~MALAYSIAN SERAMA THREAD~ (PICS!!!)

[froggiesheins]

Heres my FOR FUN picture..... from left to right; Pharow the roo (bantam) Girlybird the hen (gamey mutt) and Sara the Serama hen. Notice the two big kids are sitting and Sara is standing! The two girls get along great, but alas, Pharow found out he was a man, it was time to take him to his new life as a roo, geez I cried.

BUT, I still get to see him everyday as he now lives at the horse stables where I keep my horse.

As a footnote, see what you can do with discards ya find on the curb. I pegged it to the ground and they love it.

 

[juliette2009]

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THAT IS TOO FUNNY--maybe a topic could be entered--"WHO HAS THE MOST ROOSTERS IN A HATCH?"

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Your name chioces are SO ADORABLE!

Been there, Done that!!! Out of ONE of my hatches last year, 30 out of 40 were roosters!!! That ratio plagued me the entire year, that's why I'm praying 2011 will follow a different scenario!!! It's too early to tell what my present babies are yet...

Juliette

 

[Carolynspeeps]

Just for fun..my first hatchling of the year....one day old.

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

oooh oooh... my turn!

Here's 2 of the 4 from this week. These are out of a cuckoo cock (with some leakage) from Jerry, and a Wheaten-ish hen that I've had for a while. I was not expecting brown chicks!

What color down do chocolate birds have? We'll see how they develop! One is definitely cuckoo, with the head spot, but the other is more mysterious!

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

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cute one! (as though there are ugly ones)

 

[ruthless]

Bhep it is so neat to see an example of the size differences from the same parents. Thank you.

 

[BHep]

I will tell you all that I have read this thread from end to end. I have serious Serama envy! The pics are great as well as the advise etc...
I am seriously going to buy myself a real nice pair. I got seriously burnt on mine. I will say no more on that. They are nice, nice birds as pets. Very friendly and pretty. My kids adore them and vice versa.

Now, I've done the research and know about the not true to color, type,size etc..

So here is something to puzzle over............
The birds that are breeding are a white rooster & buff colored hen. The other pair is a kind of reddish rooster & a buff hen. (dare I call her buff columbian looking) I have hatched out a total of 25 chicks in 5 batches. Every single white chick is a giant sized cockeral. All the other chicks are some shade of buff, some cockerals some pullets. I hatched out 1 black & white mollted colored, cockeral of cource and fairly small. I am only keeping the small ones obviously and have had good luck rehoming 10 so far as pets.
This last batch hatched out on New Years, just 4. I have 1 that is extremely tiny still. I am sure it will be a boy. The others are already towering over him. He (note I say he lol) is a new color for us. He hatched out darker then any other so now I just wait. I have 3 eggs going in the bator tonight with some other eggs. These are from my 3rd pair. She has been laying for about a month so this is a rest run. I have decided that I will not put anymore eggs in the bator as hard as it may be. I have been good, 15 eggs are going in the pot tonight for bitesize hardboiled eggs. These birds are laying like crazy. They will remain here on the farm, as they have become favorites. I will continue to look for homes for the babies.

I am putting aside $ to buy myself a nice pair of birds, I am considering Jerrys of course. I also willl look into hatching eggs from other BYCers.

Any comments are welcome. I truley value your opinions.

 

[Yeagin1]

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It looks like the color down they call chocolate. Hmmmm a cuckoo chocolate!!! I hope you keep letting us see how they develop. They're sooo cute!! What color are the other two?

I have two just hatched, still in the bator and another one piping.

Sandy

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

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It looks like the color down they call chocolate. Hmmmm a cuckoo chocolate!!! I hope you keep letting us see how they develop. They're sooo cute!! What color are the other two?

I have two just hatched, still in the bator and another one piping.

Sandy

The other two I hatched this week were both black. One is out of a black cock, and chocolate hen both from Jerry. We're hoping he's a boy, since he would then carry the chocolate gene.

The other is a black/grey chick from Magellan (Juliette's former chocolate based frizzle) over a black pullet. Time will tell....

I've been planning to "make" cuckoo chocolate, but didn't exepct it to just show up. Maybe the boy is split for it. Only time will tell. He's getting paired to my chocolate hen in a few weeks to see what happens.

 

[ra]

Hi,
Anyone have an adult that was this color? Just wondering what he will look like? He is sooo sweet and calm. These two where relaxing by our fireplace tonight keeping warm. Nice break from the brooder.
Thanks!