American serama thread!

[Compost King]

I slipped some Serama eggs under my broody OEGB, I actually wasn't sure if this was a serama or a half Japanese half Old English Game Bantam because he could have been either but the people over in the genetics section said that his pattern could not have come from my Red Pyle OEGB x Grey Japanese crossing so he is a serama growing up in a bantam pen. The OEGB's he grew up with actually grew slower than he did so he was largest chick of his brood until all the OEGB found ways to die (the mothers lack skills) he on the other hand ended up being the lone survivor of that hatch. So now I have a Serama who lives on the ground and forages. He is in a pen now but was a chick he was free ranging until mamas started laying eggs again and I put then all back in the pen. It was funny, for a while he was the only chick with 4 mama birds watching after him.

More important news, my one mature female serama is back to laying eggs! so I will be hatching out even more.

 

[Faraday40]

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I slipped some Serama eggs under my broody OEGB, I actually wasn't sure if this was a serama or a half Japanese half Old English Game Bantam because he could have been either but the people over in the genetics section said that his pattern could not have come from my Red Pyle OEGB x Grey Japanese crossing so he is a serama growing up in a bantam pen. The OEGB's he grew up with actually grew slower than he did so he was largest chick of his brood until all the OEGB found ways to die (the mothers lack skills) he on the other hand ended up being the lone survivor of that hatch. So now I have a Serama who lives on the ground and forages. He is in a pen now but was a chick he was free ranging until mamas started laying eggs again and I put then all back in the pen. It was funny, for a while he was the only chick with 4 mama birds watching after him.

More important news, my one mature female serama is back to laying eggs! so I will be hatching out even more.

I'm glad your little serama was hardy enough to handle all the broody mothering. I guess he must feel a little entitled now.

 

[Faraday40]

I've got a lot of little seramas running around, so I'll share some pics:

Adults & Laying pullets
Here's "Sesame" Chicken hatched in Dec

and her sister "Kung Pow" Chicken - also hatched in Dec

...and their Mother = Chicken "Noodle" (the 2nd most spoiled chicken here, only surpassed by our little Rooster, Teddy, who sleeps in the house.)

Spring & Summer Chicks: I hope to sell all of these
From April's hatch

From May 1 hatch
My bantam orp finally abandoned these chicks on July 1st.

I really like the way this one looks


May 22 hatch
PR (the broody) is still fiercely guarding these chicks & won't let me near them. I like the little silkied female and may consider keeping her..... but she's a wild child. On the plus side, these two know how to free range & hide very well

My June hatch is now a month old.
There's also an 8 wk old leghorn in there. For some reason the Leghorn kept running away from her (the May 1st) group. I put her in the brooder with these chicks 3.5 weeks ago. The silkie adopted her, & she's fine.

They're still so tiny!

Sadly my fav silkied serama turned out to be a male

Newest hatch From July 1-3
There are 6 seramas hiding somewhere in there; most chicks are LF orpingtons. The broody is our stubborn Sebright, named "Trouble."

 

[Compost King]

slowly my Serama population is growing, 3 pullets with a Rooster waiting to become a father.

 

[WVduckchick]

Awwww, that is to bad.

Silkied serama-Do you sell hatching eggs??

I do! Only 2 or 3 are laying now, most of them are mothering. I have a couple smooth girls in the silkied pen, so offspring do have a possibility of being smooth too.


Everyone’s chicks are looking so good!! I’m loving all the pics

 

[Compost King]

I have probably posted a picture of this Mom Dad and Son trio before but this picture turned out so nice so I thought I would share it.

 

[Faraday40]

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I have probably posted a picture of this Mom Dad and Son trio before but this picture turned out so nice so I thought I would share it.

I love it when the little roosters stand pretty.

Has the male been with the female the whole time (thru hatching & raising the chick)? Does the dad accept the son well? Do seramas males fight for dominance like other roos?

 

[Faraday40]

I found a home for Micro. He was the little "failure to thrive" chick - hatched May 1st. He needed some extra time with soaked feed to encourage him to eat and was much smaller than the other chicks.

He's 75% serama & 25% silkie. He's not good for breeding but makes a delightful, spoiled pet.

I took these pics yesterday before he went to his new home.

 

[Compost King]

I love it when the little roosters stand pretty.

Has the male been with the female the whole time (thru hatching & raising the chick)? Does the dad accept the son well? Do seramas males fight for dominance like other roos?

Those are the first 2 males I have had in the same cage and its his son. The son is still young and the father has been super nice to him. He was a broody hatch 1 of 5 eggs hatched. Eventually I will find the answers to your question. The people I bought seramas from had all their seramas in one large cage and I did not see any problems in my brief visit.
I bought the 2 parents from the same person who had all her males for sale in one cage and all her females for sale in another cage. They have been together since I got home with them.

I do have one serama male in my bantam flock, he was hatched out by a broody mom. So far he hasn't gotten into any fights with any of the roosters and the dominant rooster just ignores him. He might be too young to get notice. Some of the other cockerels at the same level of development get picked on by the dominant rooster though.

 

[Faraday40]

Has anyone had a chick colored like this one? How does it turn out?

On left, He's my only golden (non-white) chick.

He started getting a white chest.

He's 5.5 wks now and the white has spread to his back: