Happy new year

Wishing you all a good health and a fantastic breeding season.
Some promising ones. Let spring begin any time soon. ♥

Unexpected turns

Since 2010 I am the co-founder of the Belgian Serama club. This was a friend's idea. We thought we could make something beautiful. An association for hobby breeders with a common goal to achieve the same quality as the serama is known in Malaysia. Reality was quite the opposite. Breeders wanted to fight each other by showing off the most beautiful animal and looking down on others. There was nothing but jealousy, envy and hatred among some of the members that were going to ruin it for everyone. Ultimately, the result was self-destructive. It was naive to think that we would bring all the people in the club people together to work together towards one common goal. With the new animals from Malaysia, a strong improvement of this beautiful breed could be achieved. Partly there has been an improvement. Yet we could have gone much further! The reality is that competition is destructive rather than motivational. Sometimes I see enthusiasm flaring up, but I'm afraid of the result. Associations come and go down again. The advice I would give to everyone now is this: stay away from associations and do your own thing with the right people. Competition drives people apart instead of building bridges. There is no need to compete at all. I see breeders who only see the best in other people's animals and find no satisfaction in their own hobby and creation. That's why I hold my heart and hope you all walk a different path.

The rioter is now easy to spot. They cannot resist spewing negative comments about other people's animals. The conceited!
Drop them like a brick ...

The right people will always welcome you and share their experiences with you. Exchange animals and eggs in a mutual balance. It doesn't work if everything has to come from one side.
It is about giving and taking. That's the spirit!

Fortunately, I am surrounded by the right people with the same passion and attitude.
A big thank you to all of them ♥ !

Unexpected turns made me realize that i can't live without this passion.
Even Covid helped a hand.LOL

Lockdown chronicles.

After decades of breeding and spreading serama across Europe, it was time for a break. The toxicity of serama breeders has made me allergic to childishness. A break was more than welcome.
Our lives took a completely different turn due to family matters and our priority was mainly the care of a granddaughter.
And then we got Covid19. The incompetence of the WHO and lax government intervention got the virus in its grip. And then many countries went into lockdown.
This created a little time for the seramas. Some hens became broody and had chicks in the following weeks.
The hen got 7 chicks and soon they turned into real beauties.

The father of those chicks is our proud rooster #HA and is a descendant of our extreme rooster Saks.

After a week it was obvious that one chick was taking after his father. It's a sweet and joyful cockerel.
The Boy in the picture is son of #HA.

Another sibling is Iserama Peacock. Just watch the eye in her tail feathers.

The origine of Malaysian Serama in Europe

It was a challenge and a dream come true. Not only for myself but also for many others.
It was also a motivation for others to do the same and around 2015 more imports followed

Time flies

Autumn sets in and the birds molt. But they also develop into real alpha males. A lust of the eye.
Although I made no effort to breed, some surprises came up this season. When there is more spare time next year maybe i will do some breeding as there is room enough after doing a huge clean out this year and discard the whole majority of the flock i had.
This was the first surprise of the season, come from a who hatched three chicks.

I was not really breeding my Serama

I was not really breeding my Serama but surprise, surprise. A few hens did the job instead. Early Summer this boy was born.

And recently another hen came out with a few chicks. Which one in the pic is one of them.

When something nice comes unexpected it's double joy.
You never know what life will bring. Even though 2020 brought Covid there happened a lot of nice too.

Corona era

I reduced my serama flock but i still have some living jewelry in my garden.

My everyday joy during Corona times aka covid19