American serama thread!

[LotsA Cluckin]

I am ready to add these beauties to my chicken collection. What do I need to know about them? I live in Middle TN. It is either hot or cold here now real in between area, but it does not get EXTREMELY cold...the coldest it ever gets is like -5 F. but average in the dead of winter is in the 20's at night. Hottest it gets is 110 F. but on average it is 85 F. during the day. I have really nice coops, insulated, wired for electricity and all. They all have very large connect chain link fencing outside runs...can they fit through chain link when grown?

Anything else that you can think of please let me know, assume I know nothing about them

 

[shahtir101]

I am ready to add these beauties to my chicken collection. What do I need to know about them? I live in Middle TN. It is either hot or cold here now real in between area, but it does not get EXTREMELY cold...the coldest it ever gets is like -5 F. but average in the dead of winter is in the 20's at night. Hottest it gets is 110 F. but on average it is 85 F. during the day. I have really nice coops, insulated, wired for electricity and all. They all have very large connect chain link fencing outside runs...can they fit through chain link when grown? 


Anything else that you can think of please let me know, assume I know nothing about them 

The don't do well in the heat or cold.i have them in Northern CA and if it gets into the 30s I give them a heat lamp. But, since you have a heated coop you already have that covered. For the extreme heat make sure you have a very well ventilated coop and keep them cool. They should not be able to fit through the chain link when full grown. But, they are great flyers. Good luck!

 

[LotsA Cluckin]

The don't do well in the heat or cold.i have them in Northern CA and if it gets into the 30s I give them a heat lamp. But, since you have a heated coop you already have that covered. For the extreme heat make sure you have a very well ventilated coop and keep them cool. They should not be able to fit through the chain link when full grown. But, they are great flyers. Good luck!

No worries on the flying the fence is 6 ft high and covered

 

[shahtir101]

No worries on the flying the fence is 6 ft high and covered 

That's perfect! Hopefully you can find some soon. I just adore my guys.

 

[prizepete]

I am ready to add these beauties to my chicken collection. What do I need to know about them? I live in Middle TN. It is either hot or cold here now real in between area, but it does not get EXTREMELY cold...the coldest it ever gets is like -5 F. but average in the dead of winter is in the 20's at night. Hottest it gets is 110 F. but on average it is 85 F. during the day. I have really nice coops, insulated, wired for electricity and all. They all have very large connect chain link fencing outside runs...can they fit through chain link when grown?

Anything else that you can think of please let me know, assume I know nothing about them

first of all... Good luck with the seramas, I love them a lot, Second, Do you have another wire around the chain link? With the seramas, They are so broody, I would Plan on eventually having chicks with them outside, and I would do hardware cloth or a double layer of chicken wire, That way chicks can't get through, Seramas are extremely good fliers, I would Just cover the top of your run with a roof, or wire, Also for hawk Prevention, Its better to be safe than sorry for these Guys, I know some people don't care about quality, But a lot of the time, later down the road, They decide they want to start breeding them, and they have trouble selling birds because of quality, If you are not already planning on getting quality birds, I would get the best you can afford, And they also tend to be healthier when they are nicer quality, In my experience

 

[nchls school]

If I am reading this right I should not be losing any chicks to the lethal factor in that I was pairing my short legged rooster with long legged hens.

Some will mate short-legged birds with long-legged birds which removes the chance of any embryos having the lethal (Ss) combination and all fertile eggs will hatch.

Yet, I am having at least a 50% death rate in developing eggs. Do you have any insight into this? Recently I have switched to a long legged rooster. Of the first clutch of ten eggs nine were still viable at the 7th day. Tomorrow will be the 14 day and I will be candling in the morning. I am very curious to see if there is less DIS. In previous clutches, those eggs that were viable on the 14th day hatched.

After candling the eggs I was surprised to see that all nine are still viable. Next Tuesday is hatch day.

 

[LotsA Cluckin]

first of all... Good luck with the seramas, I love them a lot, Second, Do you have another wire around the chain link? With the seramas, They are so broody, I would Plan on eventually having chicks with them outside, and I would do hardware cloth or a double layer of chicken wire, That way chicks can't get through, Seramas are extremely good fliers, I would Just cover the top of your run with a roof, or wire, Also for hawk Prevention, Its better to be safe than sorry for these Guys, I know some people don't care about quality, But a lot of the time, later down the road, They decide they want to start breeding them, and they have trouble selling birds because of quality, If you are not already planning on getting quality birds, I would get the best you can afford, And they also tend to be healthier when they are nicer quality, In my experience

Thank you...I have lots of half inch hard ware cloth that I can use. The tops of the runs are already covered, half with shade tarps and half with avian netting. I plan to get the best I can, I haven't yet trained my eye to recognize excellent quality Seramas like I do with my Heritage English Orpingtons but I am sure it wont take me long to get there!

 

[prizepete]

Thank you...I have lots of half inch hard ware cloth that I can use. The tops of the runs are already covered, half with shade tarps and half with avian netting. I plan to get the best I can, I haven't yet trained my eye to recognize excellent quality Seramas like I do with my Heritage English Orpingtons but I am sure it wont take me long to get there!

yes, that is perfect! It does take some time, I will have some Grown Seramas for sale in Summer hopefully, I think I will be able to ship birds, but I need to find out what I need to have for shipping birds

 

[nchls school]

These two chicks have a frizzle mother. While their feathering is normal, it isn't. The feathering is much looser/fluffier than normal which backs the idea of incomplete dominance-a blending of two traits.

 

[Nunie]

These two chicks have a frizzle mother. While their feathering is normal, it isn't. The feathering is much looser/fluffier than normal which backs the idea of incomplete dominance-a blending of two traits.

That second chick looks so pretty so far!