Purebred Serama?

[chayes04]

We got this girl when she was still little. We were told we was a Serama. Wanted to know if she was a pure Serama or maybe some sort of mix.

She’s teeny tiny and lays the tiniest eggs.

 

[BastyPutt]

Hello there!

She does appear to be a Serama. Technically, there are very few specific Serama breed requirements, aside from being very small.

The "purpose" of a serama is to be shown, while posing on a table. These poses, as I am sure you have seen, are extreme. They pop their chest out, tail up and head back. THIS is what Serama breeders have focused on for quite some time. Like other chickens, an attractive appearance is desirable, but unlike them, feather color, patterns, etc are irrelevant. Serious breeders just want them to pose on the table, behave themselves and crow on command. As a result, Seramas have generally turned to a "mutt" breed - with some folks still following some classifications or naming them after their color.

So, what you have here would technically just be called an "American Serama"

 

[chayes04]

Hello there!

She does appear to be a Serama. Technically, there are very few specific Serama breed requirements, aside from being very small.

The "purpose" of a serama is to be shown, while posing on a table. These poses, as I am sure you have seen, are extreme. They pop their chest out, tail up and head back. THIS is what Serama breeders have focused on for quite some time. Like other chickens, an attractive appearance is desirable, but unlike them, feather color, patterns, etc are irrelevant. Serious breeders just want them to pose on the table, behave themselves and crow on command. As a result, Seramas have generally turned to a "mutt" breed - with some folks still following some classifications or naming them after their color.

So, what you have here would technically just be called an "American Serama"

Interesting! could that be why she has such a friendly personality? She like to perch on your shoulder or knee

 

[fluffycrow]

Hello there!

She does appear to be a Serama. Technically, there are very few specific Serama breed requirements, aside from being very small.

The "purpose" of a serama is to be shown, while posing on a table. These poses, as I am sure you have seen, are extreme. They pop their chest out, tail up and head back. THIS is what Serama breeders have focused on for quite some time. Like other chickens, an attractive appearance is desirable, but unlike them, feather color, patterns, etc are irrelevant. Serious breeders just want them to pose on the table, behave themselves and crow on command. As a result, Seramas have generally turned to a "mutt" breed - with some folks still following some classifications or naming them after their color.

So, what you have here would technically just be called an "American Serama"

Yes...but not quite. The American tabletop only serama is the serama that can be shown in a normal cage setup and conforms to three colors recognized by the ABA. Those colors are white, black and exchequer. Serama with the "American" body type/structure that are not one of these colors are Traditional serama. Traditional serama can be shown tabletop and only tabletop. The extremes are the Malaysian serama, another tabletop-only serama type

 

[fluffycrow]

Sorry. Re-read my post and realized it doesn't make sense. Basically, American and Traditional serama are the same thing. Traditional serama (what OP's bird is) do not conform to one of three recognized colors. American serama conform to those three colors and can be shown in-cage. All serama are friendly by the way

 

[BastyPutt]

All serama are friendly by the way

Except for my future, shoulder sitting, pit bull rooster who I'll be able to have attack strangers on command.

 

[fluffycrow]

Except for my future, shoulder sitting, pit bull rooster who I'll be able to have attack strangers on command.

Oh that dream of yours. It's a very cool one, I can give you that!