Well, my Christmas Hatch has been moved out to the coop for awhile now, and I have a new hatch in the brooder. The “juveniles”, for lack of a better word, are just adorable, and have given me hours and hours of enjoyment! They are fully acclimated now, and I am in awe of the colors this time around…red, rust, chocolate! I also was surprised by the arrival of the blue gene in a silkied bird, which much to my surprise, came from a smooth rooster and a frizzled hen! The result is Blue Boy, a Frizzled Silkied Serama! I knew that the roo carried the silkied gene, which is recessive and will only appear if another recessive gene is present in the female. Well, apparently this particular hen has it somewhere in her lineage. Blue Boy will be the kingpin of my Blue Project, along with Black Pearl (a blue laced smooth hen). Needless to say, I am very excited about the prospect of Blue Frizzled Seramas!
And here are some of the other colors…
Can you tell I’m having WAY TOO MUCH FUN?!?
The current batch of chicks really have my interest piqued, as I introduced an orange-barred rooster, and a blue-laced hen to the equation this time around…I’m hoping for some blue as well as orange, but the orange-barred gene seems to be really elusive…I have all my fingers crossed however…The chicks are less than a week old, so it’s too early yet to tell what colors they’ll be…I do think half will be frizzled, though! The hatch went very well, 14 out of 15!
I think this Hatching of Eggs has become an Obsession!
hello
am new to the Semaras
your chickens look sweet with your son
hope the attitude with the roosters gets squared away!
I am tickled with your frizzles
do you have any for sale?
i’m in FL and am just on the hunt for females
will be looking forward to hearing from you
sincerely
k p wienke
Kim,
Check back the first week in June for some frizzled seramas!
Hi!
Just wanted to let you know that the frizzled hens that you got did indeed carry the silkied gene! Its amazing that you got a silkie out of that batch, lol.
It’s never happened here, but is so wonderful to see! Ill have to share this with Patrick!
They all look so lovely! I love the red/white tipped one in the 3rd picture! Want to send that one to Kentucky? 😉
Oh! Juliette
I want some of your Frizzle silkied Serama’s. They look so lovely. Help, as I live in the UK
those babies are all sooo cute.Love that silkied blue roo I want some silkied!!Let me know when eggs are available.Your set up is very nice