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Well, if that is the case then you can always breed the pair you have and you might get some similar to them. You can pretty much tell the quality of the bird at 5 or 6 months old unless you have a late bloomer. Here is a pic of a little man with alot of potentials that ended in a tragic death. He is the son of my wht mottled cockerel I brought to the last meet up, he was close to 3 months old in this pic.....he got killed by a cat 3 days after I took this pic when I let him out in the run. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/34472_jp4_015.jpg Since you are into showing, you should concentrate on breeding for show quality birds....I know space is limited but if you pick out one variety and keep on working with them, you will achive your goal faster.

Speaking of oegb, have you dubb your boys yet????From what I remember, you don't have to dubb em if they are still cockerels but you will have to dubb them as cocks. Are you aware that BBred is one of the hardest variety to breed for correct color and one of the steepest competition at shows? I have always love the mahogany color in the spangled oegb....unable to find the quality spangled suit my taste in the past couple yrs had push me futhure a way from the breed. Hopefully I will find some in the future.

All my birds are raise in a 36x30 or smaller enclosure under a roofed patio, I built them some runs on grass for sun and dust bathing on good day. I use the 22x19 to house those with potentials for special training, the cage I took to our last meet is one of my training cage....I usually spend couple hrs a day with all my birds. You don't need a big cage for your serama. Wow, I did know this turn out this long.....I will make it short next time.

My cages & runs pics.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/34472_jp3_007.jpg https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/34472_jp3_02_09_11_012.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/34472_jp3_02_09_11_007.jpg

I forgot....GOOD LUCK AT THE SHOW!!!!

Your Birds are BEAUTIFUL!

Thanks FarmerBoy24.....I hope they will be ready for the June 4th show.
 
Ill be there on the 21st to check it out. I don't have any seramas but eventually wanna get my hands on one. Hopefully I will learn more about them since it seems like the next meetup will be focusing towards them more.
 
Hey all! I talked to someone (sorry, I didn't get your name, or screen name - I just call you gal in the Hello Kitty hat!
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) about Jersey Giants - any chance there will be some there (I'm looking for approx 3 mo old pullets)??? Thanks!!!
 
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I'm still planning on coming on the 21st. I'm really hoping to see a demonstration of "serama showing". From the sounds of it, its completely different than regular "showmanship" type showing.


I don't have any birds to offer, unless my baby blue cochin starts crowing. I've never had cochins before, and have always wanted one. Jacob (Hatching Fever) had some adorable young'uns at our April 23 meet up, and we took our best guess as to who might possibly be a pullet... No wattles yet, fully feathered now. I'm guessing 5-7 weeks old? Comb is pink, but not "red", showing, but not extra large...... any cochin experts out there that might be able to make an educated guess if I posted a pic?? The behavior is making me think roo, as it likes to jump around on all the other chicks when no one is looking, but the body parts have me baffled. In general, its not the most outgoing of the four, but gets along with everyone..... I don't know enough about cochins to know if they are late bloomers or not. I REALLY want it to be a "her". We all really like "Puffy the Vampire Slayer".... LOL. But I need a layer, not another roo.
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which brings me to...

OntheSpot: That pretty little Light Sussex pullet I got from you is doing great. She's in with a group of 3 other chicks, all about her same age, a SL Wyandotte pullet, my baby blue cochin, and a Golden Phoenix baby roo, quite the motley crew!! My little Golden Phoenix Baby Roo has a crush on her for sure....They are very cute together, but I don't think I'll try to hatch any weird Phoenix-Sussex crosses... What would I call them? Phussex? ....However, the offspring would definitely have that X factor going for them huh?? LOL
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sorry... bad joke... yeah, its late,...
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Sorry everyone... I really should just go to bed now.
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Ok....guys & gals, let start planning on our meeting.

Sue, can I borrow your large cooler so I can fill it up with soft drinks for everyone? What kind of soft drinks do you guys want????

Who is up early??? I can get some of the strong Vietnamese ice cold coffee from Lee's sandwich with donuts or the 1 gallon hot coffee from Starbuck....what do you early birds prefer???

Are we going to have a raffle??? Where can I buy the raffle ticket roll and the name tag labels?

I need more suggestions to make it a family fun day at the park with our pets.
 
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