~MALAYSIAN SERAMA THREAD~ (PICS!!!)

[catwalk]

Alright, I think I hatched a booted Serama! I was on my way to deliver the above pair to it's new owner when I discovered that one of them had down all the way to it's outer toes. I have no more pictures of them, and I don't even know which one it is. They will let me know tomorrow. So...... who knows the genetics behind these? None of the parents are booted. One pair came from Jessi, the other from Chris Boergers in Ohio, and I don't think they have any other booteds either. Are Seramas sometimes born with leg-down and then lose it, or have I stumbled on something interesting?

I hope to hatch more chicks next week, and I'll be sure to pay more attention!

 

[BluegrassSeramas]

Cant help you on the genetics....I dont have any booted birdies! Pics!!

 

[catwalk]

This is all I have for pics, and I gave the chicks away this afternoon! You can't see anything in the pics, and I don't even know which chick it is. The one staring into my webcam is out of Lola (formerly Ugh) and the one behind her is from the wheaten hen you sold me. It's sibling from this hatch died, but I pulled it out of the trash and checked -- no boots. hhhhhmmmmm.....

 

[spotsplus]

Because early on Silkies and some other breeds were used it does crop up from time to time. There are breeders who strive for "something a little different" and breed for booted or silkie seramas

 

[catwalk]

I was told that feathered legs in Seramas is a naturally occurring mutation, as is silkied feathering. Those traits mutated a while back, and has been in the gene pool ever since. Frizzled feathering was introduced by an outside bird (very well done, I might add). I thought leg feathering in Silkies and Cochins is a dominant trait, where one parent must be showing it. Just wondering if it acts differently in the jumbled up mess of genes behind a Serama?

 

[swheat]

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Hi Catwalk
I am not sure if one parent must show leg feathering to produce a feather legged chick, good question. Could possibly just show up from frizzled seramas line. I don't know how many years it would actually take to rid of the gene completely. I culled very hard with my frizzle seramas, so I only have a few birds. But, I am always on the look out to see if any pop up. That one just maybe 1 in a 1000 that would have feathered shank.
I know this is not much help...sorry

 

[austinhart123]

i have silkied seramas in the mail right now!!! they should be here tomorrow

 

[High Roost Ranch]

Silkie chickens were not used in the creation of the Ayam Serama in Malaysia. The hookless feather gene is not just a silkie chicken gene, it can happen elsewhere. Exact knowledge of which breeds were contributors to the Ayam Serama is not completely known, but several breeds having access brought many genetics to the formation of Seramas. Recessive genes will crop up from time to time if they haven't been isolated and removed from a breeder's flock.

 

[swheat]

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I agree with HRR. Here is another example of the hookless feather gene.

 

[catwalk]

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Austin, you're always waiting for birds in the mail!

Slow down, before we have to intervene! You'll be all stocked up before I have birds to sell you!