Silver Sebright Bantam - 6 Eggs

Sebright’s wonderful gold or silver laced markings make the breed a popular ornamental show bantam. They are happy inquisitive birds and they do well in mixed flocks. They like to forage but will also tolerate confinement. The bird can fly so they need to be contained.
It is difficult to breed; 200 years of inbreeding from a very limited gene pool means fertility is not good, chicks are delicate for the first few weeks and mortality rates can be high. 

 
History
Sir John Sebright wanted to develop a laced bantam and succeeded over 200 years ago.
It is recorded that he made Golds first, starting with a Nankin, a small henny feathered pit game cock, and a small hen resembling a gold spangled Hamburgh, which 200 years ago usually had half- moon spangles rather the round spangles of today.
He made Silvers later, initially by crossing prototype Golds with a White Rosecomb bantam cock he bought from London Zoo.
 

Appearance
The breed is a true bantam, there is no counterpart in large breeds.
The breed has an upright and alert carriage with rounded breast carried forward and downward- pointing wings.
Sebrights have a rose comb and the legs are blue.
The UK Sebright Club only recognises the Gold and Silver varieties, but other combinations of lacing are allowed in some European countries.

Uses
This bird is not kept for its egg laying. Depending on the strain it lays 50-80 small white eggs per year.

Did you know?
Sebrights males are 'hen feathered'. This means that unlike in most breeds, males shouldn’t have a curved or sickle tail but should have the same feathering as hens.
 
TERMS AND CONDITIONS - We guarantee that the eggs will reach you intact but cannot guarantee that they will hatch. This is because we have no control over what happens to them once despatched. A broody hen may have left the nest, there may have been an incubator malfunction or power cut, all or any of which would affect the viability of the developing embryo. What we do know is that the eggs are viable at the time of despatch as fertility is constantly monitored. As fertile eggs are perishable we are not able to accept cancellations once the eggs have been despatched. Nor do we accept returns.