Seriema Bird - Livestock Guardian

[AGeese]

Hey all, I read that there are some farmers (presumably in Latin America) that use Seriema birds to guard their chickens. Does anyone have experience raising Seriemas or specifically have them for the purpose of predator deterrent?

 

[McChooky]

Hey all, I read that there are some farmers (presumably in Latin America) that use Seriema birds to guard their chickens. Does anyone have experience raising Seriemas or specifically have them for the purpose of predator deterrent?

I've read they're suspicious of people and can kick your brains out .Lol

 

[ColtHandorf]

For anyone else who had to Google...

Seriema

 

[AGeese]

I've read they're suspicious of people and can kick your brains out .Lol

Good guardian qualities.

 

[centrarchid]

They are not big enough are they? Certainly not big enough to tackle a dog.

 

[Tervuren]

I've read they're suspicious of people and can kick your brains out .Lol

Apparently they're related to Terror Birds, so that tracks lol. I would assume that they wouldn't be able to handle Iowa winters as a tropical bird. Reading through the wiki article it appears, that like many animals, they only fight when cornered. I would expect that if a predator was threatening your poultry the seriema would book it and leave the chickens to their fate.

 

[AGeese]

Yeah I can't see my Pullets doing much of anything right now either, they don't like the wind at all and temps are dropping to sub zero fast.

I like that Seriema are good at killing snakes. I've had a few run ins with snakes.

 

[cmom]

I had to Google it.