Serama must be protected from cold temperatures, originating from the jungles of Malaysia, were the average temperature is 90 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit, they need to be protected from cold temperatures and must be kept at temperatures above 40 degrees Fahrenheit, This can simply be done by hanging a 60 watt light bulb about 6 inches above there heads, in the cage or place of housing, keeping them in the home as house pets or in a heated building. Serama make excellent house pets. The crow of the rooster is one-third the volume of a normal rooster, Serama are very people friendly. Serama love to be outside during warm sunny days to forage and pick amongst the grass, but whilst out they must be protected as there small size makes them easy prey to cats, dogs, birds of prey and other predators. Serama will eat regular chicken feed, a mixture of poultry breeder feed (Available in small sized pellets from some feed manufactures) and a small amount mixed grain. A constant supply of clean water must be provided. Serama chicks are very small when hatched and for the first 3 weeks,chick crumbs will need to be ground to a powder to enable digestion, this is easily done in a coffee grinder or simular machine, or with a mortar & pestle. Serama will lay all year round if kept in the right conditions and don't have a laying season, egg production and fertility peak in the months of November to February, The egg colour ranges from white to deep brown, The Serama carry a 'diluted' lethal gene from the Japanese Bantam Ancestry, causing 1% to 2 % of embryos to develop fully, but fail to hatch or the chick dies within 24 hours of hatching. The Incubation period for Serama eggs is 19-20 days. At the normal incubation temperature of most breeds of poultry. Serama don't breed true to size, so out of a batch of chicks, expect 1% or 2 % to be very small (A class), 2% or 3% to be large (C class) and the remainder to be within the normal size range for Serama Serama are not colour bred, so they don't breed true to colour. It is usual to hatch, as many different coloured chicks as eggs that hatch, there have been Over 2000 different colours documented in Malaysia, Serama are very good mothers, and are very capable of hatching and looking after their own chicks. Serama Males must be caged separately and as young as possible to prevent disfigurement and loss of confidence. Training Serama to Pose , most serama pose naturally, if the serama is to be entered in shows then training should start as soon as the confidence of the chick begins to emerge. This can be seen in the way the chick carries itself and the redness of the face and comb. Chicks also tend to chirp constantly when their confidence is high. Place the chick on a table and hold the chick with both hands the trainee chick will probably squat and refuse to move for the first few times. Leave the trainee as long as necessary until they stand and move around. Once they stand, start to stroke the chick lightly on the throat beneath the wattles this encourages the chick to pose with its head held high and perpendicular to the ground. Once they get use to the routines, posing becomes natural for most Serama.