Sebrights

[tiki244]

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Im in love

 

[SportTees]

I love sebrights but my dh won't let me have any

. He want heavy breed chickens to eat :|

 

[The Chicken Lady]

Sebrights have this unique expression on their faces. They always look so bright-eyed and intelligent. I love them!

 

[qhluvr34]

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Yes, they are already crowing, when the big boys start their stuff at 6am they feel they have to jump in and join them. It is kinda cute though.
Batteries went dead on the digital, so we will get better pics tomorrow and post them. I got these guys as day old chicks to raise for my son for 4-H hoping they would be show/breeding quality. He now has decided he likes his other breeds better, plus I am going through a divorce and need to downsize, so I would like to know how these guys rate as I have younger 4-Her's in the neighborhood looking for chickens but I don't want to sell then as show/breed quality if they aren't.

 

[MaransGuy]

It is difficult to say from your photos but it looks like they do not have very good type (shape and proportions) and the tails also look poor. The birds also look very dark (meaning the lacing is to heavy) but that could also be because the birds are young. Lilpeeps posted a picture of a nice golden cock and here is a picture of one of my silver cockerels:

Sebrights should have a very "U" shaped body with the wings held somewhat downward. The cockerel in my photo could have a better comb that rises a bit in the back instead of drooping as it does. Common faults include wrong body type, and poor lacing of the feathers. Some people even sell birds that have full hackles and saddle feathers in the cockerels- another big no-no. You also need to watch the size of these guys as they are a very small breed and should be selected for this. I would give yours a bit more time to finish out but they do not appear to be anything close to show quality. Please take no offense- this is just a honest critique. Great quality sebrights can be hard to find while pet quality birds are available often.

Richard