~MALAYSIAN SERAMA THREAD~ (PICS!!!)

[SilverPhoenix]

txmel, that photo is precious! How cute! What a funny way to sleep, too.

I love it, thanks for sharing!

And racuda, best of luck with those eggs!

 

[amyquilt]

austinhart123
lonestargame


Beautiful, beautiful babies!!!

 

[amyquilt]

I think I may finally have my chocolate Serama!!!! It's 10 days old, and I am aware a lot can change, but it's been brown since it hatched and now look at it's feathers!!!

It's ironic, because I hadn't planned on doing any hatching. I had one of my little ladies decide to go broody, I got her some eggs, but by the time they arrived, she didn't want to sit any longer, so I fired up my homemade incubator and only got this one spoiled rotten little cutie.

Opinions? Do you think it will stay brown?

 

[catwalk]

If it is chocolate, and you don't have any chocolate hens, it's a girl! Hens only need one choc gene, and they can only get it from their fathers. Cocks need two genes to show up, and they need it from both parents.

I get chocolates every now and then, but I forget what they look like as chicks. I am going to start taking pics of chick down, if it's anything other that plain yellow, and compare them to adult plumage. I'll make it into a BYC page when I get it going.

 

[Nekhebet]

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Mr. Mongold has the descriptions on the SCNA site but no pictures. Might be useful for both sites...

 

[amyquilt]

I don't know what the parents are. I purchased these eggs on ebay when my little pullet was broody then changed her mind, so I put them in the incubator and this is the only one of 9 eggs to make it. I hope its a girl, so she can go in with Roosevelt (in my profile photo) and Eleanor which I hatched from your eggs in Jan, I also have Lily that hatched later in Jan.



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[catwalk]

Here's my only chocolate right now. Typey enough to merit an SCNA legband, but quite a mess, as far as color goes. Choc doesn't dilute red, so she has leakage as well as some sort of wheaten? pattern. About 7 weeks old.

 

[amyquilt]

I'm keeping my fingers crossed everyday this baby stays the color it is!

Tell me about SCNA leg bands, please. What is the difference in them and just a regular band? I'm so new to this I really need to read up.

 

[catwalk]

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They're the same size as the smallest ABA band, and they come in a different color every year. They cost about $.50 each, and the SCNA has a record of who has what numbers. That way, When you come across a bird with a band, you can look up who bred it. Of course, this system falls apart when you sell or trade bands..... A numbered band is required for birds in a show, but it doesn't matter what kind it is. I probably won't buy any more, unless the SCNA comes up with a prize incentive for winning birds who are wearing their bands.

 

[amyquilt]

Thanks for the info