Prices and Availability
The SCNA, Standard of Perfection of the American Serama as presented to the ABA for acceptance calls for the following weights:
Cocks - 16 ounces: with a 20% variance either up or down from this weight or 12.8 to 19.2 ounces or 358 to 537 grams.
Hens - 14 ounces: with a 20% variance either up or down from this weight or 11.2 to 16.8 ounces or 313 to 470 grams.
For Sales Purposes, I choose to break this down further into the following classes.
Micro, A, B, C & D
COCKS HENS
Micro - under 9 ounces Micro - under 8 ounces
A - 9.1 to 13 ounces A - 8.1 to 12 ounces
B - 13.1 to 16 ounces B - 12.1 to 15 ounces
C - 16.1 to 19 ounces C - 15.1 to 17 ounces
D - over 19.1 ounces D - over 17.1 ounces
Micros are a novelty only, and guaranteed not to reproduce, these are $500 per pair or $300 per individual bird. For those who want the tiniest of the tiny.
Class A - A class too, are virtually useless. They don't have the musculature to give them the full-bodied type required per standard and rarely are they viable or good layers.
Although approx 25% of the cocks are fertile, fewer than 15% of the hens will lay viable eggs. Class A go for $300 per pair or $175 per individual bird. I do not guarantee Class A Serama will reproduce.
Class B - Anyone interested in Breeding the Serama would settle for the B Class. These are guaranteed to breed and reproduce or will be replaced for the cost of shipping. Bs can and do give Micro and A Class offspring. Class B go for $200 per pair or $125 per single bird.
Class C - C Class Serama are excellent breeders, capable of giving B class offspring and smaller. Class C Serama go for $100 per pair or $75 per individual bird.
Class D - Any Cock Serama over 19 ounces and any Hen Serama over 17 ounces would be considered D class. These are given away for the cost of shipping.
Shipping and a new USPS Approved Shipping Container is $50. Birds are shipped USPS Express Shipping. In most cases delivery is made within 24 hours within the Continental U.S.
I DO NOT SELL SERAMA EGGS NOR SERAMA CHICKS, MATURED BIRDS ONLY. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO GUARANTEE YOU ARE GETTING WHAT YOU ORDERED AND PAID FOR.
Don�t be fooled into thinking you�re getting something different when you buy serama from someone advertising MALAYSIAN SERAMA. 99.99% of all SERAMA in North America are descendent of the 130 birds I imported from Malaysia in 2001. Call them American, call them Malaysian, call them Serama or call them Tiny Chickens, you�re getting one and the same thing. In fact, all of the people advertising Pure Malaysian Serama got their start from me. |
