Berkshirechick
In the Brooder
Got my Sebrights in a bantam mix, I had no idea at first. Knew we had two Silkies, but the rest were a mystery. I realized one (Prissy) was a Sebright when she started growing in laced feathers, and at first I thought she had something wrong with her wings till I heard that was normal for Sebrights, but the other two had spots (they still have a lot of black). I thought they were OEGB, since we had a silver duckwing and the mix supposedly contained other types as well.
Got suspicious after they got older, and finally saw a thread on BYC that said hatchery Sebrights often come with low quality color, and the pictures looked like my girls. I'm not breeding Sebrights, so I don't care about the color. They are better layers than I thought they would be, and they love to get the snails in my garden and fly around the yard. Only one is wild and runs from humans, the other two are really nice. I thought Prissy would be really spunky since she conforms to the breed standard more, but she is the most docile around people and likes to be held. She is one of my favorite chickens. Almost sounds like a rusty wheel when she clucks, kind of squeaky.
Prissy, Tabitha, Belladonna and their adopted sister Marshmallow, they haven't had the heart to tell her she isn't a Sebright. Prissy is the solid gold one with a few feathers missing (she is so docile that she is a bit of a target for the roo)
Got suspicious after they got older, and finally saw a thread on BYC that said hatchery Sebrights often come with low quality color, and the pictures looked like my girls. I'm not breeding Sebrights, so I don't care about the color. They are better layers than I thought they would be, and they love to get the snails in my garden and fly around the yard. Only one is wild and runs from humans, the other two are really nice. I thought Prissy would be really spunky since she conforms to the breed standard more, but she is the most docile around people and likes to be held. She is one of my favorite chickens. Almost sounds like a rusty wheel when she clucks, kind of squeaky.
Prissy, Tabitha, Belladonna and their adopted sister Marshmallow, they haven't had the heart to tell her she isn't a Sebright. Prissy is the solid gold one with a few feathers missing (she is so docile that she is a bit of a target for the roo)