A FRIEND OF MINE DECIDED TO START RAISING POULTRY WHICH SPARKED MY INTEREST IN THE SERAMA. THOUGH SHE SHE HAS AMPLE ROOM OUTDOORS FOR HERS, I DECIDED TO GIVE THEM A TRY AT KEEPING THEM AS HOUSE CHICKENS. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THEY MAKE PERFECT HOUSE PETS. THEY ARE NATURALLY DOCILE, HAVE LITTLE TO NO ODOR IF KEPT CLEAN, AND MAKE LESS MESS THAN MY AFRICAN GRAY PARROT. SINCE MY SPACE IS EXTREMELY LIMITED, WE ARE KEEPING ONLY THE BEST OF THE BEST TO CONTINUE OUR BREEDING PROGRAM WITH. WE ARE STRIVING TO PRODUCE TOP QUALITY CLASS "A' AND SMALL CLASS "B" BIRDS.
COCKS:
CLASS "A" MATURE WEIGHT OF UP TO 12.35 OUNCES
CLASS "B" MATURE WEIGHT OF UP TO 17.64 OUNCES
CLASS "C" MATURE WEIGHT OF UP TO 21.16 OUNCES
HENS:
CLASS "A' MATURE WEIGHT OF UP TO 11.46 OUNCES
CLASS "B" MATURE WEIGHT OF UP TO 14.99 OUNCES
CLASS "C' MATURE WEIGHT OF UP TO 17.64 OUNCES
OUR MALAYSIAN COCK IS A MOTTLED RED WHO WEIGHS 11.5 OUNCES. HE IS PAIRED UP WITH 2 WHEATON COLORED HENS THAT WEIGH 12 OUNCES AND 13.4 OUNCES.
OUR SILKIED SERAMAS ARE A SOLID WHITE COCKERAL WHO CURRENTLY WEIGHS 5.6 OUNCES AND A WHEATON COLORED PULLET THAT WEIGHS 6.5 OUNCES AT 18 WEEKS OF AGE. SHE IS TINY.
OUR BIRDS ARE WELL FED, WE DO NOT FEED THEM LIGHTLY TO KEEP THEIR WEIGHTS DOWN AS SOME PEOPLE DO. OUR ADULTS ARE FED LAYEENA AS THEIR STAPLE DIET AND OFCOURSE SPOILED WITH SCRATCH GRAINS, MILLET, FRUITS, VEGETABLES, MEAL WORMS, AND CRICKETS. WE DEFINATELY HAVE SPOILED CHICKENS HERE.
