American serama thread!

[angelchix]

This was my hatch prior to the one I have in the incubator right now... Booger, who is still tiny at 8 weeks old



This was the day he was hatched. Most of my Serama babies are slightly larger, but they can be very tiny!

oh my!!!! sooo tiny and cute!!!

 

[Sumatra503]

An oregon native. She says she purchased them as chicks.

I NEVER sell chicks - never ever have and never will. And, most important, I would absolutely, postively, over my dead body, ship a chick! I have sent full grown birds to Oregon but chicks ever.
Turns out I misunderstood her, as her message had a typo in it. They are chicks hatched from a pair that she had purchased as adults from you. So, my previous statement no longer applies.

Selling chicks is a common practice, so it didn't seem so radical of an assumption. Also didn't realize how far from Oregon you were.

 

[dncarr09]

I just did my first candle at day 3. I have 19 that for sure look good and 3 or 4 more that are a maybe. Since its just day 3 I may see even more in a few days.

 

[ocseramas]

Turns out I misunderstood her, as her message had a typo in it. They are chicks hatched from a pair that she had purchased as adults from you. So, my previous statement no longer applies.

Selling chicks is a common practice, so it didn't seem so radical of an assumption. Also didn't realize how far from Oregon you were.

That makes a lot more sense since those birds did not look like birds I had sold or bred here. Hope you find your perfect serama and enjoy them as much as I and everyone else does.

 

[Sumatra503]

That makes a lot more sense since those birds did not look like birds I had sold or bred here. Hope you find your perfect serama and enjoy them as much as I and everyone else does.

Thank you!

I already enjoy my current birds and I am always on the lookout.

 

[catwalk]

Five months and fifty chicks, and I think I have ONE that fits my needs! I'm not super happy wih his color yet, but I'm hanging on to him an his brother in hopes that one will be a good wheaten.

 

[cluck-cluck]

They're lovely! Are you doing a wheaten project?

I'm getting excited! My first Seramas should hatch in a week! I have only 2 eggs in the batch that took off, so I'm really counting on them to make it! I get more eggs tomorrow, which is also exciting

 

[Sumatra503]

May be getting frizzled and Booted Seramas this Saturday!

What do you think of creating a Booted Frizzled Serama? I think it would be awesome!

 

[cluck-cluck]

I didn't know there were any booted Seramas! You must take lots of pictures for us!

I just looked at my eggs, and was pretty shocked that at 2 weeks, they're so dark! I got the light to shine on some healthy looking veins, but the whole eggs are totally dark. We still have a week to go though! I hope it's just that these eggs are a bit thick/opaque ?? and that nothing is wrong!

 

[dncarr09]

Are there any good Serama books? I saw one on ebay entitled "The Serama Handbook", but didn't know if this was a good one. I want to learn all I can, and know how to choose the best. What is the maturity rate on these little ones? What I mean is at what age do you normally decide on which ones to keep that are the best representative of the breed.

........ I also did my second candle and now have 22 eggs that look great! I have 42 eggs, but 7 had detached air sacs. So out of the eggs that were normal 35 I have 22 developing. I also have another 4 or 5 that are possibilities. I think that's great for shipped eggs.

@cluck cluck- 4 of the 9 that came from Louisiana are developing. I know you had 2, so good luck with them!