Blue Seramas?

[catwalk]

If you have good type in your birds, you can breed for color, and they will start breeding true. I am just starting to breed, and I don't pay any attention to color when I make my pairing decisions (build the barn before you paint it). Therefore, I am unable to isolate the blue gene, or any other, and breed for it. In most of my birds, the word mottled belongs after any identifiable color pattern. Wheaten mottled, birchen mottled, etc.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

Yep,
Mine are the same way, I have a few solid colored ones, buffs and cream and such, but the majority of them have some degree of mottleing to them. I kind of like the not knowing what you're going to get before they hatch deal with them, cause something cool usually comes out of every hatch...

 

[bantiesrule]

That's the main thing that turned me on to Seramas. I just love not knowing what color they will end up being. I just never noticed any blue in any of mine.

I just like the blue coloring. I'll have to keep my eyes open and see if I can find one around here. Or just keep my fingers crossed, I might get one out of mine yet. I've only had them for 2 years. As has been said before, you never know what color might pop up.

 

[Henk69]

I understood that Blue is very RARE in serama.
OEGB were crossed in to get it.

 

[briarpatchfarms]

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Yes they are not very common but do show up naturally no crossing!

 

[Henk69]

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Yes they are not very common but do show up naturally no crossing!

You mean from non-blues?

 

[briarpatchfarms]

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Yes they are not very common but do show up naturally no crossing!

You mean from non-blues?

Yeah I have had blue shades come from columbians ( no blue in backgrounds) bred to dun carrier. They have bred them from non blues mainly (blacks bred to other colors). But these breeders dont cross out.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

I would think it would have to be in there some where? Dont think it can just happen out of the blue, no pun intended.

 

[becky3086]

I have not gotten any blue chicks from her but I do not have any blue, black or splash roos to mate her with either. However, I have only hatched 5 chicks from all my seramas but there are a few in the incubator now.

 

[briarpatchfarms]

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True it has to be in there, maybe from the origin of the breed and there just now getting strong in that gene due to inbreeding (to get the color to breed true)