American serama thread!

[alexserama89]

Awesome pictures guys. I was wondering what kind of leg bands you use on seramas, all the ones at my local feed stores would never fit. Maybe a good place to order online. Thank you

 

[DRGLENNON]

After the Seramas have taken a long break, I got an egg today, so I hope they're about to start laying again!

I hope so to, good luck. I was wondering how long of a break do they usually take? Do you think heat is a factor? I'm new to the breed and curios.

 

[ladycat]

I hope so to, good luck. I was wondering how long of a break do they usually take? Do you think heat is a factor? I'm new to the breed and curios.

Heat is not a factor in this case, they are in the house.

Usually their breaks haven't been more than a couple weeks, but this time it's been several weeks.

 

[prizepete]

This is my new serama. What do you think of him quality wise?

 

[LizCar]

***EGG. QUESTION***
I have a nice little serama hen, she is well over a year old. She weighs about 12 oz. She has never laid an egg in her life. She goes into the nest box a few times a week the past few months and lays a "phantom" egg. She builds a nest, sits for a time, gets up and sings her egg song and then goes on with her day but no egg, not even a poop. Yesterday for the first time she laid. As I said she is well over a year. She laid a tiny jelly bean egg with no yolk. Has anyone had this before and what was your experience? With her age, can it just be a first time egg and will improve? Or with her age is this most likely not a good sign? Anyone corrected this before with supplements etc? Love this hen, wish she would produce!

 

[froggiesheins]

***EGG. QUESTION***
I have a nice little serama hen, she is well over a year old. She weighs about 12 oz. She has never laid an egg in her life. She goes into the nest box a few times a week the past few months and lays a "phantom" egg. She builds a nest, sits for a time, gets up and sings her egg song and then goes on with her day but no egg, not even a poop. Yesterday for the first time she laid. As I said she is well over a year. She laid a tiny jelly bean egg with no yolk. Has anyone had this before and what was your experience? With her age, can it just be a first time egg and will improve? Or with her age is this most likely not a good sign? Anyone corrected this before with supplements etc? Love this hen, wish she would produce!

Unfortunately, this I can answer, the odds are not in her favor that she will ever produce a normal egg
There is much infertility within the serama breed as a whole and there is nothing we as humans can do to correct/fix this in your little girl I am sorry to say. Love her for who she is and enjoy every moment she is here on earth

 

[froggiesheins]

After the Seramas have taken a long break, I got an egg today, so I hope they're about to start laying again!

Them little gremlins are their own time schedule as far as when they lay an egg for you..honest

 

[froggiesheins]

This is my new serama. What do you think of him quality wise?

Well, I think he is ADORABLE, just adorable :cd e
This is not a critqueing thread so I keep any "serious" comments to my self

 

[prizepete]

thanks!

 

[Skink]

***EGG. QUESTION***
I have a nice little serama hen, she is well over a year old. She weighs about 12 oz. She has never laid an egg in her life. She goes into the nest box a few times a week the past few months and lays a "phantom" egg. She builds a nest, sits for a time, gets up and sings her egg song and then goes on with her day but no egg, not even a poop. Yesterday for the first time she laid. As I said she is well over a year. She laid a tiny jelly bean egg with no yolk. Has anyone had this before and what was your experience? With her age, can it just be a first time egg and will improve? Or with her age is this most likely not a good sign? Anyone corrected this before with supplements etc? Love this hen, wish she would produce!

A 12 oz hen is a Micro. They are not the healthiest birds and generally never lay properly. Even when they do, their eggs are usually non-viable, and anything you could hatch out of such a tiny egg would be unhealthy as well. They are not producing birds, but I promise, you wouldn't actually want her to be producing. They're good as pets and pets only, and need to be closely watched for health issues.

If she is going through the motions of laying but has never produced, you're going to want to keep an especially keen eye out for internal laying. Weigh her at least once a week and keep good tabs on her, feel her keel for weight and feel her abdomen to check for swelling. Give her vitamins whenever she does lay to give her a boost because even a tiny little thing will take a LOT out of a tiny little bird, but don't pump her full of calcium to try and make her lay.. it will be a big strain on her organs and won't amount to what you're hoping for. Don't feed her layer feed, either. Give her pullet grower and leave calcium as free choice for her. Since she doesn't lay regularly, all the calcium in a layer feed can shut down her kidneys.