American serama thread!

[nchls school]

 

[homeschoolin momma]

Phoe and her baby.

 

[nchls school]

Precious. I am so happy for you and what a nice chick; so upright and tall. It will grow into a serama to be proud of.

 

[Faraday40]

Chick update:
I have my odd family. Black orp chick turned 4 weeks yesterday. She still looks very female with no comb, wattles, or color at all. The serama pullet hatched in October..... but mama MaiMai never seemed to notice or care much about the size difference. Of course now there's no longer a size difference.

Then we have mama Xansie who was put in charge of the one lonely serama chick. She turned 3 weeks old today. Also looks female.

Often serama males have a little hint of comb & wattles by now. This one has none.

Last but not least I let my serama, Sesame, sit on 2 orp eggs. They are due tomorrow. I was going to candle the eggs & was surprised to pull out a broken shell. The other egg was pipped.

Look what I found!

Isn't he adorable! (I'm only saying "he" because my last 3 chicks were female. I gotta hatch a male at some point, right?)

 

[Faraday40]

This morning I found this little lavender cutie under my serama, Sesame. (Both the black & lav chicks are orps, not seramas.)

 

[nchls school]

 

[Faraday40]

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I decided to take advantage of the sunshine and take some updated chick pics today. My gardens are a mess but pretty much the only place where I could find a bit of green for the pics.

The odd family (MaiMai, silkie mama, her 5.5 week old orp chick, and 4.5 month old adopted serama pullet, named Solo)

and my loving little Solo who still likes to run up to my shoulder/neck to snuggle

Xansie, the silkie mama, and her 4 week old serama - still looks like a girl.

Sesame, the mama serama, and her 9 day old orpington chicks.
The black looks girl-ish and the lav gives me male vibes.... so far all have been female, so it's about time I get a male. I won't really know gender for another 3-4 weeks.

BTW- Broody fever continues. I have another serama sitting on a few Orpington eggs.

 

[nchls school]

Wonderful birds-wonderful pictures-sure wish I could take pictures as good.

 

[nchls school]

At a time when we all could use something to smile about I got something special to smile about-special to me anyway.

A couple of years ago a feral dog, fire ants, and severe storms nearly destroyed every serama I had. With luck I've been able to rebuild my small flock to include frizzle and smooth feathered birds.
Part of the flock I lost had a few Tribbles (silkied serama). I have tried a number of times to get some silkied birds, but until lately I haven't been able to find any silkied and definitely not Tribbles.
Last night, while feeding some young chicks, I noticed that some looked odd/different but just couldn't comprehend why; too tired.
This morning this is what I saw...

TRIBBLES! And not just one, but three-a cockerel and two pullets. After all this time Tribble genetics survived. How cool is that?? Sure wish my photography skills were better.

 

[Faraday40]

@nchls school
Congratulations on the newest silkied seramas!
That's great some of those silkied genes stuck around.