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[Rainwolf]

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she ordered 10+ Malaysian Serama Bantam Hatching Eggs. I'm hoping to get a good hatching but fear that it might be hard. I hear they are very fragile.

 

[Rainwolf]

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Will do.
I'm really interested in them there seems to be no standards yet that I can find. Will be interesting to hatch and watch them grow

 

[TheReidHomestead]

Here's some info on the standards: http://www.scnaonline.org/standards-and-judging.html

Apparantly they don't breed true yet in size or in colors.

 

[Rainwolf]

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Sweet that will help a lot

Ok is there a color standardization as well?

 

[TheReidHomestead]

I found this interesting article on the Serama's: http://backyardchickens.com/breed_focus/chickens/serama/index.html

"Over all Serama can produce any of over 2500 documented color varieties, with single pairs possibly producing offspring much different from themselves in color and pattern. Breeding a black bird to a black bird does not mean one will get black offspring. Serama breeders also have not reached the point where they are breeding them true to size, meaning that if one takes a Class A bird and breeds it to another Class A bird, one could get birds that are either Class A or B."

"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 thermal size range for Serama.

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

 

[Chickielady]

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What kind of chicken is that that is so big ?
Jersey Giant ?

1/2 Black Jersey Giant 1/2 Black Star... sold to me as Black Stars

after hatching I emailed and said these were not black stars what are the parents.. oy

 

[Rainwolf]

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1/2 Black Jersey Giant 1/2 Black Star... sold to me as Black Stars

after hatching I emailed and said these were not black stars what are the parents.. oy


ohh it gets better.. I had to email and ask like 4 times before i got a real answer! sigh..

 

[Chickielady]

I tol ya before that somebody breeds seramas down here so much so that out of 50 birds entered into our Pacific County Fair, 3/4 were seremas of all sorts of colors, etc.
Alot of them, miniature little bids...
I often have wondered if you could only have 8 birds in city limits, could you have 16 seremas ?

And what about the goofy lady down the road from my brother in city limits that has 20+ parrots and lovebirds in her house (what about the goofy woman's 6 nonsense-tzus (sp???) and poodle crosses ?????????????

I need help with my page...how to upload photos is not the same as here
***********and when do the splash cochin hatch WA4-HPoultryMom ?????*****************************

 

[Chickielady]

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ohh it gets better.. I had to email and ask like 4 times before i got a real answer! sigh..

what was it that you ordered ??
You know, when she gets going (large breeds take along time to mature) she ought to produce ALOT of BIG eggs...but eat alot of feed in the process...

 

[Rainwolf]

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ohh it gets better.. I had to email and ask like 4 times before i got a real answer! sigh..

what was it that you ordered ??
You know, when she gets going (large breeds take along time to mature) she ought to produce ALOT of BIG eggs...but eat alot of feed in the process...

I had some neighbors ask for Black Stars (sexlinks) so I ordered eggs to hatch and sell them chicks.. not happening now