American serama thread!

[ruthless]

Concerning birds received by franciscreek, lets be careful about all jumping in to question the ethics of the shipper. It could have been any of us on this thread.

Birds can be so easily damaged in shipping and that would not be the shipper's fault.

I also know that young Serama occasionally do not ship well at all.
I have received birds from some of the best sellers out there and have had birds arrive injured that did not make it . also have had birds arrive looking fine and drop over dead the next day.

I have also received birds that were obviously not well cared for or cleaned up for shipping and have had to take a loss. Money I could not afford to loose but it was my gamble because i agreed to buy and have them shipped.

Lets hope the bird is only injured and see if we can give helpful suggestions to speed it's recovery.
Also very much hope the seller will correspond with the buyer as they should.

It is so much easier to deal with a shipped bird problem if you have a sympathetic and helpful seller. Not saying they are to blame or need to accept any blame but they need to know that their birds arrived with a problem.

Also sometimes younger Serama look very thin, emaciated and bony but are only at that awkward teenage period and just need to be fattened up with good feed.

Best of luck franciscreek.

 

[ruthless]

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Robin do your little silkieds fly at all? I have not had mine long enough to know and have not put a roost in with them yet.

I think they will hop or fly enough to get up on a roost after you show them how.

 

[ruthless]

On the subject of shipped Serama, I wanted to give some advice ( yes, free of charge and unsolicited) to those of you who will be shipping or who have just started. Or those who should review your current procedures.

Most birds will NOT arrive in 24 hours. It is a very good possibility that it will take 2 nites for them to get where they are going and sometimes a 3rd nite. The tracking number will pretty much tell you nothing EXCEPT when they were shipped and when they were delivered.

I have seen many solutions for the lack of water problems, I like to use small cup taped in the box corner with thinned applesauce, others have used tomatoes, cucumbers, apples, oranges, something with moisture the birds can seek out if deparate for liquid.

It is a good idea ( even though PO says no food or water inbox) to throw in feed that the birds are used to.

Get your box, food, water subsitute, labels ready the day before shipping.

Handle and look at every single bird the day before or allow time to do this the day of shipping. Look at vent and under wings for lice/mites. IF you treat the bird for these before shipping, tell the buyer so they don't repeat the treatment.

If the bird has an old injury or flaw be sure the buyer knows this before you ship the bird, so they will not be surprised. For example, comb damaged by frostbite.

If you have handled and checked every bird right before shipping it, then you will be able to say: I carefully examined the bird before shipping and did not observe that problem at all.
If you just grab them up and cram them in the box.............then you do not have a clue whether the buyer has a valid complaint or not.

If you are receiving birds, QUARANTINE away from all your other birds 3-4 weeks. Give them a day or two to settle in then closely examine them for lice/mites, etc. Treat them accordingly.

 

[ZooMummzy]

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You have no idea how close this hits to home right now for a large number of us ....sigh We are dealing with a serious mess for our gambling.

And I'm going to add that you are one of the best sellers/shippers that I know

Your girls arrived to me in perfect condition and are just beautiful today!!!

 

[froggiesheins]

Ruthless, THIS Should be a stickie---you said it SO well. thank you for this "present" to us.

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[wilobrookfarms]

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You have no idea how close this hits to home right now for a large number of us ....sigh We are dealing with a serious mess for our gambling.

And I'm going to add that you are one of the best sellers/shippers that I know

Your girls arrived to me in perfect condition and are just beautiful today!!!

BYC needs a like button!

 

[ZooMummzy]

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You have no idea how close this hits to home right now for a large number of us ....sigh We are dealing with a serious mess for our gambling.

And I'm going to add that you are one of the best sellers/shippers that I know

Your girls arrived to me in perfect condition and are just beautiful today!!!

BYC needs a like button!

 

[Ivywoods]

Excellent information! There ought to be a link to this on the homepage or something "FOR ANYONE PREPAPRING TO SHIP BIRDS."

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[froggiesheins]

Maybe we could suggest this to the "powers that be?"

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[andrea98]

Liz, here are some pics of scooter... He kept wanting to wonder off , I had to snap fast lol