#silver sebright

[eiders]

hard to believe he’s 12 years old!!

[imagine-darksiders]

what breed is your chicken? And are we allowed to draw fanart of said chicken? She's so pretty

Hi! She's a silver speckled Sebright, a British ornamental bantam. They're a tough breed to rear, definitely not a beginner's bird, and not especially 'cuddly.'

That said, she is absolutely gorgeous and is an attention-seeking whore. We love her. And it would be so so so so so fantastic to see some fanart of her omg!

She hasn't been very well lately, and we're thinking she might be on her last legs so art of her would be amazing. <3

[never-say-neverwhore]

I just remembered I have free will and can post whatever I want, so here are the misfits as chicken breeds, half based on my personal experiences, and half just on the vibes. (Perhaps I'll do the acolytes and staff later heheh)

Lenore

Plymouth Rock

Morella

Buff Frizzle (bantam breed)

Duke

Silver Laced Polish

Pluto

Black Old English Game Bantam

Berenice

Golden Sebright (Bantam breed)

Eulalie

Blue Laced Red Wyandotte

*(Note: bantam breeds, whether true bantams or bantam versions of regular breeds, are pretty much mini chickens. They're like... Half the size of regular chickens lmao. This includes their eggs, making their eggs perfect for halfing recipes!)

[a-big-chicken-nerd]

@master-of-poultry here!

Silver Sebright Zane. That is all. :)

titanium laced sebright!!!!!!!

[tolkienreader1996]

Notes on the roosters

Henley we think, is a old English game rooster (and a sweetheart)

Piett is a D’uccle rooster (and is kind of shy)

Cluckwell is a silver sebright (and hates getting pictures taken)

Yangus is a Brahma (and the softest one)

[rothjuje]

I don’t know what happened, but we’re becoming farm people. I just spent 20 minutes comparing different kids of manure.

Yesterday I saw that my favorite farm stand had opened for the season and I squealed and Justin was like why don’t I build you a fenced in garden and you just grow your own? A bit later I was talking about quail for their tiny adorable speckled eggs and getting a rabbit just to use its droppings in the garden and Justin asked “why are you talking about quail and a rabbit? Our next animals are goats.”

So that’s what we’re doing, living out our farm fantasy hahaha. Justin discovered that goats eat poison oak and that people pay big money to rent them out to eat excess vegetation and Justin is sold. I’m not ready for goats, seems like a big responsibility, but apparently sometime soon. And apparently their droppings are more beneficial than rabbit droppings, but so are chickens if you compost them right.

Why am I this way? What happened to me? Instagram? I had chickens in Texas and I loved my girls, but I wasn’t this level of obsessed with them. But now I see all these different breeds and characteristics and egg colors and I have become a chicken hoarder. I had to stop going to my favorite tractor supply because I became friends with the manager and he kept getting me to take his store’s injured birds home. So far we have rehomed 4 aggressive roosters (but kept our sweetheart silkie roo) and have 18 total. Three starlight eggers, three buff orpingtons, three mystic marans, two Easter eggers, two silkies, two booted bantams, a leghorn, a rhode island red, and a silver-laced sebright. We’ll get medium green eggs, light green eggs, maybe some blue if we’re lucky. And lighter brown, medium brown, and dark dark brown from the marans. And smaller cream colored ones from the bantam ladies. And the leghorn will lay the standard white you’re used to from the store, fun fact I hatched fertilized eggs from the store once and leghorns are what hatched!

I saw some reel that said that chickens are the gateway farm animal and ding ding ding. Once you have chickens you start looking up guard animals and then you want a goose. Then you go to a feed store and see that they have turkens (naked neck chickens that are social/sweet and are so ugly they’re cute), turkeys, ducks, and quails. I mean ducks are stinky and messy but I’ll take the rest please, thank you.

My grandma was an animal hoarder, is this genetic? She had an actual aviary and llamas and cats. We had animals growing up but I remember begging forever for a Guinea pig, it’s not like we had a farm. But at one point I was breeding Guinea pigs and fish. And incubating chicken eggs. So maybe it is in my genetics. A 10 year old asking for fish breeding supplies is not on my radar, what kid does that? Maybe this side of me has lied dormant under some depression fog. I don’t know.

Justin being on board is dangerous though. He didn’t even say anything when he came home from his work trip to 6 new chickens living in his office. He wasn’t as pleased about my “pointless” fish though, but I am loving my little aquarium. It’s next to my aerogarden and it’s such a happy little corner.

Anyway.

We need to push back the retaining wall in the backyard. Well *need* might be a little strong. But the wood panels are rotted out and need to be replaced. Right now it’s 2.5 high and the field of poison oak beyond is starting to travel down and I am so severely allergic my arms are constantly covered is weeping wounds. We’re going to push it back til it’s at 4 ft and then build the chicken run, originally it was supposed to be 10 by 8, but now I’m thinking it needs to be 12 by 8 minimum.

We’ve been chipping away at excavating ourselves but with between the kids, the boulders, and my rash reaction it’s just not worth it, we need someone with a machine so we hired someone to come excavate it next week. With the space, our backyard will eventually be dining area w pergola, chicken run/coop, fenced in garden area, swing set and jungle gym for the kids, goat shed/area, then Justin’s big shed that he hopes to break ground on this summer. When we’re done with that we’re going to build steps up to access our side yard, clear and level the clearing, and then put pavers or bricks down for a fire pit area.

I am absolutely obsessed with our property. I want to utilize as much of it as we can, and I never want to take for granted that we are lucky to have land and live somewhere breathtakingly beautiful. Life isn’t perfect by any means, but I still feel like I’m living the dream.

[birdgenetics]

The Pattern Gene Part Two: Pg on the E^R Base

The pattern gene interacts with birchen in much the same way as it does with partridge, with one major difference, on the E^R base, these patterns have patterned tails rather than black tails.

While E^R doesn't have as many patterns as partridge, it sure makes them count.

I had to outsource pictures for males on some of these because Sebright and Campine males are henny feathered meaning regardless of what the male plumage for that pattern would normally look like, they will have the same feather shape and pattern as a female.

Gold laced

E^R/E^RCo/CoDb/DbMl/MlPg/Pg:

(Polish photo image source: Cackle Hatchery)

Autosomal barred

Note that the male has a patterned breast, wings and tail, unlike the partridge-based male, who is mostly orange with a black tail. Not all have a very well-patterned tail, however, they can have a well-patterned tail.

E^R/E^RDb/DbPg/Pg:

(Deathlayer image source: Greenfire Farms)

Spangled, these being silver spangled specifically

E^R/E^RDb/DbMl/MlPg/PgS/S:

E^R/E^RDb/DbMl/MlPg/PgS/-:

[lostlegendaerie]

Peach time with the girls! (And Melchior) + photos identifying each lady

Rime, Black Bearded Belgian D'Anver - ~5 years old. Raised Enfys, Helga and Brunhilda (all of whom were hatchery chicks bought at TSC and smuggled home on the bus bc Rime was sitting on infertile eggs wanting babies) - extrEMELY VOCAL

Enfys, Silver Sebright (possibly) - 3 years old. Very shy but elegant, good egg layer

Brunhilda, White Silkie - 3 years old. Goes broody constantly. In the middle of a molt so she's a little bald. Overall super chill.

Helga, BB Red Old English Game - 3 years old. The smallest, fattest, and completely fearless of all of the birds. Top of the pecking order.

Zephyr, Black Sumatra - 1 year, hatched out in my house alongside Melchior. Her 'chicken' noises imitate Melchior's and they are bonded to each other. Very cute.

Melchior, Mixed Call Duck - 1 year. The only boy in the flock, bonded to Zephyr (but never tried to mate with her or anyone). Stays in his lane unless someone is upsetting Zephryr.

[kihaku-gato]

Ok time to scratch/vent crow brain now;

Things the Gato wants to has as a sorta-collection. It literally just lists Feathers, an egg and Anime Figures, cause brain said it’d have more than that for me to write on this list and it lied due to forgetfulness

First one- Feathers. Older me understands that legally best not to collect feathers that aren’t either hunting-game birds or domesticated birds, so makes this list scuffed as I only know a few birds that match that.

Male pheasant tail feathers. Cause lovely stripes.

Guniea Fowl Feathers, cause funky spots.

Peacock feather is actually one I’m not dying for weirdly enough, but wouldn’t mind as the top-off if I had other feathers, maybe I’d be more interested if it was from a funky colour morph peacock or something.

cutting in readmore cause this list is gonna be various the deeper we go

Fucking Sebright chicken feathers, either silver or gold morph tbh, and is the breed that always reminds me that there is prolly an untapped enjoyment for domestic birb feathers.

Plymouth Barred Rock feathers. STRIPES AGAIN!!! zebra chimkin!!!

Welsummer feathers. Neck or body cause wtf man, how they patterned like that. Is this a bird or a mosaic?!

Hamburg feathers. This is assuming that the feathers look like what I think they look like; white with black at the ends.

WE ARE SURPRISINGLY DONE WITH THE FEATHERS, not cause I wouldn’t mind others but cause I can’t think of any (the last two chickens were googled ones with me trying to find neat patterned breeds if it wasn’t obvious)

DRAINED EMU EGG. CAUSE GREEN AND FANCY AND THERES WEIRDOS IN THE ODD PARTS OF THIS PROVINCE THAT GOT EMUS

Anime figures since that’s the next one that crossed my mind, being most are expensive as fuck, I don’t see getting any unless I get super lucky. Not really into the ecchi/lewd types but the pretty/cute? absolutely

Gura Nendroid

Marine Nendroid (surprising entry since I don’t watch her but her pirate motif and colour designs hit the right spot)

Ironmouse Nendroid

Not gonna show pictures but like, most Miku Nendroids, Sakura, catgirl, any of the cute themed Mikus are a yes plz

Okayu figurine, cause catgirl bias

Chocolate/Vanilla nekopara figurines. Cause catgirl bias, I have not played the games (seeing streams of the games makes me want to play said games even less lmao). Azuki wouldn’t be bad either.

Googling pics made me realize there are a lot of cute catgirl figurines from various franchises. Many of those others would be cute too.

[eiders]

Vance!!

[backyardchickennews]

Admiring the Stately Look of Dutch Bantam Chickens? Why Are American Dutch Bantams a Favorite for Show Breeders? Raising American Dutch Bantam Chicks: A Joyful Experience? How Does The American Dutch Bantam Society Help Fliers? Why Kids Love American Dutch Bantam Society Pets! The Dutch Bantam chicken is a hardy and vigorous breed of chicken that is also known for its beautiful color combinations. The hen has a high, statuesque chest, and the rooster has a short, sleek back and a stately, erect stance. These chickens are also easy to care for. The Dutch Bantam is also known as the Hollandse Kriel in Holland and Naine Hollandaise in France. Although this breed is most common in Holland, it is also gaining popularity in the United States and in other parts of the world. The Blue Hen chicken is the state bird of Delaware and is an old breed of fighting game birds. The Cuckoo Duckwing Dutch bantam chicken has barred shoulders and lays tinted eggs. Another dual-purpose breed is the Dark Cuckoo Maran. Blue Silver Duck Wing Dutch bantams have striking blue plumage with distinctive silver wings. This breed is easy to raise and is ideal for beginners. Although this breed does not lay many eggs, it is a good choice for people who want a chicken with a more elegant appearance. Roosters can be aggressive toward their owners, so it is important to train them well. Sebright chickens are one of the smallest Bantams. They have distinctive plumage and are hardy and friendly. They have a stately appearance and are small enough to be raised as pets. The Sebright chicken is not a good meat producer, but their striking appearance makes them an excellent choice for show and competitions. The Dutch Bantam is not cold-hardy, so they will need a warm climate to survive. They are also not suitable for extreme heat, but they are good layers of small white eggs. They are also easy to handle and will bond with their owners. https://backyardchickennews.com/what-does-the-american-dutch-bantam-society-do/?feed_id=6380&_unique_id=667bf58b34bd7

[imagine-darksiders]

Cheap demon summoning for dummies.

[playtwewy]

silly ask. whats your favorite bird

hmmmm I honestly never thought about it tbh but if I had to pick one I would say Sebright Chickens! I love chickens a lot and I love the coloring of sebrights, particularly the white-silver ones

[homeofhousechickens]

These are silver sebright cockerels :)

Look these baby chickens!

oh my oh my!!!! what colourful young chickies, this has made me day!!!!!

what breed of chickens are they?

[mellifexfarm]

activate baby mode