American serama thread!

[froggiesheins]

Is this very common?  My favorite little hen died a couple weeks ago.  She seemed fine, happy and healthy, and then next time I walked by her cage, she was dead.  There was an egg laid in her cage that looked totally normal and she layed on a regular basis.  There was absolutely nothing out of the ordinary going on with her.  It was weird.

It is not common BUT it seems to be one of the "faults" of the serama breed. I have had it happen once, it SUCKS! My UN-educated guesses on this is the fact that because the breed has been shrunk>> it brings with it some genetic oopsies.
Anyone want to chime in on this?

 

[Aschenfire]

These are my 2 babies

Both CLASS A I think

(ignoring the chukar.....)

Awwwww cute!! The little red-eyed oddball Seramas in the middle look cozy "what??? we're chickens, too!"

 

[froggiesheins]

These are my 2 babies e Both CLASS A  I think

(ignoring the chukar.....)

Such an adorable picture, the two in the middle look like racoons.

 

[froggiesheins]

I'm so sorry to hear about Ruth. We can sure get attatched to these little ones.

Froggie.Ya better be carefull, you may find Pete the pest on your doorsteps.

 

[cluck-cluck]

It really sounds frightening, because if I get any serama eggs to hatch, then raise them for a year, or even 6 months only to have them suddenly die, UGH, that would hurt so much! I can't imagine what you all go through! I guess I better prepare myself....

 

[artsyrobin]

It really sounds frightening, because if I get any serama eggs to hatch, then raise them for a year, or even 6 months only to have them suddenly die, UGH, that would hurt so much! I can't imagine what you all go through! I guess I better prepare myself....

see, that is exactly my problem- if the breed has an inherant boobytrap- is it a breed i may want to avoid? i just don't know- is it something that can be bred away from?

 

[cluck-cluck]

I don't know either, but I do know one of the breeds that helped make the Serama is the Japanese Bantam which has a lethal gene, but don't recall how it expresses iteself (die early in life?) - just looked up, die in egg. I've been reading a lot on Seramas, and frankly, I think it's rare to have that happen.

I'm kind of wondering, do you live in a place where there are dangerous spiders? I live where we have tons of black widdows and hobos, which could possibly kill a chicken if the chicken doesn't eat 'em first?? Could that have happened? Anyway, I seariously don't think it's common at all. Hang in there!!!

CochinBrahmaLover , the markings on those two are just amazing! I'd love to see more pictures of them!

 

[Cajun Chooks]

Well, I think they're a lot more delicate. Probably adjusts to temperatures a lot faster, so you don't want any spikes if possible, the air sacks go loose possibly easier than other eggs, I just had a shipment last week where all the air sacks were completely loose, none survived. They might hatch earlier than other eggs, some report normal 21 day hatch but many report hatching at day 18 or 19. An explanation I've heard was that the eggs might be so small that the chicks inside run out of room quicker? Dunno if that's true or what?

I will be trying again in a couple of weeks

Thanks for the reply, I'll keep it in mind, I just received the eggs and I'm letting them settle for a while before they go into the incubator.

 

[artsyrobin]

I don't know either, but I do know one of the breeds that helped make the Serama is the Japanese Bantam which has a lethal gene, but don't recall how it expresses iteself (die early in life?) - just looked up, die in egg. I've been reading a lot on Seramas, and frankly, I think it's rare to have that happen.

I'm kind of wondering, do you live in a place where there are dangerous spiders? I live where we have tons of black widdows and hobos, which could possibly kill a chicken if the chicken doesn't eat 'em first?? Could that have happened? Anyway, I seariously don't think it's common at all. Hang in there!!!

CochinBrahmaLover , the markings on those two are just amazing! I'd love to see more pictures of them!

you might have a point there- we are on ten acres in eastern oklahoma and all sorts of critters are wandering around, no way to know i guess

 

[froggiesheins]

see, that is exactly my problem- if the breed has an inherant boobytrap- is it a breed i may want to avoid? i just don't know- is it something that can be bred away from?

AHH but Robin, the pros far outweight the cons. Once you own one of these little heart robbers, there is no turning back.. Take BOAZ for example, Look all the fun you would be missing if you didn't have him.

SERAMAS ROCK!!!!