sarkymite Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Hullo all I've been absent for a while again. In that time my flock has changed from 6 to 5 to 8 hens and most recently, we indulged a very longstanding dream of mine and brought home 4 seramas- 3 girls and the most adorable cheeky little roo. So erm... I'm on 14 birds now... 🤣 What I'm quickly discovering is that nothing seems "good enough" to house the seramas. The plan had been to modify the eglu classic with addition of a fine mesh over the galvanised wire run, a single roosting bar inside and removal of the floor roosting bars. But it just doesn't seem like it would work. I want their coop to be higher up so I can see them and interact more easily, and I also want to be able to catch them - I can't commando crawl into the classic run to do that every time! So at the moment they're in a Ferplast happy farm something or other which I got v cheap 3rd hand and it's inside as it's obviously not fox proof. They have plenty of room and also go out in a home made run when I can supervise, which is every day but not always for very long. But my OH, who doesnt share my passion, is getting keen to reclaim the dining room, so I need to make housing decisions. What have people found worked best for them with itty bitty seramas? Looking forward to hearing your collective wisdom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeramaSilly Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Hello there, I have seramas. Personally I don't think the style of house matters but to me a walk-in run has been essential because mine have never put themselves to bed so I have to physically lock them up every-night and crawling into a run would have been very tiresome!! :-0 They will appreciate lots of perches high and low and I bought mine a little plastic trug for their dust-bath. Enjoy your seramas - they are very addictive!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarkymite Posted May 29, 2019 Author Share Posted May 29, 2019 Thank you SeramaSilly. Ive already twigged their enjoyment of perches!! I'm torn between trying a standard size coop and run and hoping they do go to bed without assistance, and buying a 6x3 walk in run and then modding it to add my own coop set up inside it. The trouble is then I won't be able to move it around whereas if they had a more classic set up, they could be on fresh grass rather than in the poultry yard (which is devoid of anything remotely green these days 🙄 ) 21 minutes ago, SeramaSilly said: to me a walk-in run has been essential because mine have never put themselves to bed so I have to physically lock them up every-night and crawling into a run would have been very tiresome!! :-0 They will appreciate lots of perches high and low and I bought mine a little plastic trug for their dust-bath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 I’ve alwYs wanted Seramas! No idea about housing but do put some pics up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarkymite Posted May 30, 2019 Author Share Posted May 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Patricia W said: I’ve alwYs wanted Seramas! No idea about housing but do put some pics up. Hi Patricia. See my other thread about them - pics on there 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
