Brahma or serama cockerel? Help me decide which one

[fluffycrow]

They’re adorable and nice colours! Glad they have good personalities too

Sorry, clicked on the wrong reaction accidentally. Thank you! They're great!

 

[WoDia]

Wow so they really are bad roost-ers for life! For birds who hate roosts that much, they sure do know how to fly! Thank you for your kind words! I'm really excited about him. His temperament is fantastic, his posture is amazing. The only thing that isn't really great about him, is how his tail looks from behind. According to the standard it should look like an inverted V, but his is more straight all the way through. Thankfully the pullet has him covered! Those two will compliment eachother perfectly

He’s young, so his tail should end up the inverted V when he fills in with the adult feathers. My 4 month old is still working on that. You have a variety of colors too. I’m excited to see how they all fill out as adults! It’s a beautiful sight to see them in adulthood with their proud posture, vertical wing placement, and I love how the full tails of the roosters touch their combs. I debated whether to allow my original black rooster breed due to a comb that got so high that it began to flop over a little. But, I took a chance anyway (since I don’t show them), and all of his sons grew straight combs. He’s still beautiful though and iridescent green in his tail feathers.

 

[fluffycrow]

He’s young, so his tail should end up the inverted V when he fills in with the adult feathers. My 4 month old is still working on that. You have a variety of colors too. I’m excited to see how they all fill out as adults! It’s a beautiful sight to see them in adulthood with their proud posture, vertical wing placement, and I love how the full tails of the roosters touch their combs. I debated whether to allow my original black rooster breed due to a comb that got so high that it began to flop over a little. But, I took a chance anyway (since I don’t show them), and all of his sons grew straight combs. He’s still beautiful though and iridescent green in his tail feathers.

Omg yes, you're so right! He's going to grow into his tail! I did make sure when selecting that I didn't choose any birds that were too type-y already, because as they're growing that might cause them to move further away from the standard instead of following it

 

[WoDia]

Omg yes, you're so right! He's going to grow into his tail! I did make sure when selecting that I didn't choose any birds that were too type-y already, because as they're growing that might cause them to move further away from the standard instead of following it

I agree. You’ve made great choices! And, unlike me, you got to handpick your birds. I, on the other hand, risked the purchase of eggs and had them shipped (again…. RISKY) when I began my Serama journey. I chose from two breeders located in the same state I live in. I purchased eggs from quality show bird parents, and although I don’t show mine, I’m very happy with everything about them!

 

[fluffycrow]

I agree. You’ve made great choices! And, unlike me, you got to handpick your birds. I, on the other hand, risked the purchase of eggs and had them shipped (again…. RISKY) when I began my Serama journey. I chose from two breeders located in the same state I live in. I purchased eggs from quality show bird parents, and although I don’t show mine, I’m very happy with everything about them!

Thank you so much! It's very reassuring that a serama expert thinks I made good choices! Glad your risk worked out! I've heard serama eggs are particularly hard to ship. Is this true?

 

[Ladybird CA]

Oh I didn’t notice lol my husband and son wanted me to make Reese bars so I spend the afternoon doing that.

The only time I’ve tried hatching shipped serama eggs was around 2011. I was living in California and the eggs came from Hawaii. I can’t remember if it was one or two dozen. Only a mottled hatched and it died within a week when I brooded it with standard sized chicks. Even though there was sufficient heat and the chicks didn’t huddle as if they were cold, the serama still died and I’m not sure if it had anything to do with the standard chicks. The seller included a Hawaiian calendar and I knew at the time that serama shipped eggs were harder to hatch plus I had bought silver sebright eggs from another seller where none hatched. Silver Sebrights are also generally harder to hatch than golden for some reason.

 

[Ladybird CA]

Also it could depend on the size of the egg. Micro would be harder (I’m picking up 6 micro eggs around the 23rd from someone local who is getting them and other eggs from the breeder 3 and a half hours away.)

 

[fluffycrow]

Sorry you had such a bad luck ! That makes sense. Oh gosh micro serama would be like, half a sparrow! Good luck with them!

 

[WoDia]

Thank you so much! It's very reassuring that a serama expert thinks I made good choices! Glad your risk worked out! I've heard serama eggs are particularly hard to ship. Is this true?

Thank you so much for your compliment , but I only consider myself to be very well researched and very well prepared. I completely adore my teeny Seramas. About shipping…. even with the best packing, it’s a gamble. Detached air cells are something I had to deal with. We all know the issues with those. So, from my original flock, I hatched 1 out of 6 and 6 out of 9 from the 2 shipments. It was so frustrating! I’d done all the research and read many times that Serama eggs (especially shipped ones) are difficult to hatch, but I’m so happy that I took the chance! Later, I artificially incubated 4 out of 4 and then a few more successful incubations. When my hens began to get really broody, I let them incubate. Now, I allow them to solely incubate since they’re terrific mothers. Currently, my little Slumber hatched 2 during the last few days. She’s tending to them while incubating 2 more (they’re very near to hatching).

 

[WoDia]

Also it could depend on the size of the egg. Micro would be harder (I’m picking up 6 micro eggs around the 23rd from someone local who is getting them and other eggs from the breeder 3 and a half hours away.)

I’ve not had any of mine produce a Micro yet. I’ve read that they are even more difficult to hatch since their tiny legs hamper them from getting positioned correctly at hatch time. I have classes A, B, and C. Best of luck! I hope you post updates on them once they hatch.