American serama thread!

[prizepete]

I know! It's terrible! I haven't let my new hens free range yet, I want them to settle in more. But so far as soon as I walk through the door they are at my feet

 

[nchls school]

I know! It's terrible! I haven't let my new hens free range yet, I want them to settle in more. But so far as soon as I walk through the door they are at my feet

Free range??? Not for me. I do not have many and what I have are under lock and key-so to speak.

For now, I'm not even using the run.

 

[artsyrobin]

Quote: nope- too risky for a snack for a predator- my seramas are strictly inside birds

 

[prizepete]

nope- too risky for a snack for a predator- my seramas are strictly inside birds

I let mine out... But Only with supervision... Never alone

 

[shahtir101]

I let mine out... But Only with supervision... Never alone

Same

 

[nchls school]

I let mine out... But Only with supervision... Never alone

I had my serama in a run outside last summer. With me in the yard a mink managed to kill one.

Last year I was supervising my pigeons. A hawk dropped down and one was dead before I had a chance to react. Nope, my serama stay inside.

 

[prizepete]

I had my serama in a run outside last summer. With me in the yard a mink managed to kill one.

Last year I was supervising my pigeons. A hawk dropped down and one was dead before I had a chance to react. Nope, my serama stay inside.

Im sorry about that.. The only daytime predator is hawks. They have an outdoor coop that they spend the rest of their time in, the only thing that would be able to get in is a bear... But its impossible to bear proof stuff like that

 

[Ra_]

Serama are like Hawk candy.
My birds live for their time running free in the paddock before dusk.
Life has risks. We go on the highway, knowing 30,000 of us are going to die there each year.

Some years I have to stand there like a goalie and they still snatch birds from me.
The Hawks are very quiet this year. I wonder if it's because my 2 cats who grew up with the birds are always there now?

 

[nchls school]

Im sorry about that.. The only daytime predator is hawks. They have an outdoor coop that they spend the rest of their time in, the only thing that would be able to get in is a bear... But its impossible to bear proof stuff like that

Mink are day time too.

 

[nchls school]

Serama are like Hawk candy.
My birds live for their time running free in the paddock before dusk.
Life has risks. We go on the highway, knowing 30,000 of us are going to die there each year.

Some years I have to stand there like a goalie and they still snatch birds from me.
The Hawks are very quiet this year. I wonder if it's because my 2 cats who grew up with the birds are always there now?

Yes. You are right-life is a risk. But I'll cut the odds by keeping my few serama indoors. Very likely the cats do help deter he hawks.