American serama thread!

[Veer67]

Seramas are crazy at changing color
This is one of my babies. She was golden yellow at hatch then she got some really dark brown feathers and now at 6mos is really white

I love her color!

 

[ilive4him93]

Hi,
I'm new to the seramas and like to know what quality y'all think these 2 are?
They're around 5-6 months old

 

[froggiesheins]

Hi,
I'm new to the seramas and like to know what quality y'all think these 2 are?
They're around 5-6 months old

This is a 2 year old serama roo, this is what show quality is supposed to look like, so, I would say yours are pet quality.
BUT, if all you want them for is funnzies, then it doesn't matter.

 

[ilive4him93]

Thank you froggiesheins I thought so but was curious... This is Clyde the women I got him from said he was BQ

The hen is pet...

 

[froggiesheins]

Thank you froggiesheins I thought so but was curious... This is Clyde the women I got him from said he was BQ

The hen is pet...

To be Breeder Quality the bird needs to be FERTILE and show quality or almost SQ.

If you want to split straws, they need to have red ear lobes and yellow legs It is much easier in the long run to start with the best you can afford and not have to work on "breeding out" an unwanted trait.

Now this is for showing the bird. I do not show myself, just spend my time at shows educating folks about these marvelous creatures!

 

[Ladyneko1904]

So cute

 

[ancientoaks]

Hi I was wondering which serama standard says they must have yellow legs. I've looked at all of them I can find and don't see it mention what color the legs must be. With other breeds the color of the legs changes with the color of the feathers so I always thought the serama would be the same. Mine have different color legs most of them are white and a few have yellow and my stock comes from a show breeder so I'm just curious.

thanks for pointing me in the right direction so that I cull the birds I need to and have the correct standard to judge my breeders to.

 

[froggiesheins]

Hi I was wondering which serama standard says they must have yellow legs. I've looked at all of them I can find and don't see it mention what color the legs must be. With other breeds the color of the legs changes with the color of the feathers so I always thought the serama would be the same. Mine have different color legs most of them are white and a few have yellow and my stock comes from a show breeder so I'm just curious.

thanks for pointing me in the right direction so that I cull the birds I need to and have the correct standard to judge my breeders to.

Right now the "standards" are color blind, BUT all the top breeders are trying for yellow legs and it would not surprize me if it does become one of the standards. If there were a tie between a few birds, the one with the yellow legs would be the deal breaker. On the very dark colored birds, swarthy is still the color that happens, but I have hear noise about trying to change that too. Seramas have their own rules when it come to "the standards".

 

[ErniesFlock]

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"..swarthy is still the color that happens".

What does swarthy mean?

 

[froggiesheins]

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What does swarthy mean?

So sorry, I guess ya can't read my mind.. its a dirty yellow color..... hope you can see the coloring on this little hen