American serama thread!

[yokohamamama]

Thanks! Defeintly moving on then

 

[yokohamamama]

I think I may go with Hova Bator? maybe, pros cons??

 

[ocseramas]

I think I may go with Hova Bator? maybe, pros cons??

Can't go wrong with the Hova Bator, just make sure you get the one that is circulated air with a fan. You have to read the fine print. If you search the internet, you can get it for around $150 door-to-door and sometimes find them on Craigslist. Our local feed store carries them but for an inflated price. It will hold almost 60 serama eggs.

 

[yokohamamama]

Thank you guys! I was soo looking forward to some babys! Cant wait for my 2 pairs to get over their laying strike and try again, I moved my thermostat around a little and that seemed to help stabalize the temp, (I have an old caabnite style bator it was a gift) but I am going to get a new hova bator until the day i need its large capacity services, then i will replace the thermostat with a digi one

 

[cluck-cluck]

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Cluck-Cluck: hope you're feeling better! This flu crap is kicking a lot of butts.
I'm hoping tomorrow to post update pics of my crew, and get some coloring opinions from everyone. Hopefully my guys will cooperate. Hmmm...

Thanks At least my computer is feeling better, did all kinds of checks and repairs, and it's working fast again, LOL.

When my bird Tumbleweed was young, she tucked her head under her wing for her nap
and she looked just like a Tribble from the original Star Trek.



I don't strive for the "Toy Soldier" posture that most Serama enthusiasts seek to replicate.
I am trying to work towards the Ball body type.
A Silkied Serama that has a rounder body combined with thick fluffy plumage = a Tribble Serama.

Ball type is one of the types bred in Malaysia but I understand that they don't breed Silkied Serama,

Now that I have a silky chick, I totally agree! I also love the rounder shapes, my favorite bird pictures have the hens look like hearts, I just LOVE that!!! I love that star trek episode. It had some good/fun acting in it

Here are my two NYD hatched Seramas (actually hatched the 30th of December) They were 5 weeks old yesterday, so I took a picture. I'm concerned about the "smooth" one's feather condition. It's so ragged looking, and I have no idea what would cause that? I've given them a bit of extra olive oil in their food to see if that would help, but no, not any better. I noticed this at least 2 weeks ago, and it's only getting worse

Plus, his feathers pop up on his body a lot, but not like a frizzle (front guy)


I'm wondering if he could possibly be a frizzle with a modifying gene? But that wouldn't explain the tattered feathers...

Then here is my "Tribble"


They're both in their ugly phase, LOL. I think it's cute!

I guess I won't know the answer to some of my questions unless I mate them to my smooth girls and see what comes out, but do I really want more Seramas? I dunno........ ?

 

[Ra_]

here is my "Tribble"



I guess I won't know the answer to some of my questions unless I mate them to my smooth girls and see what comes out

Nice Tribble. Yellow legs is one standard that I do admire.
I love when hens get a big, fat, fluffy bustle. I guess they call them "tail coverts"?

I read that people sometimes mate their Silkied birds back to Smoothies in order to strengthen the feathers.
The long tail feathers of most Silkied Serama roos tend to break off easily.
They say the hatch should be 50/50 Silkied & Smooth.
The little chicks at the end of my video all had a Silkied Father and a smooth Mother
but I didn't get a single Silkied chick from that hatch of 4.

 

[Aschenfire]

Nice Tribble. Yellow legs is one standard that I do admire.
I love when hens get a big, fat, fluffy bustle. I guess they call them "tail coverts"?

I read that people sometimes mate their Silkied birds back to Smoothies in order to strengthen the feathers.
The long tail feathers of most Silkied Serama roos tend to break off easily.
They say the hatch should be 50/50 Silkied & Smooth.
The little chicks at the end of my video all had a Silkied Father and a smooth Mother
but I didn't get a single Silkied chick from that hatch of 4.

I think you need to breed silkied to silkied to get 100% silkied chicks, and breed silkied to smooth (carrying the silkied gene) to get silkieds from that sort of pairing. Breeding silkied to smooth (without the silkied gene) will give you babies who are smooth but will carry the gene for silkied

 

[cluck-cluck]

Nice Tribble. Yellow legs is one standard that I do admire.
I love when hens get a big, fat, fluffy bustle. I guess they call them "tail coverts"?

I read that people sometimes mate their Silkied birds back to Smoothies in order to strengthen the feathers.
The long tail feathers of most Silkied Serama roos tend to break off easily.
They say the hatch should be 50/50 Silkied & Smooth.
The little chicks at the end of my video all had a Silkied Father and a smooth Mother
but I didn't get a single Silkied chick from that hatch of 4.

I think Silkie is recessive? Need two Silkie from father and mother? But yes, people are trying to tone down the silkie somehow (modifiers, or something) so that the tail feathers can stick up like smooth keeping the silhouette. Personally, I like the silkieness to be throughout

BTW, I just realized your avatar picture roo has that heart shape that I so love in Serama! Lovely!

I think you need to breed silkied to silkied to get 100% silkied chicks, and breed silkied to smooth (carrying the silkied gene) to get silkieds from that sort of pairing. Breeding silkied to smooth (without the silkied gene) will give you babies who are smooth but will carry the gene for silkied

Yah, exactly

 

[Lorilyn Farms]

Is the lavender gene in seramas? And does Jerry still use both the chocolate and dun gene? I know someone said he was using both about a year ago.

 

[Ra_]

I think my Smooth hen must have Silkied genes because I originally started with only Smooth birds
who hatched a clutch which contained 3 Silkied Serama.