Reviews by SJchickens

I was very excited to get my hands on a pair of Buff Orpingtons. Everyone says they're so friendly, and I'm afraid I've been disappointed. We just have a small flock of 3 large fowl. 2 Buff Orpingtons, and a Black Laced Golden Wyandotte. Don't get me wrong, the Buff Orpingtons are our best layers. Their eggs are big and absolutely delicious. However, they really don't have any personality at all. They are cautious and unfriendly, and they just didn't live up to my expectations. Maybe that's just because of how much I love my bantams, specifically my Serama, who is loaded with personality, even if she is stand-offish.

Overall, they're an ok breed. I still don't understand the acclaim for them, though.

Seramas are lovely. They are pretty and have great personalities. I originally purchased 2 unsexed serama chickens along with 2 silkies in the spring, One was a pullet and one was a cockerel. They are sweet, but one of the silkies has always been rather weak. I suppose being the tough little birds they are, decided that the silkie wasn't good enough for the flock. They basically assaulted her and gave her a gaping head wound. Luckily, the wound healed in a week without any complications, and the seramas were sent to chicken jail (a large dog crate) for about 10 days. Once they left chicken jail, they were fine with the silkie.

Everything seemed to be going fine, until I found my serama pullet flipped over on her back in the coop, dying. 20 minutes later, she was gone. After some research I found out that the culprit was sudden death syndrome, which I guess has to do with a problem in their heart? It was so upsetting, because this serama was my favorite chicken. It was then that I realized that as tough as they act, seramas are delicate little birds

Aside from those two incidents, owning seramas has been a joy. I'm hoping to get another two since my pullet died.