You are interested to pursue the cultivation of chicken kate / serama, please follow the following guidelines
You are interested to pursue the cultivation of chicken kate / serama, please follow the following guidelines:
Parent Selection
The first thing when deciding to breed kate / serama chicken is choosing superior broodstock. The trick is quite easy, just choose the male berpostur upright, active, agile, bright red perch, hammered and hairy beautiful, and not attacked by disease.
As for females can be selected who berpostur sintal / round plump, often laying a lot, calm, physical perfect, beautiful hairy, and certainly not attacked by disease.
Parents should be selected that are over the age of one year from the time of hatching.
Cage
The enclosure used for raising a good kate is a free cage or cage without a roof with a high fence surrounding the enclosure. The fence can be made from a net or bamboo fence with a height of 1.5-2 meters. Adjust the area of the cage with the number of chickens maintained. Put also shelter and at the same time as a house for chicken kate. If you want to be given a perch place can also be added stage or wooden crossbar in the cage area.
Maintenance & Feed
Maintenance is done limited to control the health and clean the cage only. Furthermore do not forget to give the feed of bran, corn, and grains such as brown rice, sticky rice, or grain.
If you want to add concentrate will be better. Also provide a clean drinking water for drinking.
Harvesting
Like other chickens, saplings can hatch after 21 days of erasure after laying eggs. The number of tillers is usually 4-8 tails.