Serama Housing?

[Buck Creek Chickens]

the fun thing with serama is down color might not have anything to do with adult color. Archie was a white chick with a little black.

 

[citalk2much]

How tall is the cage? I to am getting a pair for the house and want the right cage for them

 

[mylilchix]

The breeder I'll be getting our pair from is trying to create calico colored ones, like a cats fur. Hope it works!!

Sonja

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

hight, you want at least 2' (24") if you have a perch, 2.5', in a pinch you can have 1.5 but they don't like it, get one as wide / long as you can. they like to strut back a forth. big showoff's

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

you mean colored patches, Ive got a tri colored rooster, main body white,neck and tail white and black, hackle red.

 

[mylilchix]

No, color variety throughout the bird. She's had one hatch that was white with bits of black and brown at the tips of her feathers. I think she's trying to get the mixed brown, black, and white effect of a calico cat.

Sonja

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

Ill have to go take a photo of my roo, I've a hen thats tri too. I get that pattern quite often. Love the look of the tri-color. I love to here how her birds look when she get adults. there is no color standarnd in serama and that part of the fun.

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

Will putting a dark blanket over the cage help the crowing a little?

I think doing this would cause them to get depressed. It's normal to crow during the day, and if the lights are out at night they prob won't crow at all till morning.

One other thing to consider is the dust! BIG TIME dust. I had a serama rooster in the house for a month and I can't believe the dust that accumulated all over the house...not just in that room.​

 

[mylilchix]

I was only thinking of doing that to give so a little extra sleep in the morning, not an all day thing.

Sonja