What color are these Seremas?

[CaramelKittey]

Hi all! Just got a breeding pair of Seremas, and I have very limited knowledge on the breed. They were gifted to us by a friend.
What color would they be considered? I know white is the only color in the APA standards, so I was just wondering what their ‘unofficial’ terms are. Also, any clues on what class they would be in? I know it goes by weight and I am going to weigh them, but just wondering if anything like that can be judged by sight.

 

[AltonaAcres]

Cocopop or black w/ chocolate leakage mottled and blue barred (bad pattern). Those are my best guesses, but i could be wrong.

 

[CaramelKittey]

Cocopop or black w/ chocolate leakage mottled and blue barred (bad pattern). Those are my best guesses, but i could be wrong.

Thank you!
So I guess they aren’t pure-colored Seremas after all. Not sure what the babies would be.
Thank you!

 

[AltonaAcres]

there are thousands of documented serama colors from my understanding, and there isn't really a standard. Maybe someone could clarify?

 

[NatJ]

Not sure what the babies would be.

They'll look a fair bit like their parents: black or blue with various amounts of white. Some will have white barring (like on the rooster's tail feathers.) White mottling (like the hen has) will only happen if the rooster also carries the gene for mottling. You might get some solid black or solid blue chicks, and you might get some like the rooster but without the white barring.

And there's a chance that they have various recessive genes, so other colors might show up too, but probably only in a few chicks.

 

[CaramelKittey]

They'll look a fair bit like their parents: black or blue with various amounts of white. Some will have white barring (like on the rooster's tail feathers.) White mottling (like the hen has) will only happen if the rooster also carries the gene for mottling. You might get some solid black or solid blue chicks, and you might get some like the rooster but without the white barring.

And there's a chance that they have various recessive genes, so other colors might show up too, but probably only in a few chicks.

Thank you! I'll probably have to hatch out a bunch of eggs before I advertise any.

 

[NatJ]

Thank you! I'll probably have to hatch out a bunch of eggs before I advertise any.

You could advertise them as "Seramas from these parents," with pictures of the parents.
But if you also have pictures of some chicks, you could include "some former babies have looked like this," to give buyers an idea of what is likely.

 

[CaramelKittey]

You could advertise them as "Seramas from these parents," with pictures of the parents.
But if you also have pictures of some chicks, you could include "some former babies have looked like this," to give buyers an idea of what is likely.

Thank you! That’s a great idea!

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

The hen is black mottled with red leakage and the rooster is barred silver columbian. I don’t see any blue.

 

[CaramelKittey]

The hen is black mottled with red leakage and the rooster is barred silver columbian. I don’t see any blue.

Thank you!