American serama thread!

[mauigirl]

Thank you coopacabana for the link.
Frizzled serama that I think is a pullet.

I believe this one is a cockerel


Who thinks they are three months old? I think they are younger but I don't know. The biggest only weighs 3.4 ounces.

maybe 3 months but its hard to tell, usually the cockrels fill out faster as feathering is a primary gene

 

[mauigirl]

Sorry I think I have seen you post this before and we have skipped over it for some reason . When you click reply or quote the text box comes up . at the top there is a double row of icons . If you run your cursor over each cursor it will tell you what it does . the second row left margin box on my screen is insert image . click it it will ope up a browser and then you just go to your file and select the appropriate file .Hope that helps.

she thinks roo, hen, hen images always get this error message A temporary error occurred. Please retry your request

 

[LAseramas KP]

looks more like 3 weeks to me they are in the same stage of feather as my oldest one if I am seeing the pics right(they're pretty small - the pics that is) when I got my first 3 they all fit in my hand with some overlap but were fully feathered on the back wings and the breast was pretty well feathered as well. Size ins not a real indicator as they can vary widely. Micro chicks would be tiny. The three I hatched all fit in my hand cupped deeply, I think they will be quite small when full grown.

no more then 6 weeks tops I have some looking like that but smaller but feathers are the same at 1 1/2 months

 

[froggiesheins]

Thank you coopacabana for the link. Frizzled serama that I think is a pullet. I believe this one is a cockerel Who thinks they are three months old? I think they are younger but I don't know. The biggest only weighs 3.4 ounces.

These little sweeties are NO WAY 3 months old. They are more like 5-6 weeks old. If I am seeing things correctly, they still have baby down on their heads and it appears the shoulder feathers are not completely in yet....The one thats talking, does appear to be a boy, but because of the unknown age hmmmm, Lets see what other think......CONGRATS on your new seramas!

 

[LAseramas KP]

LOL! I've had the same problem with my blacks. That mottled just won't quit.

Looks quite interesting on a wheaton, though.

Mottled will take over your flock no matter what color it is ... That is why I could careless for mottled and they are something that has to be control by culling them out of your bloodline ... Once it's gone and control I would never try to breed them back into my flocks no matter what ..

 

[LAseramas KP]

HE'S AMAZING!! love the S on him
have been watching the spat about malay and american and i've given it some thought, i really like the american seems more balanced and a nicer bird, but i will admit i have malaysian serama envy. ok slap me if you want the malay is what we started with and we need to keep our american birds close to that, it would be like making a banana into an orange (ooohhh im gonna get some feedback on this) The Malaysian do have faults and American breeders have been given an opportunity to improve the overall breed, not just breed to make money off eggs and more chicks, but truly to improve their flock. If we just breed for the sake of breeding then we are taking steps backwards, putting out vertical non-conforming birds or the extreme ayams are pointless for the breed. We chose this as OUR breed for a reason and keeping to that will improve the quality. Its all about quality not quantity.

Yup
Quality is everything ...
With out that it's just a
small chicken....

 

[brahmabreeder]

Thank you every one for your help. I'm going to guess their age is about a month old maybe a month and a half. I have RIR chicks that are about that far along in feathering and they are only three weeks old.

 

[diornisextant]

BBRED

???

 

[rach]

I agree 1 month old is a very good. Have fun with your new babies!

 

[brahmabreeder]

Thank you rach. I will hopefully be making their outdoor pen next weekend. If I don't finish it they can go in the brahmas breeder coop, I have a few open pens.