Oregon Serama

The Clone Project 😉 I want to show off some of the pretties we’re hatching this year at Oregon Serama! First off, a little about this years hatch. This is a big hatch for us, because I’m only hatching once this year (I hope)! So I’ve gotta make it count. We’re working on type, increasing our pool of silkie feathered birds, and hatching for two color projects: blue and chocolate. Splash baby,…

How To Sex Your Serama Chicks

It’s spring and in the spring there are chicks, and when there are chicks, there are folks asking, “Is this chick a boy or a girl?” And if you’re like me, you’re also crossing your fingers and chanting, “Girls! Girls! Girls!” in your head!   So I’m going to give you the simple answer. Here’s how to sex your serama chicks: wait. No, seriously. In most cases, you will know by 3-4 weeks of age which…

My First Poultry Show!

Katherine Ellsworth’s lovely silver birchen girl. Last week I attended my first serama tabletop show and I gotta say, it was pretty awesome. Northwest Serama club hosted the show at the Benton Co Fairgrounds in Corvallis, alongside the Oregon Spring Invitational which was going on in the same building. I didn’t bring any birds to show myself as I don’t drive and won’t ever be able to get into…

Hey, Long Time No See!

Hello dear readers! If I have any! 😉   So it turns out I may not be the blogging enthusiast I imagined myself to be. I guess it’s been around a year since I started this blog, then left it to the crickets. My plans for this space were ambitious, but life is busy and lends itself more to casual writing, so maybe that’s where I’ll take things. Let’s chat a bit about what I’ve been up to the past…