Sebrights

[AccentOnHakes]

I have no clue....I have no idea, really(Newbie here). Feel free to make it a Sebright thread in general.

 

[heritagebirds]

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Sorry, not meaning to hijack, part of that was anecdotal, but the color question was genetics related. I did try to hatch the eggs once, but I don't know how well the roo is doing his job...I got none at hatch, they quit before that point. Again, not meaning to hijack.

 

[AccentOnHakes]

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Sorry, not meaning to hijack, part of that was anecdotal, but the color question was genetics related. I did try to hatch the eggs once, but I don't know how well the roo is doing his job...I got none at hatch, they quit before that point. Again, not meaning to hijack.

It's fine.

ETA: A learning experience for all of us.

 

[Kev]

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It would be a sex linked mating, golden roo x silver hens= all sons silver and hens gold. However, it is pretty typical for roosters from this kind of mating to acquire 'off colors' on him, especially on the saddle, neck and wings. No idea how it would apply to sebrights as they are henny feathered.. kind of guessing they probably still would get some gold leaking through in some places.

Wing clipping should do a suitable job of keeping sebright grounded, especially if done from early age so they kind of never learn how well they can fly. Based on my other wingclipped bantams, 3 feet no problem, 4 feet maybe hit or miss.. 5 feet would be pretty hard, unless bird was really determined.. Most wing clipped birds will try for a 5-6 foot but after 'flopping' they just don't try again.

 

[heritagebirds]

Thanks Kev. Good questions, AccentOnHakes...I need to learn more about the Sebrights, too.

 

[AccentOnHakes]

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It would be a sex linked mating, golden roo x silver hens= all sons silver and hens gold. However, it is pretty typical for roosters from this kind of mating to acquire 'off colors' on him, especially on the saddle, neck and wings. No idea how it would apply to sebrights as they are henny feathered.. kind of guessing they probably still would get some gold leaking through in some places.

Wing clipping should do a suitable job of keeping sebright grounded, especially if done from early age so they kind of never learn how well they can fly. Based on my other wingclipped bantams, 3 feet no problem, 4 feet maybe hit or miss.. 5 feet would be pretty hard, unless bird was really determined.. Most wing clipped birds will try for a 5-6 foot but after 'flopping' they just don't try again.

My fence is about 6 feet. Hmm...I hop they don't learn to hop onto the apple tree and then off.

 

[Megs]

i have a small flock of sebrights, i got them as adults and they were not handled, and are not friendly (but not mean, they just run away from me, unless im feeding) i keep them penned (to many predators) but they fly very well with no wings clipped, i have hatched a lot of chicks out of them very succesfully, they are easy to hatch and raise in my experiance. lovely looking birds, a bit mean for my taste (the hens, to each other).

 

[AccentOnHakes]

Okay, that was very helpful. Thank you! Now I'm leaning more and more toward getting a Silver Sebright instead of a BR, considering I just read a thread about how the BRs these days aren't what they used to be.

 

[Year of the Rooster]

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It would be a sex linked mating, golden roo x silver hens= all sons silver and hens gold. However, it is pretty typical for roosters from this kind of mating to acquire 'off colors' on him, especially on the saddle, neck and wings. No idea how it would apply to sebrights as they are henny feathered.. kind of guessing they probably still would get some gold leaking through in some places.

Wing clipping should do a suitable job of keeping sebright grounded, especially if done from early age so they kind of never learn how well they can fly. Based on my other wingclipped bantams, 3 feet no problem, 4 feet maybe hit or miss.. 5 feet would be pretty hard, unless bird was really determined.. Most wing clipped birds will try for a 5-6 foot but after 'flopping' they just don't try again.

From what I learned, the pullets will be the same color as the father and the roosters will be an off-color or light yellowy-ish color.

 

[AccentOnHakes]

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It would be a sex linked mating, golden roo x silver hens= all sons silver and hens gold. However, it is pretty typical for roosters from this kind of mating to acquire 'off colors' on him, especially on the saddle, neck and wings. No idea how it would apply to sebrights as they are henny feathered.. kind of guessing they probably still would get some gold leaking through in some places.

Wing clipping should do a suitable job of keeping sebright grounded, especially if done from early age so they kind of never learn how well they can fly. Based on my other wingclipped bantams, 3 feet no problem, 4 feet maybe hit or miss.. 5 feet would be pretty hard, unless bird was really determined.. Most wing clipped birds will try for a 5-6 foot but after 'flopping' they just don't try again.

From what I learned, the pullets will be the same color as the father and the roosters will be an off-color or light yellowy-ish color.

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