sebright thread

[shadow rabbit10]

Mine will be from a breeder. I didn't know they were the second smallest. I can't wait to have a tiny hen!

 

[Silseb]

I have read that 'Brights aren't good cold-weather birds, but how cold are we talking about? It's been hitting the 20's and 30's, in North Mississippi, and my adult birds lived their 1st year in a barnstall converted to a pen by caging it in. I have had them in a spare bedroom since Saturday where I kept the temp around 60-ish. I have built them a new tractor with a 6 feet run, and want to let them enjoy the sunshine of 60-70 degree days. The lows for the 8-day forecast shows upper 30's as lows, but 40's for the most part. Am I safe putting them in their new home, today? Will the 60 degree room soften them up? The house portion of their tractor is a 2' cube with a 10"x10" door, which is what my other, comparably-sized Bantees seem to like. It keeps the wind out, when turned the right way, and they get their lil houses failry warm from body heat. Ya'all think I'm safe, letting them move in?

My trepidation is caused by my having had to search for so long to find any 'Brights, and I really don't want to harm the lil boogers now that I have some. They really surprised me by how quickly they warmed up to me. At first (1st 2 days), they were very flighty. By day 3, the lil Roo actually jumped onto my arm to get a hop out of the cage and stood on the cage and let me take pics of him. They have been out, in their cage, when it was warm, during they day. Think they'd be ok, at night with upper 30's and lower 40's? I'm accustomed to my standard Amies and EE's who play in snow, and laugh off torrential rains. I don't know how sturdy/robust these lil 'Brighhts are.

they can handle the cold alright so long as they don't get wet or windy. i would suggest putting up a 2' high wind barrier (plastic sheeting is fine) around the yard bottom edge. And i would introduce them gradually, putting them out only in the daytime for a few days and returning them to their room at night for a few days until you are sure they are not getting chilled at night.

 

[TW1Kell]

Oops! The little tractor that I built for them is only 2' high. I put them out a few days ago, and they seem fine, so far. I hope they are going to be fine, I am out of state for a week, and my family is caring for my chickens. We do this out-of-state thing, regularly, and things "usually" go ok. They've been hopping around and breeding and doing all the things that chickens do, for the past few days.

Most of my losses due to varmints occur during these family visit trips. I'm always very nervous about my birds, when I'm gone from the place. Keep your fingers crossed for me...

 

[TW1Kell]

Well, today's the big day. 5 lil 'Brights and 5 lil Phoenix chicks are due in. I have the brooder on and warming up. Ya'all wish me luck. I've heard so many horror stories about hatchery shipments and the difficulty in rearing 'Brights, that I do feel trepidation with my abilities to see them thru these first few months. I hope that I can do them justice and bring them thru. Wish me luck.

 

[TW1Kell]

The 5 lil Silvers arrived, perky and ready to eat. They dove right into the feed tray and went to work growing.






The lil stripers are Silver Duckwing Phoenix. They sent me an extra of the Phoenix chicks. I was surprised as they are considerably more expensive than the 'Brights. Brights came out to about $3.12 each, while the phoenix were $5.94. Add in a spare Phoenix and they came down to $4.95. Cackle Hatcheries gets a nod from me. All of them were perky, and started eating and drinking as soon as I showed them where and what. I hope they all make it thru. My buddy bought Japanese Bantams, Amie Bantams, Cochins, and Standard Amies. Not an ugly chick or a death in shipping, for the whole lot. MUCH better than I had been led to believe from buying hatchery chicks. I'll post pics as they grow.

 

[Dnetschke]

The 5 lil Silvers arrived, perky and ready to eat. They dove right into the feed tray and went to work growing.






The lil stripers are Silver Duckwing Phoenix. They sent me an extra of the Phoenix chicks. I was surprised as they are considerably more expensive than the 'Brights. Brights came out to about $3.12 each, while the phoenix were $5.94. Add in a spare Phoenix and they came down to $4.95. Cackle Hatcheries gets a nod from me. All of them were perky, and started eating and drinking as soon as I showed them where and what. I hope they all make it thru. My buddy bought Japanese Bantams, Amie Bantams, Cochins, and Standard Amies. Not an ugly chick or a death in shipping, for the whole lot. MUCH better than I had been led to believe from buying hatchery chicks. I'll post pics as they grow.

Very nice. Keep us posted.

 

[pebbles7998]

I have a Roster Sebright He is a little guy and he can be feisty at times. He is about 4 years old I was told, he was given to us. We do hold him and he likes that, just hard to catch I call him my little cockaroo as he is small but mighty

This is when he see me, he talks to me and then starches the ground

 

[flowerchicks]

Hi, I just got the "surprise bantam" chick at the feed store last Sunday, and am 99% sure it is a silver sebright. I am ever so excited, I think they are beautiful. I have hatched/raised lots of different breeds of chicks, and this is the calmest one I have ever seen. It just sits in your palm and makes itself comfortable.

Is it possible to feather sex them from hatchlings? They said the shipment came into the post office on Sunday, so I don't know if they were shipped during the week and the shipment was delayed or what. I am guessing it was probably hatched on Wed. or Thurs. which makes it about 8-9 days old. I know female chicks generally feather out faster than males, and this chick has some pretty developed wing feathers right now. Does this method have any accuracy or do I have to wait until it is a couple months old to check the comb? Does the width of the comb tell anything? And, just in case.... how loud is a sebright crow

 

[TW1Kell]

As far as loudness of a 'Bright crow, my adult Golden is much quieter than my standard Ameracaunas, simply because of size=volume. HMy Bantam Roos' crows are so much higher pitched, they just don't carry as far. I assume that you might have noise issues? Maybe you live in town? I have 3 times as many Bantam roos than standards, and the std's just drown out the lil crows.

One of the lil Phoenix chicks died, last night. No warning, no sickness symptoms. They were all fine, but when I went back to check on them, an hour and a half later, one was dead. It's neck was kind of twisted under it, lying there. Do chicks' necks break from their little antics? As I've had my neck broken, I am a little sensitive about it. Maybe it's just my sensitivity, but I could swear it looked like a broken neck.

 

[rlhagan56]

My two Buff Sebrights are very small and pretty. They were from Welp's Hatchery and surprises. I just love these little guys. They are smaller than the OEGB's i had. Forest Gump's crow can be pretty annoying when I am out there and he and the bantum BR roo have a contest. He has his little lady, a small white Japanese hen that defected from the BR roo, and 4 large layers. They all get along fine, he hasn't tried any funny business with the big girls, but bless his heart, he sure takes care of them. He is sweet but has a Napolean attitude and will get fiesty if I move my hands too fast near him lol.