American serama thread!

[bigb-71]

i'll be out of here soon froggie its almost time to go out with the birds its FEEDING TIME around here

so i will be gone for about an hour or so

 

[andrea98]

Egg question.. Ok laying I guess... Can I put some food coloring just inside a hens vent so I know who is laying what egg?

 

[froggiesheins]

Hi Brenda, Well I don't feed anything special to her, she gets 4-5 little mealworms for breakfast [she is a HIGH energy girl]
LAYENA/scratch&wildbirdseed mix/ fruits and vegies DU JOUR...... tons of sunlight and her favorite playmate..
I have been using AQUAPHOR lotion on her and polysporin [cuz its an old tube] and rubbing it in real good on her to stimulate those feather folicles and keep her skin from shedding so bad....the skin builds up in/around the foliucles and clogs them BAD.....now whether this is gonna work or not in the long run.............hmmmm.....but I want to try......
here are acouple of pics of her...she is in her overnight cage...these are all the feathers that are left that have a good anchoring in her skin.........poor girl huh...but you would never know, she is SO FULL of life and happy/content....

This is Curlysues bestest buddy in the whole wide world....

[this pic was taken right after I got her]

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Froggie, since you have an almost naked bird, maybe you have a suggestion for me. Lucky is far from featherless but he is proving to be a little sparse, I think, . Are there any vitamins, foods, etc. that I can supplement him with? Thanks, Brenda

 

[froggiesheins]

Yep I have 6 sets of eyes boring holes in the back of my head PLUS more outside telepathicly screaming: FOOD HUMAN!!!

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[froggiesheins]

Now this is an interesting question but I don't have the foggiest idea about it...sorry.....

someone out there will know I am sure......

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[catwalk]

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I've heard of doing that; don't know if it works.

Okay, the camera manual is pathetically vague and incomplete -- it assumes some sort of potographic knowedge and innate ability to translate symbols. I adjusted the shutter speed (I think), and I gave it another shot, so to speak. How's this?

Edit: still a bit grainy, but it looks like I'm on the right track.

 

[catwalk]

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Thanks, Ray! Many of them are tragically out of condition right now, but I'm trying to get some good pics for Jerry's v-judging. The birds are cooperating, but the camera isn't.

 

[andrea98]

What about housing? I have 3 hens & a rooster in an inside pen , the one just joined the other 3 I just took her babies away from her .. What is a good size for them & does it count for height with extra roosts ?

 

[froggiesheins]

Looking better......maybe ya should of got a PHD type camera ............

.....mine is and takes good pics...just sayin.....

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I've heard of doing that; don't know if it works.

Okay, the camera manual is pathetically vague and incomplete -- it assumes some sort of potographic knowedge and innate ability to translate symbols. I adjusted the shutter speed (I think), and I gave it another shot, so to speak. How's this?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/31816_v-judging.jpg
Edit: still a bit grainy, but it looks like I'm on the right track.

 

[catwalk]

Any better? You'll be needing to tell me what a PHD camera is. I know the difference between a CVA and an MVC (cerebral vascular accident/motor vehicle collision), but PHD is a foreign language to me!
Edit: it's not any better, is it? If I gave pics like this to Jerry for v-judging, would you say, "why couldn't they get better pictures?!?!?"