We are now the proud parents to 10 Serama hens & 2 Serama roos! I'd never even heard of these, but had the opportunity to get some & did. They are just too cute, can't wait to see the eggs!
New flock of Serama's
WOW!! How fortunate. How did you manage to find such a great opportunity. I have been looking for a trio for some time and have not managed to find any locally yet. Hope you enjoy them. Haystack
Congratulations! Wow.. that's a ready made family! Good find!
they r adorable, would love to see more pics of em when not roosting. they r a great breed and loads of fun to have!! this is an older pic of one of my roos.
What makes a Serama? I see different colors and sizes on here. I bought a very small roo who is tiny and multi colored(freckled also his name). A friend stopped by and said he was a Serama. It is storming like heck here now, but will try to get a pic and post. He stands very erect and has really nice tail feathers. I was going to use him for my breeder bantie(I just love mixed banties) Pics would be great and description would also be appreciated.
Thanks
George
seramas have yellow legs, wings possition is straight down and can be any color but blue. u have to watch there is americanized which is cross bred to oegbs and other breeds, they r bigger usually, sometimes they have other colors for legs. white or blue earlobes and wings r angled diferently. true seramas r the tiniest of all breeds and come from malaysia. i can tell by pics if they r by themselves.
Okay this is where it gets real sticky for me as you can see in the pic my OEGB's hold their wings the same as a Serama.The roo you are looking at is a lemon blue oegb and he is smaller than a serama. I also have some oegb that are the same exact color as what some call Serama.
The hen in the pic above in the middle looks exactly like a bb red hen of oegb breed.
In fact looking at the pic i could identify most of those as oegb and as far as size go's i have seen oegb smaller than Serama's.
I do believe that some people may be passing off oegb's as serama's
Okay so i went and did a little invetigateing and heres a site with Serama pic's and info on them.
I now know some of the so called Serama's i have seen weren't Serama's at all.
Shame on folks just trying to make a buck thank you silkie i will now know a true Serama when i see one ^_^
http://seramas.com/index.html
yes in the pic his wing looks same place but a serama has a longer wing and when posed will actually be placed differently. urs has a different look all together it is definately an oegb not a serama.
as for color seramas come in 2500+ color varieties, oegb's come is a small amount of colors compaired to seramas. if those r true seramas in the op's post she does have some rarer colors but they look to perfect in color from what i see they look oegb also to me it's why i said i'd love to see more pics of them.
there is quite a few colors both breeds share that r identical if u don't know what u r looking for u will not know the difference. alot of people sell american seramas as pure seramas and that is not so it is a hybrid cross. serama x oegs, serama x sebrights ect. seramas come in 3 weight classes a, b, and c.
There was also the distinct character of the Serama roo carrying thier tails kind of like a Jap way over their back and they stood perfectly erect.
Thanks silkie for the Serama lesson ^_^
yep that is true also, japs is one of the breeds used origionally to create them over there. my roo alex above is not showing all tail feathers either it was right as he was matureing and moulting that was taken so his tail is more fuller than that now. u r most welcome anytime.
Thanks for that link. Looking at them, I'm not sure I care for their body type. I do believe my little freckle's has some in him, but I am glad to know what to look for now.
Thanks
Harmony and silkiechick
George
You are Welcome George i was just looking at the first pic up there and was thinking are those oegb or Serama's. (still can't tell)
Thanks to silkie and a little site peeking i can now know when i'm being fooled about these.
Silkie's the expert on these give her all the thanks i'm just a student LOL
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No matter which they are, they are a beautiful looking set of birds. Way to go Jessaree!
I most certainly agree Claire you should see me at the auction or a chicken show i get like a "giggly child" looking at all the bantams.
I know the effect....like the "kid in a candy store" but we are "adult in a chicken store" instead!
I would be totally embarrassed if someone had of been standing next to me at the chicken show when i saw those Call Ducks.
I just kept repeating "oh they are so cute" "Look just look at the little bitty bill on them" "I just love the little sweet flip on their little tails" oooooo
A grown woman acting that way........
But Harm thats what we luv about you, You know "the giddy little bitty" LOL So sorry I caught something from Grow and could not help myself. Truly it's ok to be insane, and just go with the flow. I agree those call ducks are really cute. Was considering a couple but they are truly to noisy for me. Haystack
My seramas came from eggs that I purchased on eggbid from three separate breeders. I have second generation birds from those originals now, and soon - gen 3. I have been told by one other breeder that mine are a little large - by Serama standards, and he suggested breeding in OEGB. I don't think that's an option. That seems to be the mindset of a lot of people out there, breed them with other breeds to get the size down. I have been told that only a fraction of the purebred birds will produce Class A, B or C offspring. I don't care mine are big - because they still are small anyway you look at it. The hens are very friendly and the roos tend to run a little more nervous. I will get some photos and post later. I tend to think the birds that jessaree posted above look like Seramas. I as well have had OEGB in the past, and I see a distinct difference in posture and body structure between the two.
I also have noticed, as with most breeds that I am familiar, that the black based Seramas tend to have darker legs, some greenish to black. That could be a sign that my birds have some mixed blood? Any ideas anyone? I don't recall seeing many other black colored chickens with yellow legs. My black Wyandottes also have darker legs than the other color wyandottes do.
nope u r right on the extended black scott it is the only exception to the rule i know of. they should have black on legs, comb and waddles ect sorry i forgot that one when i was posting above. breeding to oegb would defeat the purpose it would make them bigger birds creating americanized not true serama. u want to selective breed to downsize.
reguardless the birds above r gorgous, it's just hard at the angle they r pictured to tell for sure what they r. either way would be a blessing they r beautiful but if those r true seramas that is one heck of an awesome flock!! so i hope jessaree doesn't take it wrong our talkings but if u got true seramas there u got one heck of a steal on them!!
Well, Grow caught something from Har --came back late and gathered eggs in my pockets --remember the lady at the register who pulled out an egg?! 12 eggs 2 pockets 1 very carefully moving me!!
Beauty birds Jess!!
Another shot of them
and another
I love my seramas, got them last year. Here is a my roo
Jess,
Those are all very nice looking bids - they look like Seramas to me. Tho' all I have to go by are mine - which I am hoping are true Seramas. All you can do is go on the reputation of the breeders from which they came.
I want to go to a bird show that has a variety of Seramas to look at then decide how good mine look compared to other flocks. The opportunities are limited here in Maine when it comes to poultry shows, so may have to take a road trip someday. Anyone out there know of Serama shows in the Northeast?
Does anyone know what color this Serama Roo is?
Here are some other of the crew members
