Selling my seramas

[FiestyFeathersFarm]

I want to thin out my seramas, they are 3 months old. I have a couple questions for those who are familiar with this breed. How much is a good price for pullets? I know quality is hard to tell until they are older but mine are not show quality I do not believe. I think $20 is not bad considering there are no seramas within a 3 hour drive. I hand reared the babies from shipped eggs and they are very friendly because of this. I want to know if that’s a reasonable price considering location factors and they halfway to laying age. My next question is I have one pullet who is considerably smaller than the rest, does that mean she is more desirable? Or ? I’ll attach pictures. Not the best pictures so bear with me lol. First pic is the small one I call lil wing

 

[Tonyroo]

$20 dollars is very reasonable.

I sold all of my seramas for $25 each, male or female, they were almost at 3 months old.

One family bought them all, I had 7 birds, 3 male 4 females.

 

[swamphiker]

I agree that $20 sounds quite reasonable, in my area (North Florida) you would be able to sell them very quickly for $20-25. I recently sold some 2-month-old pullets for $15 each very quickly, and they were just extra feed store chicks, not hard-to-find breeds.

 

[FiestyFeathersFarm]

I agree that $20 sounds quite reasonable, in my area (North Florida) you would be able to sell them very quickly for $20-25. I recently sold some 2-month-old pullets for $15 each very quickly, and they were just extra feed store chicks, not hard-to-find breeds.

Thank you! I didn’t think it was too high considering they’re not chicks and I’ve put months of feed and care in to them. Thanks for your insight

 

[Tonyroo]

I will do! What do you recommend in a dust bath? Regular ol dirt or is there a type of sand to use? Can I ask your opinion on lil wing? She looks kind of *ahem* ugly (for lack of a better term) compared to the others. I feed them a good diet.

If you have a dry dirt patch in your yard, use a broom to collect the top layer from it. The broom bristle acts as a agitator to break up the dirt to fine particles, then use a dust pan to scoop the dirt.

As for Lil wing, he looks fine, plus he's still young. His adult feathers will look different from what it is now.

 

[FiestyFeathersFarm]

If you have a dry dirt patch in your yard, use a broom to collect the top layer from it. The broom bristle acts as a agitator to break up the dirt to fine particles, then use a dust pan to scoop the dirt.

As for Lil wing, he looks fine, plus he's still young. His adult feathers will look different from what it is now.

Right now we have snow and ice so I’ll have to buy something from the store for now. I wonder if playsand would be sufficient in the meantime?

Lil wing is a she, it’s a noticeable difference between the rest. Perhaps she will be a micro? They all hatched the same day. I really need to get out my scale and attempt to weigh them.

I ended up with 7 girls and 2 roosters from that hatch. I’m planning on keeping one of the cockerels.

 

[Tonyroo]

$20 dollars is very reasonable.

I sold all of my seramas for $25 each, male or female, they were almost at 3 months old.

One family bought them all, I had 7 birds, 3 male 4 females.

Try to keep your birds feathers in prime condition, dust bath.

And don't go any lower on your price. It's a very fair price.

 

[Noellereagan]

I sell my Serama from $40 as a base line for pet quality amd it goes up from there with the average price of $100 per bird for established breeder birds (so $200 for a decent pair. I raise exhibition serama so about10- 20% of them are show prospects and they usually go for $150 all the way up to $250 and the established show champion averages around $300. Now those prices are geared towards the demographic that shows so they are willing to pay more for a nicer bird compared to those who want them for pets. I am also the president and founder of The Serama Club of Wisconsin so I have access to a specific genre.
I do see at swaps them being sold for $20 but it looks like your birds are pretty nice or at least seem to have potential. Like one other commenter sad, I would not go a dollar below $20 even for pets. If you were closer I would take a closer look at that black and white mottled pullet with the leakage in her cape. Looks like a nice bird. So does the chocolate. But I’d like to see videos. Consider joining the Facebook pages for the Serama council of North America (SCNA) and ask for permission to join the available birds groups. I know you have to be very careful on the wording (must use “up for discussion” or “ready to fly”) but I know they have members in just about every state. And one things for sure. Serama people are willing to drive for what they want. Most of us travel across the country for a $5 ribbon so you have that playing in your favor. Plus I believe the nationals are going to be out be you I’d look into that and consider taking them there if close enough. But I would up the prices if you do that. For the nicer ones anyway. SCNA also has a free classified section for members. Not sure if you’re a member of not but something else to consider too. Maybe it’s worth you getting certified as NPIP for $40 as an exhibition flock, Plus the cost of the blood testing which is very very inexpensive,to open up your market to the rest of the country.

Who were your lines originally from? That matters a lot to my crowd.

 

[Noellereagan]

Wow.

I have went to tabletop, and had planned to For a while, but i would rather not put my bird through the stress. Im sure it really isn’t that bad, just isn’t for me,

Funny. I just commented on your post about wry tail as it relates to shows. One thing is for sure, you’re right it is very stressful on them and I worry every single time I go. But I specifically have show birds so I obviously take that risk and every possible precaution but it is great fun! Honestly my Seramas seem to handle the showing much better than my Cemani it seems to really be hard on them. So I haven’t shown Cemani in quite some time because it just doesn’t go that good once we get home they just don’t handle that stress so well.

 

[FiestyFeathersFarm]

What state are you in?

Washington state but no where near Seattle. Very NE Washington middle of nowhere