Silver Sebrights..

[Poultry mum]

Just wondering how quickly Sebrights grow... I have 2 silver Sebright chicks (both girls) who are approximately nearly 8 weeks old and they both still look very small (like they are still only 4 weeks old) they go outside during the day when it is warmer to enjoy the sun and fresh air and to get use to my other chickens (I put the Sebrights in a wooden coop with a run and ramps to a covered Inclosed space that has a mesh window for air and ventilation) and then bring them inside in a brooder box at night time (mainly because they are so small and it does it cold at night).... I’m not even sure they are growing...lol...
they get fed chick starter and I’ve tried offering fresh veg but there just not interested in it... I’ve also just started them on 1/3 cup of scratch mix...

 

[NatJ]

Sebrights are bantams, so they will always be smaller than big chickens.
Some bantams are smaller than others, and I think Sebrights are among the smaller bantams, too.

Chick starter is perfect for them.

Chickens are usually good about eating the right amount, if you just leave the food available. If you want to be sure they are eating, try feeling their crops. They should have some food in their crops most of the day, full crops at bedtime, and empty crops in the morning before the sun comes up. (Exception: if they have a light during the night, they may eat at night, and then their crops will never be empty. This does not hurt them, it is just different than what happens if they sleep in the dark.)

I would skip the scratch, if you are worried about their growth. Chick starter is much better than scratch for a growing chicken. If you just want to offer a treat they will like, try adding water to chick starter. Chickens seem to love it that way, even though it's just their usual food plus their usual water put together

 

[Poultry mum]

Sebrights are bantams, so they will always be smaller than big chickens.
Some bantams are smaller than others, and I think Sebrights are among the smaller bantams, too.

Chick starter is perfect for them.

Chickens are usually good about eating the right amount, if you just leave the food available. If you want to be sure they are eating, try feeling their crops. They should have some food in their crops most of the day, full crops at bedtime, and empty crops in the morning before the sun comes up. (Exception: if they have a light during the night, they may eat at night, and then their crops will never be empty. This does not hurt them, it is just different than what happens if they sleep in the dark.)

I would skip the scratch, if you are worried about their growth. Chick starter is much better than scratch for a growing chicken. If you just want to offer a treat they will like, try adding water to chick starter. Chickens seem to love it that way, even though it's just their usual food plus their usual water put together

Thanks Nat... yea I normally hear them having a few feeds and some water during the night they share there home made brooder box with a 8 week old possible OE or EE so they normally squabble when someone knocks the water or food over... I tend to ingnore it at night as they are going to have to learn sooner or later that night time is for sleeping.... and not eating

other than that at least I know that I’m doing all the right things.... so thanks again for the reassurance ...

 

[Zdonahoe]

This My little shit, he is 9 or 10 weeks old. Pretty much as big as he will get. Inside till new coop built.this weekend.
Wish I had a hen for him, didn't have any luck at the tsc lottery

 

[Poultry mum]

This My little shit, he is 9 or 10 weeks old. Pretty much as big as he will get. Inside till new coop built.this weekend.
Wish I had a hen for him, didn't have any luck at the tsc lottery

I find the girls are the hardest to find… I have one golden male full grown and a silver male 12 weeks old and 2 girls that silver too… about 10weeks old… here is photo of my golden boy Houdini

 

[Mellowmalt]

I always find it hard to judge the size based on the pictures so I will just add the Tail feathers will be about as long as a finger.

They should be eating about 100-200g of feed per week at that age which is not a lot. Thats only like 15-30 grams of feed per day.

You could always try weighing them, then look up what they should weigh like 500-600 grams when fully grown so I'd guess yours should weigh around the 400gram mark or about the same as three apples.

 

[Zdonahoe]

I'm going to dig out the scale and see how much he weighs after while. Fully standing is 6in from flat foot to top of back. I'll put tape measure up to him also.

 

[The Kooky Kiwi]

Sebrights do look/feel very small, especially so when regularly comparing to bigger breeds.
The growth trend you describe sounds about normal to me. At about that 8 week stage they're putting a lot of energy into fledging so you may see less development in overall size at that time. Once they a fully fledged then they'll do another little growth spurt but still often look lean and gangly. I find my hens and roosters don't truly fill out until they are about 4-6 months.

Mine stay on starter crumble for a lot longer than the larger breeds because they do really well on it. I find it does take them longer e to fully convert to eating pelletised food and even then they prefer a smaller finer pellet than the big ones that the araucana wolf down.

 

[marsmallowthesilkie]

This My little shit

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