~MALAYSIAN SERAMA THREAD~ (PICS!!!)

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I agree - i just meant i dont think i would pass up a bit bigger bird offered to me that had all the other requirements and had good solid Serama bloodlines . This Theory is classic in the breeding of dogs - rabbits - they have brood females that are not all that - but birth best in show winning animals - they carry the genetics -
 
I weighed my birds in Nov.
roosters are 22.7, 23.2, 26.4 & 30.3 . 1 is over 2 years old , 2 are over a year old and 1 is 7-8 months.
Hens are 17.5, 20.6 & 25.9. 1 is over a year old the other 2 are 7-8 months.
Their fertility is great. I can hatch in my incubators or give the eggs to my silkies. Aside or the fact that I just hatched 13 cockerels out of 15. Also EVERY white chick hatched is a giant rooster??????????? I am going to take some pics. It is ALMOST funny...the size difference.
Strangely enough, my largest rooster gives me the smallest chicks. (with the hen that is 20 oz)

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Those are some right cool looking birdies ya got there! I like the OEGB colorings on them.....
I am new to this whole Serama world and ridiculously curious, when you say lil man is too big, what does he weigh? I understand about the class A B C weights and all.......

Why thank you
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I started out with a quad that weren't all that great about 3 years ago. I bred them and experimented with them for over a year just to get to know the breed so to speak. I leanred alot and am still learning alot doing research on them and writing alot of info down to look back on. I was limited in my finances so shipped birds was out of the question. I had to work with what I could find locally. I enjoy them so much, their temperments are awesome. As for lil mans weight (keep in mind his father was a large C and mother was a large A with horrible type) Last time I weighed him in november he weighed 17.0 oz now he is 20 oz and still growing. He was hatched this summer.
 
I just got 2 new seramas ( 1 Pullet and 1 Rooster ) I was told the Pullet was a B and just shy of being a C and the Rooster was on the lower side of a C. I just got there weights the Pullet is 12.5oz and the Rooster is 14.5oz. My question is how good of a layer is she going to be, do you think?
 
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I think that is my point too - i know dogs arent chickens - but like the top breeders of Chihuahua's - the mothers are generally not champions - and they are really big for the breed - that way they can whelp naturally and have bigger litters - i would think it would be the same with Serama's ????
 
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Those are way too big, I don't think I'd use them at all. If a cock bird was maybe 1 ounce over the limit I'd probably use him, but not 3, 4, 5 ounces over. Just my opinion.
 
IMO the smaller they are the less they lay. My 8 oz hen barely ever lays and if she does they are not fertile even tho my rooster had mated with her. She is extremely delicate and lives in a cage in the house. I have had bigger A class hens lay great but they go broody ALOT. Mine usually start laying about 3 1/2- 4 months old, usually lay like 5-6 eggs and then go broody. I have had a bb size hen cover 13 bantam eggs.... sort of, her feet weren't touching the ground but she had wrapped her wings around every single egg! They are fabulous mothers.
 
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Those are way too big, I don't think I'd use them at all. If a cock bird was maybe 1 ounce over the limit I'd probably use him, but not 3, 4, 5 ounces over. Just my opinion.

I agree
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But that doesn't mean you have to part with them, they make excellent pets
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My big boy bernie is the rooster I use to take to schools for the kids to handle and learn about.
 
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Thanks!
I was expecting them to be bigger and was surprised when I found out they where smaller than I was told. She has layed one egg and ate the egg within 5 minutes. I put a golf ball in with her and she does not even notice it
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Thats why I was looking at these hens they are between a B-C the guy is not sure what they weigh but he says they are not any bigger than a C. I want them to be able to go broody and hatch some eggs on there own. I really did not want to get into really really small one.

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I was expecting them to be bigger and was surprised when I found out they where smaller than I was told. She has layed one egg and ate the egg within 5 minutes. I put a golf ball in with her and she does not even notice it
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Thats why I was looking at these hens they are between a B-C the guy is not sure what they weigh but he says they are not any bigger than a C. I want them to be able to go broody and hatch some eggs on there own. I really did not want to get into really really small one.

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Increase her protein levels, usually they eat their eggs because something is lacking in their diet or because their bored...usually it's their diet.
 
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