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American serama thread!
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nite Ray, I got a dryer full of clothes to wrassle with yet.....
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i thought you bailed out bill i was just getting ready to cut out of here and crash out my friend .
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Cackling Hen, many of us prefer to not critique on this forum. Many of us also do not have the experience to be good at judging birds. What you see in the bird and think of the bird is much more important than what a bunch of other people may think.
This is more for just fun and sharing. It is also very hard to tell the true quality of any bird by pictures of them just walking around or even by just pictures. Better to see and handle the bird in person, see their pose, see their feather quality, see their personality, see their true size.
Please keep sharing the pictures though, we love pictures and Seramas.
You asked about his color, a lot of Serama coloring does not have a name. I would call him tricolored with orange base. Mille fleur is a different pattern entirely.
Enjoy your Serama!
Cackling Hen, many of us prefer to not critique on this forum. Many of us also do not have the experience to be good at judging birds. What you see in the bird and think of the bird is much more important than what a bunch of other people may think.
This is more for just fun and sharing. It is also very hard to tell the true quality of any bird by pictures of them just walking around or even by just pictures. Better to see and handle the bird in person, see their pose, see their feather quality, see their personality, see their true size.
Please keep sharing the pictures though, we love pictures and Seramas.
You asked about his color, a lot of Serama coloring does not have a name. I would call him tricolored with orange base. Mille fleur is a different pattern entirely.
Enjoy your Serama!
Good morning serama folks!
I came home with 8 seramas this past week. I need some advice. I picked these 8 out of a pen of over 100 (guessing on that number....she had no idea how many she had.) They have never been handled and are pretty freaking wild. Right now I have them in a cage that I built specifically for them. They are all in together. I would like to get them ALL tamed down as quickly as possible.
What are some good tactics for taming that many birds? Should I separate them into pairs? There are 4 roos and 4 hens (well, pullets and cockerells to be more correct.)
I caught and held several of them individualy yesterday. They were pretty scared and shaking. There is one rooster that is a little older than the other ones. He was the calmest of them. I think he may have been handled a little more as a chick or something.
I welcome any and all ideas.
I came home with 8 seramas this past week. I need some advice. I picked these 8 out of a pen of over 100 (guessing on that number....she had no idea how many she had.) They have never been handled and are pretty freaking wild. Right now I have them in a cage that I built specifically for them. They are all in together. I would like to get them ALL tamed down as quickly as possible.
What are some good tactics for taming that many birds? Should I separate them into pairs? There are 4 roos and 4 hens (well, pullets and cockerells to be more correct.)
I caught and held several of them individualy yesterday. They were pretty scared and shaking. There is one rooster that is a little older than the other ones. He was the calmest of them. I think he may have been handled a little more as a chick or something.
I welcome any and all ideas.
Oh, also, I've read some about training them to stand up and show, but I'm nowhere near being able to set them on a table or object to start that training. I would say at this point they are downright wild.
What are some of the best treats they like besides mealworms? I don't have access to those rightnow. I've read about raising them yourself, but I think I'll pass on that right now. I sure don't need another project at this point! I am thinking if I can get them to come to the front of the cage for treats that it will be a good start. I have all the water and feeders out front... they stick their heads through the front of the wire to eat and drink.
What are some of the best treats they like besides mealworms? I don't have access to those rightnow. I've read about raising them yourself, but I think I'll pass on that right now. I sure don't need another project at this point! I am thinking if I can get them to come to the front of the cage for treats that it will be a good start. I have all the water and feeders out front... they stick their heads through the front of the wire to eat and drink.
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Sounds like you have a plan. You could try dry oats also and letting them eat out of your hand several times a day will help too. Give them time, they will come around. I let my first hen raise babies and they were the wildest chicks ever. Now, at 7-8 months, and lots of handling, they are totally different. Good luck!
Sounds like you have a plan. You could try dry oats also and letting them eat out of your hand several times a day will help too. Give them time, they will come around. I let my first hen raise babies and they were the wildest chicks ever. Now, at 7-8 months, and lots of handling, they are totally different. Good luck!
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Cackling Hen, many of us prefer to not critique on this forum. Many of us also do not have the experience to be good at judging birds. What you see in the bird and think of the bird is much more important than what a bunch of other people may think.
This is more for just fun and sharing. It is also very hard to tell the true quality of any bird by pictures of them just walking around or even by just pictures. Better to see and handle the bird in person, see their pose, see their feather quality, see their personality, see their true size.
Please keep sharing the pictures though, we love pictures and Seramas.
You asked about his color, a lot of Serama coloring does not have a name. I would call him tricolored with orange base. Mille fleur is a different pattern entirely.
Enjoy your Serama!
I understand I think he is perfect
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Cackling Hen, many of us prefer to not critique on this forum. Many of us also do not have the experience to be good at judging birds. What you see in the bird and think of the bird is much more important than what a bunch of other people may think.
This is more for just fun and sharing. It is also very hard to tell the true quality of any bird by pictures of them just walking around or even by just pictures. Better to see and handle the bird in person, see their pose, see their feather quality, see their personality, see their true size.
Please keep sharing the pictures though, we love pictures and Seramas.
You asked about his color, a lot of Serama coloring does not have a name. I would call him tricolored with orange base. Mille fleur is a different pattern entirely.
Enjoy your Serama!
I understand I think he is perfect
Heres my 2cents, invest ALOT of time just sitting next to their cage, talking to them and getting them used to just seeing you. I use a sing-songy voice, little kissy sounds, [try to sound like them].
Try different fruits to see if they might have a favorite.....grapes are popular w/ mine. I cut them in pieces to make it more inviting...
It just takes time and patience and soon they will be thinking you are "THE ONE".........
Try different fruits to see if they might have a favorite.....grapes are popular w/ mine. I cut them in pieces to make it more inviting...
It just takes time and patience and soon they will be thinking you are "THE ONE".........
Thanks for the advice! I have been spending my spare time in front of the cages. I haven't tried the fruit yet. Do they like apples? I'll have to try that. I have some on hand right now.
Another thing I have been doing is putting my hand up to the doors and making little scratching and pecking noises while I "sweet talk" to them. They seem a little curious about the noise (my little old english are REALLY curious about it) but they still seem pretty scared and cower to the back of the pen. I should be able to separate them today or tomorrow as I am moving other birds around. I have a black copper marans that just hatched some BCM chicks for me that I need to tend to. I wasn't planning to hatch anything this fall, but these are for someone else, so I've got to get them into a brooder sometime today and get them started on water and feed.
Another thing I have been doing is putting my hand up to the doors and making little scratching and pecking noises while I "sweet talk" to them. They seem a little curious about the noise (my little old english are REALLY curious about it) but they still seem pretty scared and cower to the back of the pen. I should be able to separate them today or tomorrow as I am moving other birds around. I have a black copper marans that just hatched some BCM chicks for me that I need to tend to. I wasn't planning to hatch anything this fall, but these are for someone else, so I've got to get them into a brooder sometime today and get them started on water and feed.
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