American serama thread!

[shelleyd2008]

Yeah, but pics don't always 'capture' the birds. It was just a suggestion

I only have 25 Serama and half of those are under 5 months old, so taking one I knew would be DQ'd for weight just to have it 'scored' is something I would do (and have

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[bigb-71]

There little fat butt's can stay home !

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[shelleyd2008]

Group question: So what is your cut-off weight for using birds in the breeding pen? The one(s) I have who is/are overweight are just slightly; thankfully I haven't hatched any HUGE birds. But just curious what you all think. Cocks maximum weight is 19.2 and hens maximum is 16.8 (with the +20% overage allowed by the APA/ABA), so when does big become too big?

 

[bigb-71]

O pongo i am bringing that pullet i bought from Kate when i was down last time that bird is so awsome in every way she struts better than some of the males i don't have a recent pic but her is a older one . i love this pullet one of my fav's for sure .

 

[pongo]

anything over 19.2 is to big for a cock in scna TTshowing...as for hens bigger means better eggs so id give em some slack..... remember even an a or b bird can throw a D LOL

 

[pongo]

her mommy may she RIP
but one hell of a hen

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Yes, but I was asking about breeding since even 2 'D' birds can throw 'A's and micros

If you have a male who is a little heavy but otherwise has good qualities, you wouldn't use him? Remember, I only have 16 adult Seramas (7 males, 9 females) and 4 of the 7 males are 'too big' to show.

 

[pongo]

lol..... TRUE um i think trying to size them off nicely is the way to go id hate to breed a d to an a .....that is wrong for the hen if smaller and crazy for the roo to try to have to reach LOL

 

[bigb-71]

But she live's on in my little girl flower !

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[shelleyd2008]

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That kind of goes back to my post yesterday (??) about not putting 2 birds with the same 'faults' together. Granted, I try not to keep A's, but if I did have any I probably would put them with bigger males to hopefully minimize the chances of hatching more A's or smaller. I currently have 2 hens (I think and HOPE it's only 2) who probably fall in the 'A' category (I know 1 is 11 ounces at almost a year) and have 1 male who probably does as well. Currently they are together in a group pen but once I get my pair pens done he won't be getting the little girls!

Of the 3 oldest chicks I have from this year (bad year for me on the Serama front

) all 3 look like A's or small B's.

Of course this group has the ONLY females from this year