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Buff Plumage Color Standard

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Buff Plumage

Color of Male
PLUMAGE: Entire surface, an even shade of intense, golden buff, free from shaftiness, mealiness, cloudiness or mottled appearance.  Head, neck, hackle, back, saddle, sickles and wing bow - richly glossed, intense, golden buff.
UNDERCOLOR: Similar to basic surface color, free from mealiness or any foreign color.

Color of Female
PLUMAGE: Entire surface, an even shade of intense, golden buff, free from shafting, mealiness, cloudiness or mottled appearance.  Head, neck and hackle - slightly glossed intense golden buff.
UNDERCOLOR: Similar to basic surface color, free from mealiness or any foreign color.

Disqualifications
Positive solid white or red feathers in any section of plumage.

Defects
Any deviation other than orange cast to be considered a variation - Dark brown to black peppering in tail or wings - Gray feathers in various sections of the plumage - Mealiness in surface color and undercolor - Reddish lemon and/or light yellow surface color - White in undercolor - White or pale feather shafts, from base to well up feather, especially in main tail, wing primaries and secondaries.

Eyes: Reddish Bay
Beak and Legs: Yellow
Ear Lobes: Red
 

Newsflash

ABA qualifying Meets For the White American Serama
Nov 13 & 14, 2010, Ohio National, Colombus, Ohio
March 5 & 6, 2011, Delmarva, Harrington, Delaware
APA qualifying Meet for the White American Serama
March 10, 2012 at Dalton, GA.