Ours did that too...I'm still chasing some of the girls in each night. They prefer the honeysuckle bush over being "jumped" on by the cockerels when they go in. So I've been taking the extra boys out at night, they'll be going to camp soon anyway. Having a light inside helps, but ours free range all day and the light is a signal to come in for the night. I've noticed if I forget to turn the light on, no one will go in until it's on.
A few pics of the new coop and run. Hope we can get the girls moved in to their new home OK tonight. Might have to "help" them in the first time like we did in their first coop. I'm so happy to have a larger area for them to sleep & roam in. They seem to love the newly expanded run area, they have been in it for a few weeks now. They went from a real small enclosed run, about 72" to the 9X11' run. Now I just hope we can get the other coop out of the enclosed area. We had originally planned on keeping them in the original coop in the expanded run area (lovely Amish built which they only used for less than 2 months...hope to be able to sell it if we can get it out...lol) My hubby generously donated his storage shed which butts up against their run area...don't know why we didn't think of doing that before we paid $500 for the original coop.....live & learn I guess.
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Oh, interesting! I watched a video a while back that said they come in A, B, and C sizes I think... but then I keep seeing different colors and feather types which threw me off but you explained that well!Such lovely pictures!!Your lil helper is so CUTE! Aren't the Serama's so cute!! I love ours so much, and they're so cuddly!
Very nice!
They are their own breed. It was developed in either 2000 or 2001 somewhere in the far East, I want to say Indonesia, and is the smallest chicken breed in the world. They come in 3 feather types and at least 2 body sizes. The feather types are smooth, silkied and frizzled. Body types I know of are (I think) standard and micro. Normally it takes about 5 serama eggs to equal 1 grade A large egg. They are very heat hardy but not cold tolerant, which is why ours are going to winter indoors. And they very prone to broodiness. That's all I remember off the top of my head.
ETA: they're listed under the breeds section on here if you want more info on them.
Thanks lol. And thanks for the info. I just started doing research on them about 2 weeks before we got our trio. They were kinda a surprise, we were originally only going to take some ducks that needed a new home. I guess only one color type has been recognized by the APA but there are a ton of them. Molted, silver or gold DW, solid colors, more game like colors, Wheatens, etc I guess it must be because of their varied background breeds that there are so many colors.
Wish I had something to help you out. I just went and got 2 RSL's on thursday from Eli Reiff in Mifflinburg as he was selling overstock from his dressing operation. Hopefully you can find something you are looking for!
Glad to see some people near me
I am at the very top of perry county about 20 mins from mifflintown.
I've missed pages and pages of posts again... Welcome Silvester. Eli Reiff who Tweetr mentioned, will process those spare drakes & roosters for you, if you don't want to do it yourself! I will probably have a spare BC marans pullet, and maybe an ameraucana pullet too. I'm south of you, but one of my favorite junk shops is on the way to your place, so maybe we could meet on a Friday afternoon near Sunbury.
