~MALAYSIAN SERAMA THREAD~ (PICS!!!)

[awesomefowl]

I don't think he is, but the hen is laying....

 

[froggiesheins]

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I have seen the Malaysian variety in action on U-Tube etc...the poor birds looked deformed to me. They seem to have a hard time balancing when walking. The Americanized strain is much more pleasant to the eye as far as not looking so extreme. What is your opinion on this Jerry? Thank you...

 

[froggiesheins]

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Dianaross77, now you are starting to understanding chicken math.....

You think: "I am ONLY gonna get one". Fuzzy-butt cries all the time so you get a friend for him. THEN you find out one is a boy, so you have to get another fuzzy-butt so you can have 2 girls. Fall in love with boy, decide to keep it anyway = 3. You build huge coop/run. You see ad for 2 hens need a home ASAP. You decide to take them in = 5 now. Coop looks empty so you get "a few" more to fill up the coop......See what I mean............
I started with 1 and am now up to 6.

 

[Yeagin1]

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On your website you said that almost all Seramas are Malaysians that derived from your initial importation...?


I feel bad for that bird

the more I look at different birds it looks like some have seabright some have OEG and some have lots of chabo ( Japanese) in them depends on which one you are looking at some are not typey at all might be just me but after read the sop for seramas and a little at the SCNA website at lot shown as seramas do not look like what the standard calls for JMHO

Regardless of how good they are, I've never seen an animal yet that looks exactly like their SOP. The SOP is what Serama breeders are trying to obtain in their birds. The SOP is used as a guide to evaluate your breeding and to be judged by.....regardless if it's a horse, dog, or chicken. It lets you know what you need to improve in your breeding.
Anyone serious about breeding Saramas should be breeding to improve their birds, not just breeding pets to pets to make some cute little chicks with no type.

If you noticed on SCNA there's the American Serama SOP and the Malaysian SOP. Both are pure Serama and go back to the same imported birds but bred different to produce a different type, so each is judged for their own merits.

I prefer the American over the extreme in Malaysia...they look deformed to me.

 

[BluegrassSeramas]

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It depends on how much room you have.

I have more room, so I prefer to keep birds until they are 4-6 months to make the first cuts if they dont have any physical deformities etc.
I would keep them all until 12-18 months if I could. Ive seen some scraggly looking 8 month old birds that I have given away or sold win at shows.
This doesnt happen all the time, but you never know.
I would suggest breeding pairs and keeping meticulous records. Then you can find out that Hen X and Roo Y make excellent offspring, and that Hen X with Roo X make
not as desirable offspring. Then you know who to breed the next time around without having to feed and raise out some of the chicks that are not as wonderful.

 

[BluegrassSeramas]

Nice Roo Jerry BTW! I like the Malaysian types, just not the crazy extreme ones that look so unnatural.

 

[BluegrassSeramas]

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Who is going?

My spring break is in March...

With all this Math kicking my butt and FT schedule, I dont think Ill be able to get away.
Might not be able to afford a trip anywhere either, if I have to take
days off work to go to Algebra tutoring.
I wish I was more right-brained! UGH.

Id you go..take TONS of pics and Videos! Thanks!

 

[Yeagin1]

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Jerry he's gorgeous!! Are you going to up date the pics of the chicks? It's a good thing I don't have money or I'd get one of those just because of Penelope.....I love that hen!!!!

 

[dianaross77]

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Oh man! She talked me into a fourth.

 

[froggiesheins]

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Oh man! She talked me into a fourth.

Not a problem, they are so small they don't take up much room.....