LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[KikiDeAnime]

The silkie rooster/cockerel is most definitely upset
He crowed earlier while I was giving him some scrambled eggs to eat

 

[TwoCrows]

Mine don't let me

Maybe they see you oogling the Seramas too much.

 

[fluffycrow]

It's quite possible that Seramas would adapt to any cold temp if given the chance. Possibly if they were hatched at my altitude and raised from the spring, going through all our temp swings day and night through fall, they might adapt to cold-er temps, sub zero might be a different story. Some if my standard birds get cold below zero. So heat is easy enough to add.

Note to self: Purchase Serama hatching eggs this spring, dust off incubator and make sure it still works!

I really think so. Especially if you have an indoor brooder. I've seen a lot of serama keepers put off letting their birds outside for as long as possible. I've heard of stories that the birds laid an egg first, oand were moved outside after. This to me is too much. Welcome to the serama gang. Use quail egg rotators for the serama. I bought some just for this exact reason

 

[TwoCrows]

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[fluffycrow]

The silkie rooster/cockerel is most definitely upset
He crowed earlier while I was giving him some scrambled eggs to eat

Opinionated boys are so fun. Once I had to rescue Lady Gaga, because he got stuck between the first layer of wire and the second, while he was trying to woo Ursula and Cruella

 

[fluffycrow]

Maybe they see you oogling the Seramas too much.

I wouldn't go that far, but they see me being all friendly with their man, so I think the serama are of least concern

 

[TwoCrows]

I really think so. Especially if you have an indoor brooder. I've seen a lot of serama keepers put off letting their birds outside for as long as possible. I've heard of stories that the birds laid an egg first, oand were moved outside after. This to me is too much. Welcome to the serama gang. Use quail egg rotators for the serama. I bought some just for this exact reason

Yes that sounds like too much babying, they would be booted out into the coop at 5 weeks of age no matter the weather! If there's one thing I've learned, if it's gonna live outside, it's gotta be tough. Very extreme temps and swings at 7,000 ft elevation.

Wow, eggs are that tiny?? Thanks for the heads up, I have chicken egg and Quail egg racks, I will dig out the Quail racks!

 

[TwoCrows]

The silkie rooster/cockerel is most definitely upset
He crowed earlier while I was giving him some scrambled eggs to eat

I think he was thanking you for rescuing him!

 

[fluffycrow]

Yup, exactly. If it's gonna live out, it's gonna live out. Not get the high life for three months and then be moved outside. And yes, they're THIS tiny! I think I've shared photos of it before, but here's a Euro next to the first two eggs Foureira laid

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I agree! I have silkies (also a bantam) and they can't be below 50°. They have like the least helpful feathers ever though, so seramas are probably better. My guess is actually around 30° because they have normal feathers. But that's what most sites say.

My silkies do just fine at -20 and -30 as long as they don't get wet