serama Chicken Breed – Origin, Traits & Facts

serama

The Serama, also called the Malaysian Serama, is a bantam breed of chicken originating in Malaysia within the last 50 years; they are the smallest breed of chicken in the world.

Habitat

Seramas are adaptable to a variety of conditions but thrive best in warm climates due to their origins in Malaysia. They are commonly kept in urban environments as pets. Their small size allows them to be easily housed in smaller spaces compared to larger breeds.

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Characteristics

Size15-25 cm

Wing Span30-35 cm

Male Weight0.5 kg

Female Weight0.4 kg

Life Expectancy7 years

Ease of Keeping

Beginner friendly: 4/5

Useful to know

Seramas are known for their small size and friendly disposition. They are often kept as pets due to their manageable size and easy-to-handle nature. Despite their small stature, they can be quite confident and are known for their upright posture, resembling a tiny soldier.

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Serama rooster in the United States

Behaviour

TemperamentFriendly

FlightinessLow

Foraging AbilityModerate

Confinement Tolerance

Seramas are well-suited to confinement, provided they have adequate space to move around. They enjoy human interaction and can thrive in a backyard or small garden setting. Their small size makes them ideal for urban chicken keepers.

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Kampung

The Ayam Kampong or Ayam Kampung is the chicken breed reported from Indonesia and Malaysia. The name means simply "free-range chicken" or literally "village chicken". In Indonesia and Malaysia, the term ayam kampung refer to indigenous chickens that are raised using traditional free range production techniques by almost every household in the village. It is a diverse population which resulted from the uncontrolled cross-breeding of red jungle-fowl, indigenous Southeast Asian chickens and exotic chickens of various types imported in the late 1800s by European, mainly Dutch and British, settlers.

Barnevelders

The Barnevelder is a Dutch breed of domestic chicken. It resulted from cross-breeding between local Dutch chickens and various "Shanghai" birds imported from Asia to Europe in the later part of the nineteenth century; these may have been of Brahma, Cochin or Croad Langshan type. It is named for the town and gemeente (municipality) of Barneveld, in Gelderland in the central Netherlands. The hens are good layers of large brown eggs and, unlike some other breeds, continue to lay well during winter.

Booted Bantam

The Booted Bantam or Dutch Booted Bantam is a European breed of true bantam chicken. It is characterised by abundant feathering on the feet and shanks, which gives it a "booted" appearance; and by vulture hocks, long stiff downward-pointing feathers on backs of the thighs, from which the Dutch name Sabelpoot ("sabre-legged") derives.