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Thats good enough!

I have some, I buy Layena and i have a couple of those bags, if i go to the meet I'll bring them to you.

Thanks!!
 
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OK, then I will bring some horse ones if there are any........

Thanks! How are your Seramas?

Those two are just fine and dandy.....They are now settled in with the other gremlins already.....No problems at all. They have even used the ramp to go in and out of the coop. The girl I named Jenny and the roo, I am down to; Pierre / Napoleon or Caesar.... just can't decide
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They LOVE the dirt! My gremlins are pets first so they get to do all those great chicken activites
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Thanks! How are your Seramas?

Those two are just fine and dandy.....They are now settled in with the other gremlins already.....No problems at all. They have even used the ramp to go in and out of the coop. The girl I named Jenny and the roo, I am down to; Pierre / Napoleon or Caesar.... just can't decide
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They LOVE the dirt! My gremlins are pets first so they get to do all those great chicken activites
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Awww
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you treat your birds so good like your own child. and I LOVE tey way you make your coops and things!!
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they were so cool!
 
If someone wants some of those plastic coated 50lb Layena bags for making grocery sacks, PM me and I will bring them to Norco on the 21st. I"ll have about 7 or 8.
 
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Those two are just fine and dandy.....They are now settled in with the other gremlins already.....No problems at all. They have even used the ramp to go in and out of the coop. The girl I named Jenny and the roo, I am down to; Pierre / Napoleon or Caesar.... just can't decide
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They LOVE the dirt! My gremlins are pets first so they get to do all those great chicken activites
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Awww
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you treat your birds so good like your own child. and I LOVE tey way you make your coops and things!!
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they were so cool!

THANK YOU for the compliments FarmerBoy, they ARE my kids. [hee hee] never had human ones so all my animals get "it".
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I have a long waiting list of humans that want to die and come back as one of my critters, should I add your name too???
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Well, if that is the case then you can always breed the pair you have and you might get some similar to them. You can pretty much tell the quality of the bird at 5 or 6 months old unless you have a late bloomer. Here is a pic of a little man with alot of potentials that ended in a tragic death. He is the son of my wht mottled cockerel I brought to the last meet up, he was close to 3 months old in this pic.....he got killed by a cat 3 days after I took this pic when I let him out in the run.
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Since you are into showing, you should concentrate on breeding for show quality birds....I know space is limited but if you pick out one variety and keep on working with them, you will achive your goal faster.

Speaking of oegb, have you dubb your boys yet????From what I remember, you don't have to dubb em if they are still cockerels but you will have to dubb them as cocks. Are you aware that BBred is one of the hardest variety to breed for correct color and one of the steepest competition at shows? I have always love the mahogany color in the spangled oegb....unable to find the quality spangled suit my taste in the past couple yrs had push me futhure a way from the breed. Hopefully I will find some in the future.

All my birds are raise in a 36x30 or smaller enclosure under a roofed patio, I built them some runs on grass for sun and dust bathing on good day. I use the 22x19 to house those with potentials for special training, the cage I took to our last meet is one of my training cage....I usually spend couple hrs a day with all my birds. You don't need a big cage for your serama. Wow, I did know this turn out this long.....I will make it short next time.

My cages & runs pics.
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I forgot....GOOD LUCK AT THE SHOW!!!!
 
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Well, if that is the case then you can always breed the pair you have and you might get some similar to them. You can pretty much tell the quality of the bird at 5 or 6 months old unless you have a late bloomer. Here is a pic of a little man with alot of potentials that ended in a tragic death. He is the son of my wht mottled cockerel I brought to the last meet up, he was close to 3 months old in this pic.....he got killed by a cat 3 days after I took this pic when I let him out in the run. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/34472_jp4_015.jpg Since you are into showing, you should concentrate on breeding for show quality birds....I know space is limited but if you pick out one variety and keep on working with them, you will achive your goal faster.

Speaking of oegb, have you dubb your boys yet????From what I remember, you don't have to dubb em if they are still cockerels but you will have to dubb them as cocks. Are you aware that BBred is one of the hardest variety to breed for correct color and one of the steepest competition at shows? I have always love the mahogany color in the spangled oegb....unable to find the quality spangled suit my taste in the past couple yrs had push me futhure a way from the breed. Hopefully I will find some in the future.

All my birds are raise in a 36x30 or smaller enclosure under a roofed patio, I built them some runs on grass for sun and dust bathing on good day. I use the 22x19 to house those with potentials for special training, the cage I took to our last meet is one of my training cage....I usually spend couple hrs a day with all my birds. You don't need a big cage for your serama. Wow, I did know this turn out this long.....I will make it short next time.

My cages & runs pics.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/34472_jp3_007.jpg https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/34472_jp3_02_09_11_012.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/34472_jp3_02_09_11_007.jpg

I forgot....GOOD LUCK AT THE SHOW!!!!

Your Birds are BEAUTIFUL!
 
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I do agree with you. If I did ever decide to breed Seramas, I'd be very selective with the breeding stock, perhaps even getting different birds for that purpose, because you are right about the space issue.

No, by BB Red boys are not dubbed yet. We were planning on doing that this month, but I didn't want them scabby for the show on the 16th. I think the rule is that they have to be dubbed by November of their first year. My little dudes hatched last November, so I should still have a while. These are my kids' 4H show birds, I'm not actually trying to be a breeder for them, but I made a point to try to get nice quality stock when I bought them, so they're not hatchery or anything. When I get a good idea of how they compare to the competition, I'll decide if I actually would want breed them for offspring, or just enjoy them as sweet little chickens. One of the cockerels seems to me, to be particularly nice looking. I have a few eggs incubating out of sheer curiosity, but I'm not currently saving anymore for that purpose.

Very cute little cockerel in the pic. So sorry you lost him! I think you might like my little Serama cockerel. I was working on his pose today, he's coming along nicely! I'm going to let one of my daughters show him in Ramona. I'm not sure if my pullet will behave on the table, but I'm planning on bringing her too. She prefers to sit on my shoulder!
 
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Awww
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you treat your birds so good like your own child. and I LOVE tey way you make your coops and things!!
ep.gif
they were so cool!

THANK YOU for the compliments FarmerBoy, they ARE my kids. [hee hee] never had human ones so all my animals get "it".
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I have a long waiting list of humans that want to die and come back as one of my critters, should I add your name too???
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DEFINITLY!!!
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. Well I don't want to die though.
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