Runningtrails, the Seramas are kept in cages to ensure who's your daddy is their daddy. It makes record keeping easier on the different bloodlines. During their resting periods they are kept in large pens--males in one and females in another. All breeders are tattooed and have closed leg bands (bands that must be put on when they are young). I also do DNA testing on all breeders and keep pedigree record on each one. Roosters are moved from cage to cage three times a day to mate with different hens, and can be mated to 15 hens during each breeding cycle (60 days). This makes it easier to test breed for genetic 'split or crossover' genes. This is about the only way to untangle the 'mutt' in the Serama breed. I'll post some more pictures of the Seramas below. I would be interested in trading with others for poultry breeds that are pure breeds not mixed breeds. Of course I can't forget Charles (Mutant Green Pheasant).

Very nice! Now you just have to get the same shot in breeding plumage. Claire

Feisty little birds in summer time when the males are such a bright color and are combative. Bright yellow flashes. I see them all winter in large groups at the feeders, when they're drab and not territorial. This time of year they're mostly off in the woods and fields and I rarely see them - sometimes a pair will come to the feeder, just often enough to keep me refilling the one feeder I keep up in the summer. Claire

tmc, thank you for the entertaining video. I grow the cone flowers mainly just to watch the birds enjoying the fruits of my labor.