~MALAYSIAN SERAMA THREAD~ (PICS!!!)

[Carolynspeeps]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy :

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So you're saying there is really no way to see what color Seramas are until they're grown -

Ugh - what a long wait ...

Congrats on the hatch!! And so begins the ongoing game of WAIT AND SEE with the unpredictable, everchanging breed of Serama!​

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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So you're saying there is really no way to see what color Seramas are until they're grown -

Ugh - what a long wait ...

If the chick is from "chocolate box" mating, there's no telling. If you breed a lot of the same birds, or if they come from a line of the same color, you can make a good guess. Even then, there are suprises. I predicted that this chick would grow up wheaten. He did, but he's mottled as well!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/31816_img_1646.jpg

I don't even know what the sell's birds look like. The only picture I could find was her Millie Fleur Serama Roo in her avatar ..or at least I "think" it's a Millie Fleur patterned Roo!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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So you're saying there is really no way to see what color Seramas are until they're grown -

Ugh - what a long wait ...

Congrats on the hatch!! And so begins the ongoing game of WAIT AND SEE with the unpredictable, everchanging breed of Serama!

 

[shelleyd2008]

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The last ones I hatched were NOT shipped...a friend hand-delivered them. Granted, he'd just been collecting them until he had 'so many' then dumping them in the trash, so they hadn't been turned and several were cracked. But even still, I had 13 when hatch time came. From those 13 I hatched 5. So I think seramas are just plain difficult.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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From what i have been told or advised that SHIPPED serama eggs are very difficult to hatch. Chances are better without shipment -

what makes it so difficult?ive had freinds that had araucana eggs shipped to him and alot of them hatched

Different breeds do better with shipping...seramas are not one of those breeds. It can vary from flock to flock, but some are just 'easier' than others.

 

[shelleyd2008]

Here's one example of the ever-changing serama:

At day-old (you can see his butt sticking out on the left, the yellow one with stripes):

At 3 weeks old:

At 3 months old:

He is now 16 weeks old and looks different than he did at 3 months old.

 

[amyquilt]

catwalk...

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy's eggs are from my trio, of Roosevelt, Eleanor and Lily She'd going to have some beauties!

She lives far enough away that I had to ship the eggs, but close enough that Priority mail got there overnight



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So you're saying there is really no way to see what color Seramas are until they're grown -

Ugh - what a long wait ...

If the chick is from "chocolate box" mating, there's no telling. If you breed a lot of the same birds, or if they come from a line of the same color, you can make a good guess. Even then, there are suprises. I predicted that this chick would grow up wheaten. He did, but he's mottled as well!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/31816_img_1646.jpghttps://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/31816_img_1831.jpg
I had a ballpark idea of what his hatchmate would color in as, and she is following my expectations.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

My first Serama eggs are in the 'bator right now. We're only on day 5...

 

[ZooMummzy]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy :

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So you're saying there is really no way to see what color Seramas are until they're grown -

Ugh - what a long wait ...

Pretty much lol. I have one that was that color when she hatched. She is a peachy wheaton color now. I have 3 others that were that color and they are now black and white mottled and 2 more that are brown and black mottled. I've been told they will probably change a bit as they grow older.​

 

[ZooMummzy]

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Yay! So good to see you here Cloverleaf