American serama thread!

[Fluffyserama]

Looks like it quit some time ago. Small blob with no movement

no baby for Maria. So sad!

One of our other hens seems to have gone broody, what is everyone's opinion on letting Seramas brood when fall is around the corner? We live in Washington state.

Eastern or western Washington? Big winter temp difference.

I all depends on how many chickens your wintering together, what conditions are outside, if you provide extra heat or not, and if you have a insulated place to bring the younger ones if they start faltering in the cold outside.

When I had serama in the past in western Washington I had some that weren't fully feathered when winter hit. I provided a heat lamp in the coop, but I only turned it on if the temp was supposed to drop below freezing. I had a bunch of birds, serama and LF together. Their huddle kept them nice and toasty at night no matter what the temp was outside, but the youngsters needed the heat lamp in order to function during cold days. The adult serama also seemed to really like the heat lamp but could still eat and drink without it.

 

[billiejw89]

Eastern or western Washington? Big winter temp difference.

I all depends on how many chickens your wintering together, what conditions are outside, if you provide extra heat or not, and if you have a insulated place to bring the younger ones if they start faltering in the cold outside.

When I had serama in the past in western Washington I had some that weren't fully feathered when winter hit. I provided a heat lamp in the coop, but I only turned it on if the temp was supposed to drop below freezing. I had a bunch of birds, serama and LF together. Their huddle kept them nice and toasty at night no matter what the temp was outside, but the youngsters needed the heat lamp in order to function during cold days. The adult serama also seemed to really like the heat lamp but could still eat and drink without it.

eastern washington. i think i may let her have the 4 eggs she is on. we will see how the temps go. we have a few heat lamps, and can house her in the shop if need be. i'd rather keep her where she is but i don't want them to freeze.

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

I thought this was a very helpful link so I thought I would share it wih everyone.

http://www.ebay.com/gds/American-Serama-Egg-Hatching-and-Incubation-/10000000178017564/g.html

 

[shahtir101]

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Haven't been on this thread for awhile so I thought I would post some pictures of my flock.

 

[Britras]

New babies!

 

[billiejw89]

New babies!

so cute!

 

[Britras]

so cute!

Thank you!

 

[QuoVadis]

Anyone on here have Seramas they keep in the house? I have two small groups of chicks I hatched out, and got one boy in each. I have an incubator and love hatching eggs/raising chicks, and even selling them. I also have banty hens outside who go broody a lot, but since I'm in the city I can't have a rooster out there so they never get to sit on fertile eggs. I have bought eggs to hatch but I'd really like to keep my Serama boys so I can utilize my broodies and incubator better and hatch out Seramas. If they are really quiet crowers I may try keeping them outside, but I am preparing to keep them in my basement. I know it's common to keep them as house pets in Malaysia, and I can see why, because they really are tiny and do seem far more content being cooped up/less adventurous than most chicks are at this age.

My main concern with keeping them inside is not cleaning the cage, that would be easy, no harder than cleaning a guinea pig or parrot cage, but is mainly the dust. Bird to produce a prodigious amount of dust, and I'm trying to think of a way to keep that from covering everything, while still giving them good air quality themselves. I have an idea and I'd like feedback on it. The picture below is a crude "drawing" of the idea.

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The cage I have labeled in the middle and it would probably by Plexiglas and wood for most the cage to limit the dust escaping, and then I would have a box fan on either end, drawing air through the cage so despite the cage being made of Plexiglas and wood they would always have fresh air (arrows indicated the direction of the air flow). But on the side the air would come out I would put a slot for an air filter like you use for air conditioners and furnaces (represented by the [ symbol), so that as the air was pushed out of the cage back into the room the dust is filtered out.

What do you think? Would it work?

 

[nchls school]

Japanese Bantam with four cross breed chicks (father a serama).

We finally made it to Tennessee from Wisconsin. What with severe storms, getting lost, close calls with other vehicles, bad health, rough roads, sudden stops, the move took four day. Most of the chickens were in wire cages-one hen had new chicks so she was in a plastic tub-another hen (above) was brooding five eggs from my wife's nine year old hen that had just been killed by a hawk, and, she too, was in a plastic tub. All the birds made the trip safely. Much to our surprise four chicks hatched a few days after our arrival in Tennessee. Eggs are tougher than a person would think!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It has been a long time since I have posted. Yeah to those that had good luck and better luck next time to those that had bad luck.

 

[WVduckchick]

Anyone on here have Seramas they keep in the house? I have two small groups of chicks I hatched out, and got one boy in each. I have an incubator and love hatching eggs/raising chicks, and even selling them. I also have banty hens outside who go broody a lot, but since I'm in the city I can't have a rooster out there so they never get to sit on fertile eggs. I have bought eggs to hatch but I'd really like to keep my Serama boys so I can utilize my broodies and incubator better and hatch out Seramas. If they are really quiet crowers I may try keeping them outside, but I am preparing to keep them in my basement. I know it's common to keep them as house pets in Malaysia, and I can see why, because they really are tiny and do seem far more content being cooped up/less adventurous than most chicks are at this age. My main concern with keeping them inside is not cleaning the cage, that would be easy, no harder than cleaning a guinea pig or parrot cage, but is mainly the dust. Bird to produce a prodigious amount of dust, and I'm trying to think of a way to keep that from covering everything, while still giving them good air quality themselves. I have an idea and I'd like feedback on it. The picture below is a crude "drawing" of the idea. U][/SIZE][/SIZE]Cage lSIZE] The cage I have labeled in the middle and it would probably by Plexiglas and wood for most the cage to limit the dust escaping, and then I would have a box fan on either end, drawing air through the cage so despite the cage being made of Plexiglas and wood they would always have fresh air (arrows indicated the direction of the air flow). But on the side the air would come out I would put a slot for an air filter like you use for air conditioners and furnaces (represented by the [ symbol), so that as the air was pushed out of the cage back into the room the dust is filtered out. What do you think? Would it work?

Mine are outside and I have 2 cockerels. One has a fairly robust crow and the other is pretty quiet. The Alpha is the loud one. But he is still not loud, per se. Maybe you could try them outside first and if anyone complains, bring them in and figure out the issues?

Japanese Bantam with four cross breed chicks (father a serama). We finally made it to Tennessee from Wisconsin. What with severe storms, getting lost, close calls with other vehicles, bad health, rough roads, sudden stops, the move took four day. Most of the chickens were in wire cages-one hen had new chicks so she was in a plastic tub-another hen (above) was brooding five eggs from my wife's nine year old hen that had just been killed by a hawk, and, she too, was in a plastic tub. All the birds made the trip safely. Much to our surprise four chicks hatched a few days after our arrival in Tennessee. Eggs are tougher than a person would think!!!!!!!!!!!!! It has been a long time since I have posted. Yeah to those that had good luck and better luck next time to those that had bad luck.

Congrats on the move. Glad y'all made it safely. That's too cool that some incubating eggs made the trip and still hatched!