American serama thread!

[TownhouseSeramas]

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Okay great, thank you. I have frontline so.. I also had another question... Can that effect laying? My hens have NOT laid very much recently and I have no idea why. I was getting an egg (from each hen) every other day to every 3 days. It's been making me nervous cause I've noticed some soft shelled eggs recently. I started them on Oyster shells, but I don't know if it's helping or not cause they haven't layed yet.

 

[FlyingJRanch]

Does anyone ship their Seramas in the winter? I have a few I am thinking about putting up for sale. If you do ship in the winter what precautions do you take? Thanks!

 

[ruthless]

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It depends on where you are shipping from and where you are shipping to. You also need to carefully watch the weather on both ends and in between. No matter what you do, if they get hung up someplace for more than a day or two due to a huge blizzard or ice storm, they may not fair too well.

Much of the country is having very good weather so far this year, so I would ship and am having birds shipped to me.............just watch the weather and ship only on Monday or Tuesday giving them all week to get there before a weekend( when they will not move. )

I always put food in with mine and something for moisture in case they are in transit more than 2-3 days.

good luck

 

[SunnyCalifornia]

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I've never noticed that it affected laying. I've even used it on my layer flock, and still got plenty of eggs, but like I said, I don't do regular intervals, as ((knocks on wood)) I've been fortunate to have avoided bug problems thus far.

This time of year is typically slow egg production due to less daylight hours. When I've applied it in the spring or summer, I didn't notice a difference though. My young pullets are laying right now, but my older Seramas are not, and my layer flock is not producing much either.

 

[ocseramas]

It doesn't affect the "laying" but the fertility of the eggs that are laid. I've noticed and Amy Bullock has as well as other breeders. You still get the eggs but they are not fertile as it seems to affect males more than females.

 

[pongo]

i would still disagree with kate but looks like varying results....i sue it and have no issues on fertility

 

[FlyingJRanch]

It depends on where you are shipping from and where you are shipping to. You also need to carefully watch the weather on both ends and in between. No matter what you do, if they get hung up someplace for more than a day or two due to a huge blizzard or ice storm, they may not fair too well.

Much of the country is having very good weather so far this year, so I would ship and am having birds shipped to me.............just watch the weather and ship only on Monday or Tuesday giving them all week to get there before a weekend( when they will not move. )

I always put food in with mine and something for moisture in case they are in transit more than 2-3 days.

good luck

Thank you! Now to decide who I can part with..

 

[FlyingJRanch]

What do you use in the box for moisture? Apples?

 

[ocseramas]

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I use apples and grape pieces. Watermelon is fine too, no seeds

 

[N.WChickenGuy]

some of my other hens
please tell me what you all think and don't be afraid to be honest.