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[osukrazykate]

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Are they serema or silked? The one center stage gives the appearance of saying, "I'm the BOSS here!"

They are silkied serama...that means serama with silkie (unhooked) feathers...nothing at all to do with silkie (the breed).

So were they breed to silkies to get the unhooked feathers or is there another way to make a silkied serama?

 

[fletcherpoultryauction]

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Are they serema or silked? The one center stage gives the appearance of saying, "I'm the BOSS here!"

They are silkied serama...that means serama with silkie (unhooked) feathers...nothing at all to do with silkie (the breed).

Knew that but I sure screwed-up that question. Maybe I should quit work and try to concentrate on just posting.

 

[Ok_Junebug]

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They are silkied serama...that means serama with silkie (unhooked) feathers...nothing at all to do with silkie (the breed).

So were they breed to silkies to get the unhooked feathers or is there another way to make a silkied serama?

No, not bred to silkies...feathers can be hooked (normal), unhooked (silkied) or frizzled. This can occur in anything, even pigeons. Doesn't have anything at all to do with the breed silkie chicken. Eventually, just bred to be that way.

 

[Ok_Junebug]

Here is a red hen...in silkied serama, the goal is to keep as much wing and tail feathers as possible and silkie the bodies. It is work in progress.

 

[fletcherpoultryauction]

Serama Facts

The Serama is a new breed of bantam, having been developed within the past 15 years.

The complete ancestry of the SERAMA is uncertain. However, it is believed the Red Jungle Fowl, the Common Malaysian Village Bantam, (a hodge’ podge’ of many breeds), and the Japanese Bantam contributed. There is also a school of thought which believes the Silkie, played a roll along with a few other ‘secret’ genes.

The downsizing of the Serama is still on going with a few specimens coming in at 6ozs for cocks and 5ozs for hens as current breeding methods continue.

Serama mature at 16-18 weeks.

Incubation period for Serama eggs is 19-20 days.

The Serama carry a ‘diluted’ lethal gene (Japanese Bantam Ancestry), which means 1 to 2 percent of embryos will develop fully but fail to hatch or the chick will die within 24 hours of hatching.

Serama are not color bred, nor do they breed true to any one color. It is not uncommon to hatch as many different colored chicks as there are eggs that hatch.

Serama do not breed true to size. Out of a clutch of 10 chicks, one can expect 1 or 2 to be very small, 2 or 3 to be rather large and the remainder to be within the normal size range for serama.

The color of Serama eggs range from the purest white to the deepest brown, with dozens of shades in between.

Serama make excellent house pets. The crow of the cock is one third the volume of a regular chicken.

It takes approx. 5 Serama eggs to equal the volume of one Grade ‘A’ Large egg.

Serama are year round layers and have no particular laying season. Although, peak fertility and egg production occurs during the months of November, December January and February.

Serama are in a continuous molt, dropping a few feathers each day.

Serama are tropical birds and need to be protected from cold temperatures.


I found this on a website from the Serama Council of North American. A slew of information pertaining to the Serama breed.

 

[smfamf]

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Shavon, I wouldn't change anything. I think she will start to lay when she is ready. Maybe the lengthening days will help her along. I don't think breeder pellets actually makes them start to lay, I think it just supplies extra calcium after they do start. I just feed "flock raiser" to all and some game bird starter to the chicks I do feed boiled eggs and chucks of whole grain bread as treats.... I give them lots of oyster shell separately where they can get what they want. Seramas CAN eat pellet sized food when they want to. Sometimes I moisten chunks of dog food as a treat and they can wolf down huge bites of food when they want too.

Thanks

 

[QueenPeaches]

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Shavon, I wouldn't change anything. I think she will start to lay when she is ready. Maybe the lengthening days will help her along. I don't think breeder pellets actually makes them start to lay, I think it just supplies extra calcium after they do start. I just feed "flock raiser" to all and some game bird starter to the chicks I do feed boiled eggs and chucks of whole grain bread as treats.... I give them lots of oyster shell separately where they can get what they want. Seramas CAN eat pellet sized food when they want to. Sometimes I moisten chunks of dog food as a treat and they can wolf down huge bites of food when they want too.

Thanks

One of the things I've found is that game bird starter works wonders when the chicks are young. They grow so much faster than with just chick starter. If you will supplement their feed with oyster shell or feed grit, it will assist the birds in cleaning out their digestive system. In our area the water is horrible with gypsum. We have to sprinkle grit even on the chicks feed or their poop will cake-up on their rear ends and they can't poop anymore. The grit actually clears up the problem, otherwise we have to buy filtered water to give our chicks.

 

[QueenPeaches]

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I hope to go. I would like to meet all of you. I'm shopping for cages.

Hey junebug,

I know a guy that custom makes cages to fit your specific needs or desires. I am going over to see him this evening. You want to send a shopping list?

 

[QueenPeaches]

We don't know if we can make it to Blanchard tomorrow. If anyone is going, we really do need 2 Khaki Campbell Drakes of breeding age.

Would someone PLEASE call us and let us know if they have some at Blanchard if we don't get to go.

 

[QueenPeaches]

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Not me.

Kae,

Do you have to work on Saturday night too? Or is it school?