American serama thread!

[Nimueh Alene]

think top right and middle left are male. They have big, round heads and they are very up right. Wings are already at 90% down.

 

[KentuckyRooster]

@BabyBoss
I dry incubate myself since its so humid here. I drowned my first 2 hatches following the incubator instructions. I feel your pain and heart break.

Its very dry here and it kept drying way out. I'm placing some of my own eggs under a broody though (I've got a Cochin and silkie at it again) and I might try another round in the bator just to see. I'm mostly gutted because they were woodfield serama, I can't replace them. But my boyfriend said he would get me a nice adult woodfield bird next season and ship it here.

 

[Nimueh Alene]

@BabyBoss
Woodfield has some nice Birds!
I got some hatching eggs from WVduckchick. Hoping the shipping to Arkansas didn't destroy the embryos.. My DH would kill me to spend that much and nothing hatch.

What color pattern is Arrietty ?

 

[Nimueh Alene]

Another picture of her .

 

[WVduckchick]

Another picture of her .View attachment 1508190

I’m not sure, but I have a couple that recently hatched like her! Looks somewhat similar to Mille fleur, at least in coloring.

 

[Nimueh Alene]

They look like calico Cochins . You think that's what they are called?

 

[Nimueh Alene]

I’m not sure, but I have a couple that recently hatched like her! Looks somewhat similar to Mille fleur, at least in coloring.
View attachment 1508227 View attachment 1508228

M
you are right they are mille fleur

 

[Faraday40]

We still love our spoiled little cockerel, but today I noticed him trying (emphasis on "trying") to mate our large blue orp.
tiny Teddy =

big Jewel =

Jewel weighs about 10 lbs. Teddy's entire body is really only the size of her head & neck portion. So while she was dust bathing, he pinned her head down & was trying to figure out how to climb on. I picked him up to stop the struggle. He shows no nasty hormones or aggression toward people. He has a few pullets of his own, so why is he attacking hens far out of his league? Are seramas known to be aggressive while mating? Is this a phase that he'll grow out of? Will he eventually learn his limits or could I end up with crazy mutant serama x orpingtons?

(I can keep him segregated from the rest of the flock, but I figured he was harmless & allow him to sleep with the hens at night and spend the days in a tractor with HIS girls.)

 

[WVduckchick]

We still love our spoiled little cockerel, but today I noticed him trying (emphasis on "trying") to mate our large blue orp.
tiny Teddy = View attachment 1508723

big Jewel = View attachment 1508726

Jewel weighs about 10 lbs. Teddy's entire body is really only the size of her head & neck portion. So while she was dust bathing, he pinned her head down & was trying to figure out how to climb on. I picked him up to stop the struggle. He shows no nasty hormones or aggression toward people. He has a few pullets of his own, so why is he attacking hens far out of his league? Are seramas known to be aggressive while mating? Is this a phase that he'll grow out of? Will he eventually learn his limits or could I end up with crazy mutant serama x orpingtons?

(I can keep him segregated from the rest of the flock, but I figured he was harmless & allow him to sleep with the hens at night and spend the days in a tractor with HIS girls.)

He gets an A for effort
I do think seramas might be a little rougher when mating and want to mate more often, but pound for pound (no pun intended! Haha) I don’t think they are any more harmful to the girls than bigger breeds. And i doubt very seriously that he could reach Jewel’s jewels, so probably not much chance of him fertilizing her eggs. But if she has another dude, and if Teddy gets jealous, he WILL try to stand up to a larger rooster and could get very injured.

 

[Faraday40]

He gets an A for effort
I do think seramas might be a little rougher when mating and want to mate more often, but pound for pound (no pun intended! Haha) I don’t think they are any more harmful to the girls than bigger breeds. And i doubt very seriously that he could reach Jewel’s jewels, so probably not much chance of him fertilizing her eggs. But if she has another dude, and if Teddy gets jealous, he WILL try to stand up to a larger rooster and could get very injured.

So far our main roo, Mr Wonderful, a mature laced English Orp, views Teddy & the other bantams as chicks. He doesn't seem to positively or negatively care about them. They just exist in the same yard.