Is this a Serama or a very tiny Japanese?

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

She is 4 months old. I know she is a Blacked Tailed Buff Japanese bantam hen, but she is so smaller then the other Japanese hens. Can you help me? Thanks.


This is her and King's head.

This is Tweedy on the roost.

What are your suggestions? Thanks.

 

[canada-goose]

Wait.... first you ask what she is and then you say she's a Black Tailed Buff Japanese? I'm a bit confused.

 

[19hhbelgian]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy :

She is 4 months old. I know she is a Blacked Tailed Buff Japanese bantam hen, but she is so smaller then the other Japanese hens. Can you help me? Thanks.


This is her and King's head.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/47807_sdc12181.jpg
This is Tweedy on the roost.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/47807_sdc12177.jpg

What are your suggestions? Thanks.

I'd stick with Black Tailed Buff Japanese.... Her features aren't that of a serama, and I think Japanese chickens can be pretty tiny. She is very cute!!​

 

[19hhbelgian]

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Yeah, I got confused too, but figured I'd add in my 2 cents

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Oh, I'm sorry!!!

I was just wondering if she could possibly be a serama hen? I know she has "Green" legs and she is shaped like a Jap. Do you think she will grow any more since she'll be 5 months old next month?

 

[canada-goose]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy :

Oh, I'm sorry!!!

I was just wondering if she could possibly be a serama hen? I know she has "Green" legs and she is shaped like a Jap. Do you think she will grow any more since she'll be 5 months old next month?

No, I don't think she's a Serama. Just an adorable little Japanese.

 

[19hhbelgian]

A serama would have either yellow or black legs (only on a dark bird), no green... Here is the link to feathersite.com/japanese bantams: http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGD/Japs/BRKJap.html

Your girl looks just like the black tailed buff hens pictured... As far as growth rate, I'm not sure when they fully mature.

 

[canada-goose]

My Serama rooster has greenish legs.

 

[TurtleFeathers]

I have seramas with greenish legs, too?

But I'm still confused - was the hen in question bred from seramas or Japanese?

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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No, I don't have any Seramas, but I do have 2 white jap hens, 1 black tailed white jap hen and a mixed jap roo with muffs. But I don't have any "Buff" japs so I'm guessing she got her buff color from my BO.