American serama thread!

[the poppster]

Roos or hens?

I'm guessing there are at least three Roos in the first photo....just going by the head gear...and stance.

 

[the poppster]

Mom and chick are doing well....the chick could sit comfortably inside a bottle cap...more mom walks in slow motion, setting her feet down so carefully...the chick buzzing around her feet,like a big black Bumble bee, happily chirping away....

 

[Fluffyserama]

Roos or hens?

can't really tell, but Of the 3 facing the camera the middle one might be a roo. need a better pic.

In the game of 'Roo or Hen' it helps to know the age of the birds

 

[glazehillfarms]

Someone told me if you get chicks from a frizzle rooster and a frizzle hen then the feathers of the chicks will fall out in the winter. Is this true? Picking up some seramas saturday and didnt know whether to get a frizzle rooster or not.

 

[Fluffyserama]

Someone told me if you get chicks from a frizzle rooster and a frizzle hen then the feathers of the chicks will fall out in the winter. Is this true? Picking up some seramas Saturday and didn't know whether to get a frizzle rooster or not.

Two frizzle genes make a bird with very brittle feathers, they will break VERY easy and not just in winter. But if you breed that bald little velociraptor to a smooth bird ALL their offspring will be frizzled. I wouldn't do it, I want all my birds to be happy and balding birds take a lot more care.

Here is a picture I found of a Roo with two frizzle genes

 

[Poultrybonkers]

In the game of   'Roo or Hen' it helps to know the age of the birds

The first pic im pretty sure are all males...i just got done culling them...couldnt take the aggressiveness towards eachother anymore as one had a skull showing from being attacked. Im not gonna sell agressive males either. So they are dog food now. They are resting in my fridge.
And they are 6 weeks old

 

[nchls school]

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Roos or hens?


Between 3 and 5 WEEKS cockerel's combs become larger and redder. A pullet's combs starts to be larger and redder at maturity; between 3 and 6 MONTHS.

 

[glazehillfarms]

Thanks! Ill get a calico straight feather rooster instead.

 

[QuoVadis]

Anyone know of any other breeders who have birds with the "squeaker" gene? Castle Delight Seramas only have one old roo with it so that seems to be a dead end, and Bluegrass Seramas haven't responded to my message and don't seem to post much on FB anymore - not sure if they are breeding and/or selling anymore.

 

[billiejw89]

Found our first 2 serama eggs today! Not sure which or how many of our 4 hens layed them. So eggciting! They are a little over 4 months old. My 8yo DD says they taste way better than the big chickens eggs. There was a teeny one and a larger one that was a double Yolker!

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