American serama thread!

[Chicken Egg 17]

I am but I will not have any more chicks for the rest of the year. It'll be spring before I hatch again. Plus I grow them out to pullets before I sell them.

Who did you get your seramas off of

 

[schafer11]

Majority of them came from a guy in purcel okla named rick. Then I've bred them myself.

 

[nchls school]

Hello everybody. I'm in search of a nice frizzled serama pullet. I'm located in oklahoma any help would be greatly appreciated. Pm me if anybody has any. I'll post some pics of my birds.
Would you be interested in eggs? I do have a couple young frizzle pullets, but do not ship birds. Below are pictures of my frizzle serama.

 

[WVduckchick]

They are sooooo cute!

But after dealing with my frizzle cochins, I think I'm going to stick to smooth seramas. I assume frizzle to frizzle seramas are ill-advised, like in other breeds? Does anyone here do it with seramas? I want some silkys though.

 

[nchls school]

They are sooooo cute!

But after dealing with my frizzle cochins, I think I'm going to stick to smooth seramas. I assume frizzle to frizzle seramas are ill-advised, like in other breeds? Does anyone here do it with seramas? I want some silkys though.

Yes, I've read that problems can result. However, I recently paired my frizzle serama rooster and hen. Of the five eggs that hatched, two chicks have normal-smooth feathering and three have frizzle feathering. The feathering is soft and pliant-not brittle at all; their appearance is like any other frizzle; very much like the rooster when he was a chick. One chick is blind in one eye-whether genetic or accidental is unclear.

It would seem that frizzle-frizzle pairing can result in smooth, frizzle, and frazzle feathering. Information on the subject is sketchy at best, but I plan on doing more research.

 

[schafer11]

No thank you. I've never had good luck with shipped eggs. I appreciate it tho.

 

[WVduckchick]

Yes, I've read that problems can result. However, I recently paired my frizzle serama rooster and hen. Of the five eggs that hatched, two chicks have normal-smooth feathering and three have frizzle feathering. The feathering is soft and pliant-not brittle at all; their appearance is like any other frizzle; very much like the rooster when he was a chick. One chick is blind in one eye-whether genetic or accidental is unclear.

It would seem that frizzle-frizzle pairing can result in smooth, frizzle, and frazzle feathering. Information on the subject is sketchy at best, but I plan on doing more research.

Thanks for your thoughts. I would very much like to follow your research. So many say NOT to do it, but have read plenty where folks have done it with no problems. I haven't studied the genetics enough to make an educated opinion.

I wouldn't mind getting some of your girls' eggs next spring.

I know I've posted a few pics of my boy Chuck, but got this one yesterday. I just love this little dude.

 

[Jim Phelps]

Does anyone know of a serama breeder in southeast Georgia (near Statesboro)? I would like to purchase a pair or trio of seramas.

 

[QueenMisha]

Yes, I've read that problems can result. However, I recently paired my frizzle serama rooster and hen. Of the five eggs that hatched, two chicks have normal-smooth feathering and three have frizzle feathering. The feathering is soft and pliant-not brittle at all; their appearance is like any other frizzle; very much like the rooster when he was a chick. One chick is blind in one eye-whether genetic or accidental is unclear.

It would seem that frizzle-frizzle pairing can result in smooth, frizzle, and frazzle feathering. Information on the subject is sketchy at best, but I plan on doing more research.

My boss makes this pairing regularly (hasn't had the space or time to set up an additional breeding pen and the flat feather males we have been acquiring keep being duds). No doubles frizzles of any sort. The frizzle gene is regarded as a semi-lethal; although 25% of the offspring from a frizzlexfrizzle pairing should be double frizzles, ninety-nine times out of a hundred they die-in shell. So, you get lower hatch rates, sure, but you're not very likely to end up with a double frizzle.

Also, side note, first post on this thread! I'll be in here to post photos of my bosses birds one of these days when I'm at work. I've enjoyed working with them so much I'm tempted to get some for my home flock... if I ever have the room again, that is.

 

[WVduckchick]

My boss makes this pairing regularly (hasn't had the space or time to set up an additional breeding pen and the flat feather males we have been acquiring keep being duds). No doubles frizzles of any sort. The frizzle gene is regarded as a semi-lethal; although 25% of the offspring from a frizzlexfrizzle pairing should be double frizzles, ninety-nine times out of a hundred they die-in shell. So, you get lower hatch rates, sure, but you're not very likely to end up with a double frizzle.

Also, side note, first post on this thread! I'll be in here to post photos of my bosses birds one of these days when I'm at work. I've enjoyed working with them so much I'm tempted to get some for my home flock... if I ever have the room again, that is.

Awesome, thanks for that additional insight. And you will be a great addition to this thread! Bring on the pics!