sebright thread

[dsfrango]

I have a golden sebright...just curious about his/her gender.

It is roughly 5-5 1/2 weeks old...We purchased it from a local farm store so that is a guess.


2 weeks ago:




Today:

Looks like a roo to me...

 

[vickic87]

I thought so too! We have a Silver Sebright pullet, and she really doesn't have a comb at all. Is it a bad idea to breed the silver to the gold?

 

[dsfrango]

I thought so too! We have a Silver Sebright pullet, and she really doesn't have a comb at all. Is it a bad idea to breed the silver to the gold?

You can breed whatever you want if its just for pets. Not for breeding to sell and/or showing

 

[vickic87]

Our flock is just for our own egg production and personal pets. No showing/selling going on here. I wasn't really wanting another Sebright, but I guess that is the chance you take with straight run chicks from a farm store!

 

[TW1Kell]

Looks like a roo as he has a wide comb and a leader on the rear of it. That's the give-away.

I have a Silver hen with my Golden pair. I have gotten 2 chicks from them, so far. 1 Golden cockerel, and 1 silver cockerel. These are not going in my breeding tractors, they're just for my own enjoyment. Soooo...I'd say there's no harm in your doing it, either.

I do have a question about the Buff 'Brights. Do they breed true, or do they revert back to either Golden or Silver? As I'm told that it takes a few generations for them to throw Buff, I am curious as to whether they'll breed true. Also, why hasn't the color been approved, if it does?

 

[Year of the Rooster]

The Buff Sebrights breed true. I don't know if the Golds and Silvers were used to produce them, but I'd imagine it took many generations. And it takes a loooooooooooooooong time for a new breed or variety to be approved and added to the Standard. Not to mention the difficult stipulations in the first place.

 

[sunny & the 5 egg layers]

Hey All.
I have a pair of hatchery golden sebrights. I've had them for a year, and they are really neat birds. Their offspring is sex linked, and so were they as chicks. The roosters come out a lighter color and the females come out a darker color.

Rooster:



Hen:


See the difference? They are definitely sex linked.

I cant find much information online as far as sebrights being sex linked. Has anybody else heard of this? Can you please explain?

 

[Year of the Rooster]

Do you have any pictures of what they look like currently? I'm wondering if the hatchery crossed some Goldens with Silvers. It's not a sex-linked crossing, but it might explain the difference. What hatchery did you buy them from?

 

[sunny & the 5 egg layers]

Do you have any pictures of what they look like currently? I'm wondering if the hatchery crossed some Goldens with Silvers. It's not a sex-linked crossing, but it might explain the difference. What hatchery did you buy them from?

I bought them from TSC. I'm not sure what hatchery they got them from.

Here is the rooster (He has a single comb)


The hen. (Rose Comb)


One of their offspring was a boy and ended up with a rose comb like his mom. Like I said before, these two chickens (above) produce sex linked offspring as well.

 

[Year of the Rooster]

Hmm... well it definitely has me stumped haha. The only thing I can tell you is that the single comb is recessive to the rose comb. I think your best bet is to find out which hatchery TSC ordered from and then call the hatchery to ask them. Otherwise, you have some million dollar Sebrights! lol