~MALAYSIAN SERAMA THREAD~ (PICS!!!)

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I read that! In the case of a tie, the owner that is more accustomed to winning is declared the winner!?!?!? In the first case, the judge's opinion determines who wins, and I can't imagine that he'd be so conflicted that he can't decide which he likes better, and secondly, the written method of determining show champion has nothing to do with the birds in front of him! I like the miniature horse association's method; all other factors being equal, the shorter horse wins. I think the lighter bird should break a tie.

 

[High Roost Ranch]

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i have been told some of my hens are chocolate what do you think ? not a very good photo https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/17025_no_two.jpg

Can you get a closeup photo of your hen?

I had photos of chocolates, but they are in the other computer I don't have access to because it's traveling. I sold my last chocolate hen to a genetics professor, he's working to determine sex linking in chocolate.

 

[High Roost Ranch]

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I read that! In the case of a tie, the owner that is more accustomed to winning is declared the winner!?!?!? In the first case, the judge's opinion determines who wins, and I can't imagine that he'd be so conflicted that he can't decide which he likes better, and secondly, the written method of determining show champion has nothing to do with the birds in front of him! I like the miniature horse association's method; all other factors being equal, the shorter horse wins. I think the lighter bird should break a tie.

Well, that was to be the case and was common knowledge among the SCNA judges until I saw this. The bird that was smaller was to be declared the winner, now it's the exhibitor?! I have no clue who came up with that idea, self serving as it is, but it sure isn't benefiting the birds themselves. I personally think the way it's worded is a joke. I'll stick to my ABA/APA shows where they aren't so fickle and have long ago made up their minds as to what they want.

Just out of curiosity, how many people show ABA/APA with their seramas? Probably best for a topic all it's own but I'm just unofficially curious.

 

[DragonEggs]

I bought 7 seramas at chicken swap last weekend. Unfortunatly,my favorite rooster and the little pullet I bought for him mysteriously died. I was so heartbroken. All the other birds I bought that weekend are fine, just those 2.

I'm just going to have to get more Seramas...

 

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Where I've shown this year, the SCNA has been present. The ABA judge sees them in their coops, and we also toss them onto the table. I appreciate the ABA judging better, actually. They do not allow owners to hover over their shoulders, pointing out who bred their birds and how much they cost, and they don't announce their opinions to the crowd as they judge. What they lack in Serama judging experience, they more than make up for in lack of politics and parity.

 

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Can we make a rule that you cannot announce that you have new birds without posting pics? I, personnally, can't get enough of the cuties. As a matter of fact, I'm going out right now to see if I can get broody/chic pics. Stella hatched two of three of her own, but the incubator hatched ALL of her other eggs! I lost one to pasty butt yesterday, and I put down one that couldn't walk, but I have 7 little Stellas scurrying around!

 

[High Roost Ranch]

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Where I've shown this year, the SCNA has been present. The ABA judge sees them in their coops, and we also toss them onto the table. I appreciate the ABA judging better, actually. They do not allow owners to hover over their shoulders, pointing out who bred their birds and how much they cost, and they don't announce their opinions to the crowd as they judge. What they lack in Serama judging experience, they more than make up for in lack of politics and parity.

Very well said Liz.

 

[High Roost Ranch]

I'm pretty excited. Last night I hatched out a chick from my little pumpkin boy Ransom and a chick from Hero over my best white hen, in hopes of making red pyle. They are drying right now, will wait to see down color when they are fluffed, and see if that tells me anything. Ransom is tiny and his hens are A birds and his chick is so teeny tiny. I hope it goes well.

 

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Here she is! If you don't know, Stella lost her toes this past winter, and she walks around on stumps. She gets to play in the ash pile when no one else is outside, because she can't get away from birds who are mean to her. When she went broody, I thought this would be the perfect job for her! Cannonball was hanging out in her pen for a few hours every couple of days, and out of ten eggs she laid after her illness, all were fertile, and nine hatched! She is raising 4 of them, and the rest are spread out amongst other hens and a brooder. I'm disappointed that I can't show Stella, but I think she has found her higher calling!

 

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What color is your roo, Julie? I've heard that BBR and dominant white make red pyle, but nobody has been able to tell me what kind of white Seramas carry. Sam Traten is attempting red pyle, and he has a wheaten over white. 2/3 of the chicks from that pairing are white, the rest are red pyl-ish, which doesn't make sense with either dominant or rrecessive white.