Replying to my own post here, but I can report that Brightstar is back!!!!!!
After searching all the neighbours gardens, and putting up leaflets and posting online onocal groups 🙄, she turned up in my garden, having made a secret nest in a place I swear I looked 3 times, with 13 eggs in...
Wow that's quite a transformation. Mine has had the same size comb since she was about 6 weeks old. It just got redder recently as she came into lay. There is also a big disparity in laying ages. How interesting to see such variety in the same breed!
I've always hankered after Sebrights. I think they are really beautiful and I have a soft spot for laced feathering. I ideally wanted a couple of silvers and bought some hatching eggs this year (a mixed bunch of micro bantam breeds). I ended up with one golden Sebright and was really lucky that...