Chicken Breed Focus - Sebright

[Faraday40]

Just thought I would share some "winter" photos of our Sebbies.
Thanks for sharing!




What is the mix of this hen? She looks pretty cool.


This is Eve, my Golden Sebright x Silver-Duckwing OEGB (I call her and her siblings the Twilights because of their gorgeous coloration)

WOW! Nice looking feathers!

 

[WVduckchick]

Very nice Gita!
I also have some GS and SD OEGBs so its great to see their offspring. Mine are only 16ish weeks old, and I haven't seen them mating yet. Planning to separate them, but haven't yet. Maybe I wont now. Cute chicks.

 

[GitaBooks]

Thanks everyone.

The mother hen, Ruby, is one of my Dalmatians in the making. She is part Red Pyle OEGB, Silver Sebright and white Silkie.

 

[WVduckchick]

Gita I forgot to ask... Which breed is Eve's mother? The GS or SD?

 

[GitaBooks]

Gita I forgot to ask... Which breed is Eve's mother? The GS or SD?

I got Eve from someone else, so I'm not quite sure, but I think I remember it being mentioned that the father was the Silver duckwing. I'll see if I can refind the information.

 

[GitaBooks]

Upon looking it up again, I can confirm the rooster was the OEGB and the hen was the Sebright.

Here are some of my Dalmatians in the making. A hardy, friendly breed that can produce good meat, is good in hot and cold weather, are good layers for bantams, are larger then some bantams but still small enough to be economical, and are good mothers as well. They certainly aren't perfect yet, half of them don't have spots, comb sizes are different, and some even have silkied feathers, but its just a fun protect for now.
All of them have sebright and silkie in them.

This is Dodie (named after the author of 101 Dalmatians)


This is one of the "Banshees" a very vicious cross before silkies were added to calm them down (they took after the fearsome sebright side)


Little Dude and Sigh


Susie with her chicks. Susie (Black-eyed Susan) is named so because her eyes are darker then her nearly identical sister, Goldie's


This is Susie again


Dove


I think this is Goldie but its hard to tell sometimes


Dastan before being given to his adopted mother (he was a late hatcher from underneath Susie and so I gave him to another broody hen, a silkie who accepts any new chicks)


Susie again, being all protective as she sits on her chicks, Tad, Amber, Dodie and Ruby


Susie's mother (or aunt) one of the Banshees. Needless to say, these hens actually crowed and we got rid of them because they were vicious.


Amber

 

[WVduckchick]

Thanks for the info! I could have both combinations because I have male and female of both, but was curious, if i decide to incubate any of the eggs.

And more great pics. I really like the dalmations. Good luck on continued development! I love Susie!

 

[uzisuzuki]

Upon looking it up again, I can confirm the rooster was the OEGB and the hen was the Sebright.

Here are some of my Dalmatians in the making. A hardy, friendly breed that can produce good meat, is good in hot and cold weather, are good layers for bantams, are larger then some bantams but still small enough to be economical, and are good mothers as well. They certainly aren't perfect yet, half of them don't have spots, comb sizes are different, and some even have silkied feathers, but its just a fun protect for now.
All of them have sebright and silkie in them.

This is Dodie (named after the author of 101 Dalmatians)


This is one of the "Banshees" a very vicious cross before silkies were added to calm them down (they took after the fearsome sebright side)


Little Dude and Sigh


Susie with her chicks. Susie (Black-eyed Susan) is named so because her eyes are darker then her nearly identical sister, Goldie's


This is Susie again


Dove


I think this is Goldie but its hard to tell sometimes


Dastan before being given to his adopted mother (he was a late hatcher from underneath Susie and so I gave him to another broody hen, a silkie who accepts any new chicks)


Susie again, being all protective as she sits on her chicks, Tad, Amber, Dodie and Ruby


Susie's mother (or aunt) one of the Banshees. Needless to say, these hens actually crowed and we got rid of them because they were vicious.


Amber

I think they are great looking birds so far! What a fun project! I kinda wanted to try my own breeding project, but I foresee not being able to actually sell any offspring becoming a big problem for me really fast.

EDIT: I am in *love* with your Twilights.

 

[Faraday40]

They're all very cute.

My DD's been asking for a silkie hen for a while. I'm still unsure about them. I like to see eyes & faces on my chickens, so a SQ silkie is likely not going to happen. Perhaps DD will talk me into a clean-faced silkie mix someday. Preferably one that can free range.

DH only like the big eggs, so any bantam breed is a mere novelty. Our bantam orp lays many sm-med sized eggs. (Almost daily when she's not broody!) Since she's such a hard-worker, DH tolerates her. LOL The Sebright is another story. She was never intended to stay, but the cuteness factor won out. "Trouble" is our useless chicken. In fact, she even comes running to us when we call out, "Useless Chicken!"

 

[GitaBooks]

They're all very cute.

My DD's been asking for a silkie hen for a while. I'm still unsure about them. I like to see eyes & faces on my chickens, so a SQ silkie is likely not going to happen. Perhaps DD will talk me into a clean-faced silkie mix someday. Preferably one that can free range.

DH only like the big eggs, so any bantam breed is a mere novelty. Our bantam orp lays many sm-med sized eggs. (Almost daily when she's not broody!) Since she's such a hard-worker, DH tolerates her. LOL The Sebright is another story. She was never intended to stay, but the cuteness factor won out. "Trouble" is our useless chicken. In fact, she even comes running to us when we call out, "Useless Chicken!"

Lol.

I think we all have useless chickens at one point or another. Right now, I have multiple useless chickens.

Silkies aren't good at escaping predators, they can't fly up onto high perches, they can't run or jump very well, but we have some because we wanted a really good, reliable broody that could be moved to any nest and would adopt any chicks. However, to make things easier on them I have low perches, I trim their head and foot feathers, and I make sure they always get food even when bullied by the other chickens.
I know creating a lot of breeds isn't really feasible, but on a side project I'm trying to create a better foraging silkie mix that doesn't have a crest or five toes so that it is better at getting along with other breeds but still is fluffy, cute, and good at brooding. I call them Tadikas, after my first mini-silkie, Tad.