Here's what's been going on. My loner male needed some company, but because he's a big boi, none of my hens were fit for the job. I got two mature brahma hens from an acquaintance, and I was supposed to get one serama cockerel and three serama pullets in two weeks. After having the brahma hens for almost 4 days, I've fallen completely in love with the breed. I'm seriously thinking of getting one less serama pullet and a brahma cockerel instead of the serama (the other two pullets I'm getting anyway for my mix breed bantams flock). The issue at hand is this. Neighbors really hate the crowing. My big boi is staying because I love him. That means that I can't have another LF rooster over the summer (this might be weird to some, but all the houses around with a few exceptions are summer houses that don't have anyone staying over the winter, and the ones that do, are completelyfine with the crowing). So, the problem is that brahma are slow maturing, and I won't have a lot of time to see how the males develop. I also fear that I'm being biased here, as I haven't experienced seramas first hand, but I'm really loving the brahmas. There's also another problem. Big birds=more space, and I don't have too much of that left. All in all, I'd really love some input from people who have kept either breeds, and more specifically, have bred them, as that is my intention
