Kristin's Chickens: The Golden Sebrights

The golden Sebrights of my flock have a much happier history than their silver counterparts. They were bought at the same swap meet location, a year before the silver Sebrights, from a man who genuinely seemed to care for the birds he was selling. I was not there once again, but my mom says he was gentle and talked to the birds as he moved them from his cage to ours.

The golden Sebrights were easily added to the flock and soon found their place in the pecking order. I named them, in my Doctor Who fetish, after some of the Doctor's companions. They quickly defied their namesakes, but I didn't mind. Their names are fitting all the same.

So we ended up with bold and feisty Rose, quiet and quirky Amy, and sweet but sassy Martha. In spring of 2012, we lost Martha suddenly. You can read her memorial thread here.


Rose is a little spitfire. There are even some of the large fowl in my flock that won't mess with her.



She isn't afraid to share her feelings on things.



Rosie is a broody. Rosie spends more of her time brooding than not. She'll even brood in my egg-collecting bucket if I won't let her brood anywhere else.



When she's not brooding, she's running around on her little legs, wherever she wants to go.



Rosie takes nesting very seriously, even when she isn't brooding.





Amy is a bit different than Rose. Amy is not the personality type to be of high standing in the flock. She is also not the type to brood. In fact, she has only once gone broody in her life.

Amy likes to frequent the rafters in the coop.



Thanks to this habit, now all of the bantams (and an Easter-egger) sleep up there every night.


Amy is adorable no matter what she does.


In winter, Amy goes insane. She flies around like a maniac, into the trees, across the run, everywhere.


Martha used to be Amy's insanity partner. This picture shows the two of them going at it (Amy is the one on the ground) :





names: Rose and Amy
sex: both female
age: 3 years old (born late 2009)
breed: Golden Sebrights
egg color: Tinted white