I started with seramas in 2008 with my first few coming from a local feed store where someone had given them up. My friend who works there, knew I was a chicken nut and called me; of course once I set eyes on them I just had to take them home! They were so tiny and so very pretty and just irresistible! Unfortunately due to the improper care they had received most of them had colds and I lost one of them about a week after bringing them home. I am glad to say the rest survived and the last passed away last year from old age. Seramas have been a bit of a roller-coaster ride, with family illness and other life's nuances visiting from time to time.
My mom fell in love with them as well and was very active in them until she was diagnosed with Stage 4 Ovarian cancer in late 2009. She wasn't able to go to the barn with me anymore so the Seramas would come visit her in the house, sitting on her lap and sleeping for hours. They were by far her favorite breed because they were so calm and easily handled. Her favorite bird was sent to us from one of the most generous individuals I know in California. He knew how much she loved them and sent one of his boys up to help cheer her up through the chemo treatments. She named him "Taevas" it is Estonian meaning Heaven. He is still with us and will never leave, his hen, "Lee" (my mom's middle name) hatched out the evening my mother passed away. They will be pairs for life and will never go anywhere but here with us. It was quite difficult to want to continue on without her because she was such an integral part of my life. She was so in love with the Seramas and the Millie Fleur color, I decided to continue on and dedicate our Millie Fleur line to her.
"Mom's Millies" is what I refer to them as, because it is her memory that continues with every new one we hatch. Half of what I sell the Millie's for is dedicated straight to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund in my mother's name. They focus strictly on Ovarian Cancer research and 87% of their donations received goes to cancer research not to their overhead. I just hope that one day they will find a cure so that no one else will lose a Mother, Sister, Wife, or friend again to this disease... Please take a chance to look at their website and what symptoms to look for ... My mom didn't know until it was too late ...
I have met so many wonderful people along the way showing birds and made some wonderful friendships too. I've been lucky enough to meet some judges and have some one on one conversations with them on my birds specifically in what I should work on and what to look for in healthy breeding practices. I cannot wait to put to use some of the things I have learned over these last few years! Here's to a wonderful future for us and our birds.
My mom fell in love with them as well and was very active in them until she was diagnosed with Stage 4 Ovarian cancer in late 2009. She wasn't able to go to the barn with me anymore so the Seramas would come visit her in the house, sitting on her lap and sleeping for hours. They were by far her favorite breed because they were so calm and easily handled. Her favorite bird was sent to us from one of the most generous individuals I know in California. He knew how much she loved them and sent one of his boys up to help cheer her up through the chemo treatments. She named him "Taevas" it is Estonian meaning Heaven. He is still with us and will never leave, his hen, "Lee" (my mom's middle name) hatched out the evening my mother passed away. They will be pairs for life and will never go anywhere but here with us. It was quite difficult to want to continue on without her because she was such an integral part of my life. She was so in love with the Seramas and the Millie Fleur color, I decided to continue on and dedicate our Millie Fleur line to her.
"Mom's Millies" is what I refer to them as, because it is her memory that continues with every new one we hatch. Half of what I sell the Millie's for is dedicated straight to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund in my mother's name. They focus strictly on Ovarian Cancer research and 87% of their donations received goes to cancer research not to their overhead. I just hope that one day they will find a cure so that no one else will lose a Mother, Sister, Wife, or friend again to this disease... Please take a chance to look at their website and what symptoms to look for ... My mom didn't know until it was too late ...
I have met so many wonderful people along the way showing birds and made some wonderful friendships too. I've been lucky enough to meet some judges and have some one on one conversations with them on my birds specifically in what I should work on and what to look for in healthy breeding practices. I cannot wait to put to use some of the things I have learned over these last few years! Here's to a wonderful future for us and our birds.