Tiny Chickens
The Serama is the smallest Bantam chicken in the world and they are highly prized as living works of art. The weight of Class A Serama cocks is under 10 ounces and Class A Serama hens are under 8 ounces. Serama cocks, when standing upright, measure from the ground to the top of the comb only 6 to 10 inches. They come in size A, B, C & D. There is even a Micro Serama now. These tiny birds suffer breeding problems the smaller they are bred, so the B & C sizes are most popular. We at Laz E Acre only breed B & C size Seramas.
The Serama is the smallest Bantam chicken in the world and they are highly prized as living works of art. The weight of Class A Serama cocks is under 10 ounces and Class A Serama hens are under 8 ounces. Serama cocks, when standing upright, measure from the ground to the top of the comb only 6 to 10 inches. They come in size A, B, C & D. There is even a Micro Serama now. These tiny birds suffer breeding problems the smaller they are bred, so the B & C sizes are most popular. We at Laz E Acre only breed B & C size Seramas.
This is our Serama rooster named Marshmellow. "Mellow" for short. He has grown into a beautiful rooster. He takes very good care of his hens and is always watching out for them. If there is a hen that has decided to lay an egg somewhere besides the nesting box, he will not leave her side until she is done. He also believes he should be taking care of the "Big" hens so we don't let him out with any other roosters or he will try to take them on, even though he would probably lose the battle. He is only about 10 inches tall standing completely upright. |
The Serama can be a beautiful pet and companion, both indoors and outdoors. They are inexpensive to raise, as each Serama eats only about one pound of feed per month. They eat regular chicken feed. Their tiny size requires very little space and a pair or trio of Seramas can be comfortably caged in a 24 inch by 18 inch cage. They make great mommas, laying, hatching and taking care of their own chicks. What other indoor bird will provide breakfast every day?
Tiny Serama should never be outside unless they are safe from predators such as dogs, cat and birds of prey. They will usually alert you when an unfamiliar animal or object is sighted and are safe on their own as long as you can hear their calls for help. They make great companions while gardening and enjoying the mornings/evenings on the porch. Their regal appearance and natural beauty is a great addition to any garden or home.
This is the small Chicken Tractor that we built for our seramas. It is made to scale just for them. We can move it around the yard anywhere we want. If we let them out of the tractor during the day they will always come back to it at night to roost no matter where we move it to. We buit it with a couple of small nesting boxes on the side but we soon found out that our serama hens like to nest together so we removed the individual nest boxes and made one longer nest box that they can all set in.
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Serama are usually people friendly and with a little attention will actually crave human attention and company.
Here are 3 of our Seramas nesting together in the new Serama chicken tractor. They are continually stealing each others eggs until you have no idea who the eggs originated from. If you want to know for sure which hen layed which eggs you have to be there when it is layed and then isolate that hen with her own eggs. They also tend to steal each others chicks if they are close to the same age. |
Serama come from the jungles of Malaysia, where temperatures can average 90 -110 deg.F. They cannot handle cold well and get stressed when temperatures drop below freezing. You may have to keep them indoors in very cold climates.
Serama come in all colors and do not necessarily breed true to any one color. Over 2000 different color variations have been documented in Malaysia.