American serama thread!

[ocseramas]

I think Jerry S is still importing seramas.

There have been no imports allowed to the US in a number of years. No, Jerry is not importing serama at this time. He does and has shipped eggs out of the country but that's as close as it gets and that's not very close!

 

[Lunar]

back at the beginning...was there not another woman that imported some? I thought I read that some where. She didn't bring many in, but it was around the time Jerry brought his first bunch in, I thought. I may be totally wrong. I have been reading all I can find and am on information overload

So please forgive me if I am wrong.

 

[Aschenfire]

I think that other woman brought 12 in? It was a very small number.

 

[cluck-cluck]

Were there any Seramas in the country before that time? If so, how did they get here? Did Jerry import his before the avian flu came about, and is that why nobody can import anymore?

I wonder what happened to the lady who also imported birds into the country? Is she still around?

Ok, enough questions, LOL. It's raining here, and I have my coop in the table stage (looks like a table) I've painted the future floors and all, but I'm worried the plywood will be too wet to continue any time soon I don't want to trap water in there...... Oh lord, I'm afraid that means I've got no other excuse and will have to do housework today

 

[Aschenfire]

There were no Seramas before the importation (s)...and I forget if that was just before or just after the avian flu thing...Jerry has the story of his importation somewhere on the SCNA website I think. I forget all the details. I don't know why they won't allow more importations myself. It seems like a very expensive, lengthy process at best, anyway

 

[kukupecpec]

I'm building a big chicken run this weekend so I can move my seramas out of my room

no more 5am crowing in MY room =P
But I still need to build the little guys an actual coop. Any idea how big of a coop I'll need if I don't plan on keeping more than 3-5 there? I'll build more as I get more obsessed, but I don't want to house too many together, esp now that I've only got two until I can get my little girls eggs incubated.

 

[cluck-cluck]

Never saw that on the SCNA site, will have to go dig Thanks Aschenfire

kukupecpec, I totally empathize! I've got birds in a box in my room too! And I'm working on their coop, except it's raining. Unfortunately, my foundation/floor was finished and painted last night, so I'm totally worried if it's getting ruined in the rain??? I hope not!

An easy way to build, that is if you have money to buy fresh materials (unlike me, who is patching everything together, LOL) is to go ahead and build a 4X8 coop. Buy 5 sheets of plywood, have the guys at HD or such cut one in half (for the ends) and build a frame and build a box. Roof it, and you're finished. It'd hold 8-10 large fowl, 16 bantams, or probably 20 Seramas!

Of course there's a lot more to a well functioning coop, but that's still one of the easiest sizes to build

For 5 Seramas, you should have 8-10 square feet of coop floor minimum if they have outdoor space, so 3X3 ? I'm sectioning off my long coop for Seramas in 4X3 sections for breeding sets, in case I ever want to try doing that, LOL. I don't even think any of my chicks will be a roo, so nothing gonna happen here any time soon ;P

 

[ChristineR]

back at the beginning...was there not another woman that imported some? I thought I read that some where. She didn't bring many in, but it was around the time Jerry brought his first bunch in, I thought. I may be totally wrong. I have been reading all I can find and am on information overload

So please forgive me if I am wrong.

Yes, there was someone else that imported a smaller number. I don't remember exactly how many, but I believe it was KJ Theodore that imported them.

 

[Lunar]

OK, I found it...on the Serama Council page...

Kim Theodore, of Illinois, imported a small number of Serama from Malaysia in 2001. In August of that same year, Jerry Schexnayder, of Louisiana, imported a large enough number of birds (approx. 130) to consist of a breeding flock to get Serama established in this part of the world. It was he who envisioned the creation of a Serama council of expert poultry breeders to assure the future of this breed in North America. And, Serama poultry were introduced to the American public via the Ohio National, Columbus; a show in Lincoln, Nebraska; and, another venue in Tucson, Arizona, that same year.

Now, Jerry's site says he had 135 birds, but doesn't say anything about her's. But he does still import/export eggs. Its interesting to know that only 135 birds got them started. And........from Jerry's site. Not sure if that is good or bad, but....

The SERAMA is the most popular house hold pet in it's native country, surpassing both cats and dogs combined.
In Malaysia 'SERAMA Speciality Shows' are held each weekend through out the year, averaging 300-400 entries
By the year 2015, SERAMA will be the most popular bantam in North America.

 

[Aschenfire]

I kind of hope they do not become like Silkies, where everyone has a flock of them... the breed is still so young that if they start becoming a "fad", there will be tons of bad ones, and that could easily set the breed back from forward movement that has been made in setting breed type and all. Not saying it's a bad thing if people like them, and it's great to get in on the ground floor of this breed, basically. I'm just afraid that there will be lots of people who will just want the tiniest little Class A's and Micros they can get their hands on, no matter what the breed quality. I don't want to see Serama offered in hatchery catalogs >.<