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Sebright

Sir John Saunders Sebright created this tiny ornamental bantam in the early 1800's having the...
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General Information

Breed Purpose
Ornamental
Comb
Rose
Broodiness
Seldom
Climate Tolerance
All Climates
Egg Productivity
Low
Egg Size
Small
Egg Color
White
Breed Temperament
Friendly, Flighty, Bears confinement well, Shy
Breed Colors/Varieties
Silver laced, golden laced and buff laced
Breed Size
Bantam
APA/ABA Class
Single Comb, Clean Leg
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The Sebright is a very small, beautiful, rose-combed bantam, usually with laced feathers. They are a purely ornamental breed, very popular as pets and with hobbyists as show birds. While usually quite friendly with people, they are very active and very good flyers and need to be confined. Sebrights are a 'true' bantam, not coming in a standard sized variety.

The Sebright is named after its creator, Sir John Saunders Sebright, who established the breed around 1810 and went on to form it’s breed club, making the Sebright the first chicken breed to have its own breed club and the only breed named after an individual.

Breeds that went into the makeup for the Sebright are thought to include the Hamburgh, Nankin, Polish and Rosecombs. Sebrights are one of the few breeds in which the males are hen feathered, that is they do not have the long, sickle shaped saddle, neck and tail feathers. The mutation responsible for the hen feathering makes them difficult to breed. They come in a variety of colors with the two most popular colors being Gold and Silver Laced.

It was recognized by the APA in 1874.

It is on The Livestock Conservancy's Watch list.

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Sebright chicks

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Sebright juveniles

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Sebright hen

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Sebright rooster

For more information on this breed and their owners' and breeders' experiences with them, see our breed discussion here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chicken-breed-focus-sebright.1016745/
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Bettyboop7499
Independent, strong, well adjusted, absolutely beautiful feather patterns!
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Compost King
Pros: They eat very little feed and will forage for days before hitting the feeder
Cons: Not prolific layers but mine laid better than I expected and the eggs are decent sized for the size of the bird.
Very attractive birds, very friendly too, pet quality friendly. They lay close to every other day, sometimes 2 days in a row. Rarely were mine at the feeders. The one I currently have will scratch out her pen before she goes to the feeder, and since I constantly add leaves, grass clippings, hay, straw everyday, I never see her at the feeder even when confined. She is sharing a pen with one D'uccle currently and the sea bright complete out lays the D'uccle. They tend to be do better free ranging and never leave the yard even though they are more than capable of flying out, or even walking under the Holly hedges. They will lay eggs in hiding spots when free ranging.
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Faverolle Lover
Pros: Intelligent, Affectionate, Loves Attention, Comes when Called, and is comfortable with Showmanship.
Cons: She get's a little loud if I leave her alone for too long, also a bit skittish when frightened.
I have two sebrights now and they are definitely my favorite breed. Jewel, my favorite of the two, will come to the gate whenever she she's me and will come running if I say her name or are carrying some bread of any kind (she hates meal-worms but loves bread, whats with that?). She will get a little skittish if I scare her and has gone a little crazy when under extreme stress (in a hot, crowded building during fair week, for example), and she can fly really far (over 30 ft away from me at one point) but I raised her in a short cage and so she doesn't seem to know that she can fly that well. She's only an escape-artist if she sees me with bread. She absolutely loves to snuggle or just follow me around. She is also a part-time house chicken which can get pretty exciting at times (if she sees the cat). She also does not like being left alone and she will let out long screeches if she cannot see me or another chicken. But other than that she is my favorite of any chicken I have ever raised and she's defiantly not going to be the last sebright I ever own. The other one I didn't spend much time with as a chick and she's a bit more wild but she will let me hold her and can be as affectionate if I calm her down a bit before holding her.
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Comments

Patsy2757
My "Tiny" looks just like yours! She's a tough little chicken. She won't let anyone boss her around. She takes out after some of the big chickens. When she had chicks, watch out! She was a tiger~
 
hellbender
Looks like that hen is doing ok in the food department. And just look at him....what could anyone expect him to do against any type of predator? lololol
 
chippysmom327
Oh, he has more than an attitude!!!

Ha ha ha, The hen isn't really that plump in real life. The picture just made her look like that.
 
TheRed
Your hen looks just like my old RIR Opal! My little Silver Sebright hen and her didn't get along well, as little miss Rixa has a bit of a napoleon complex. It was cute until Opal took out her frustration on my leghorn Ophelia and we had to get rid of her.
 
DuckRaiser
This is not a review...This is what a review is: "Hi, I got some sebrights and they are wonderful birds! Sweet, cute, and good layers! I don't like the feathered feet though...A little hard to maintain. They are easy to care for, but not a meat bird."
 
TJChickens
In all fairness, these were first time moms. Maybe they will get better! They are darling towards people.
 
Turk Raphael
A lot of young males aren't very good with the girls. He might be better now..if you haven't eliminated him.
 
Cluckywucky
Our Sebrights, chase off rabbits, pigeons, doves and even tried to stand up the large crows/rook birds that appear in our garden from time to time. The rooster is certainly not afraid of our two dogs so I am sure he would attack any vermin that tried it on.
 

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