 

[WVduckchick]

Doesn't look like I got any silkied, but they're still very cute.

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Yea after I looked back at the other pics, I thought not. But still adorable!

 

[Faraday40]

Definitely cute - although I'm pretty biased. Hoping I get a female this time.

.... and one more of the white chick

 

[Faraday40]

The chicks are 2.5 weeks old

Blue orp (still looking female in the face) A giant in the brooder.... but mama silkie is still bigger.


Chipmunk serama (still "looks" female, but is ALWAYS sitting on top of feeder)


yellow serama - feathering in white (I thought female at hatch, but I'm changing my mind to male today)


white serama - feathering in beige (My fav..... so probably male. Comb looks female but I think I may see wattles forming) I like how its wings touch the ground.


silkie x serama mix (no clue on gender / acts female) It's going to its new home tomorrow.

 

[Faraday40]

Just look at the difference 1 day makes:
White & Chipmunk look about the same. (No real physical male traits, so gender unknown)
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Yellow chick is getting pink. I'm pretty sure now he's male. Just look at much taller the comb grew in only 24 hours! When people told me how the serama combs just "pop" over night, I didn't think it was literal. They'll be 3 weeks tomorrow afternoon.