American serama thread!

[bobbyc1970]

i know what she is.......................

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I have had sand inside both of my coops and also in my Serama cage. There doesn't seem to be any perfect bedding, but this is pretty easy to clean. Sometimes I'll just sit on a stool in the coop and using a fine wire basket, I will sift the sand and have a chat with the chickens. It's very therapeutic!! I have found that my hens still like shavings in the nest boxes. Some of it gets into the sand but it can't do any harm and my hens are happier.

If you weight the option, the sand still way cheaper and easier to clean then the shavings, you don't get any poop stick on your hand or smearing all over when you cleaning...I do put a layer of sand on the bottom of my nest box with shavings on top to keep the eggs from rolling all over the place. To keep the sands clean from all the debrris and sanitize, I replace the sand every 3 months to soak them in bleach, rinse with regular water and leave them out in the sun to dry with the old ones then reuse them later on.

Pic of mom & babies at a day old on sand/shaving.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/34472_jp1_08_08_11_005.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/34472_jp1_08_08_11_004.jpg

 

[YB192004]

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I was blaming my OEGB's for the noise, but they've moved outside now, and the crowing continues!! LOL. Like Gumbii said, it sounds like someone stepped on a 3" elephant.

I gave up my oegb cuz of the noise factor...

Now, I got a little serama with a crow like a banshee running around my backyard.

 

[YB192004]

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Sound good Bobby!!!!!!! I am thinking of the same thing too but I got to wait since I am in the market for a larger property, I don't want to waist my time and money in it when I know I am going to move.

 

[bobbyc1970]

Oh i hope you get to do it. where do you have those one pens at? they are a great set up. I have almost an acre in town. so i think it will be best for them. i have oegb too. Been thinking alot about it.

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Sound good Bobby!!!!!!! I am thinking of the same thing too but I got to wait since I am in the market for a larger property, I don't want to waist my time and money in it when I know I am going to move.

 

[froggiesheins]

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OOPSIE, my bad, I forgot

Hedwig has an only child too! You can tell already that they are boys...are these the stinkers that crowed already? I got a bunch of girly names>MIMI / WINNIE / TAFFY / DOT / DINK / MINNIE / PATTY / CLEO / GRACE / JESSIE / JOLENE / TESS .....any sound good???

 

[froggiesheins]

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I was blaming my OEGB's for the noise, but they've moved outside now, and the crowing continues!! LOL. Like Gumbii said, it sounds like someone stepped on a 3" elephant.

I gave up my oegb cuz of the noise factor...

Now, I got a little serama with a crow like a banshee running around my backyard.

Geez, Joey can't can't win for losing.......WHAAAAAA

 

[froggiesheins]

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OH MAN, I am moving into those digs too!!!

 

[bobbyc1970]

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OH MAN, I am moving those digs too!!!

 

[froggiesheins]

OK, Wheres Bill this morning, I just want to show him what Jenny has to endure to get HIS eggs hatched.

GABBY INSISTED that she can only lay her egg in that box this morning, and she ain't no lightweight, sqwashing poor Jenny--but bless Jennys heart she just sits there and protects her eggs....GOOD GIRL!

P.S> I now have a divider up......

 

[gumbii]

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Why don't you guys use the grass after you mow and dry em???? I always leave one area of my lawn to grow tall in the backyard for this only reason just in case I don't have any shaving on hand, its usually takes 2 days for it to dry.

what's grass...???


i haven't had decent grass to mow since we got pit bulls...

SO THAT MEANS YOUR BACK YARD LOOKS LIKE THE PITS?????

LOL... yes... yes it does... looks like i have horses and goats living in my back yard... that, and i'm also lazy to maintain grass or plants... i don't have time with all the other animals...

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Why don't you guys use the grass after you mow and dry em???? I always leave one area of my lawn to grow tall in the backyard for this only reason just in case I don't have any shaving on hand, its usually takes 2 days for it to dry.

what's grass...???


i haven't had decent grass to mow since we got pit bulls...

That sucks!!!! Are you running a mini zoo at your house????

You seem to have one or a few of everything..

feels like it... yesterday some kids from a party a couple of houses down came to look at the chickens... then they wanted to see the snake, lizards, geckos, roaches, worm farm, pigeons, quails... omg...!!!

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That sucks!!!! Are you running a mini zoo at your house????

You seem to have one or a few of everything..

SEE> THIS IS THE VERY REASON WE NEED TO PILE ON OVER TO GUMBIIS HOUSE---there seems to be alot of people suspicious that he has a Noahs Ark back there, I think....

LOL...

not like noah's ark... i'm just doing it wrong.. instead of a pair of everything, it's like a dozen of everything... i don't suffer from chicken math, it's animal math for me...

"oh, you want 80 for that one snake...? how much if i take all of them...???"

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I was blaming my OEGB's for the noise, but they've moved outside now, and the crowing continues!! LOL. Like Gumbii said, it sounds like someone stepped on a 3" elephant.

I gave up my oegb cuz of the noise factor...

Now, I got a little serama with a crow like a banshee running around my backyard.

LOL, i have some OEGB that are a lot quieter than jose's seramas... especially henry... sounds like he needs a ricola lozenge or honey lemon tea in the morning... i'm sure the other chickens just laugh at him... but he's proud of his screech...