Sebright is a type of chicken named after the developer, Sir John Saunders Sebright . The Sebright is one of the oldest 'true' British bantam (meaning miniature bird without the same great version of the breed), created in the 19th century through a selective breeding program designed to produce an ornamental breed.
The first poultry breed has its own specialist club for fans, Sebrights was treated at poultry exhibition standards shortly after their establishment. Today, they are one of the most popular breeds of bantam. Despite their popularity, Sebrights are often difficult to breed, and certain unique heritage characteristics carrying the breed have been studied scientifically. As very ornamental chickens, they lay small white eggs and are not stored for meat production.
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History
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Sir John Saunders Sebright (1767-1846) was the 7th Sebright Baronet, and Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire. In addition to breeding chickens, cows and other animals, Sir John wrote several influential pamphlets on animal nurseries and nurseries: The Art of Improving Domestic Animal Seeds (1809), Observation of Hawking (1826) , and Observation of Instinct of Animals (1836).
Charles Darwin read Sir John's 1809 pamphlet, and was impressed by a passage that outlined how "the weak and the unhealthy do not live to spread their weakness". These writings, together with Darwin's correspondence through their same friend William Yarrell, helped Darwin in starting Darwin's theory of natural selection. Darwin's seminal work On the Origin of Species, first published in 1859, cites Sir John's experiment in pigeon breeding, and recalls "The most skilled breeder, Sir John Sebright, used to say, in connection with pigeons, that 'he will produce certain feathers in three years, but it will take six years to get his head and beak.' "Darwin also quotes Sir John extensively on Sebright's bantam, as well as pigeon and dog breeding, in his work of 1868 The Variety of Plants and Animals Under Domestication, his 1871 The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relationship with Sex , and his book on Natural Selection (which was not published in his lifetime).
Development
With a breed carrying its name, John Sebright deliberately makes a very small bantam chicken with laced feathers similar to various types of Polish chicken. Although the exact arrangement of this type is uncertain, he is alleged to have crossed Britain, Hamburgh, Nankin and Polish birds on the Rosecomb base before reaching the edgeed chickens that will breed properly. After breed breed in 1810, Sebright founded The Sebright Bantam Club, which is the first individual breed association for chickens. This breed has appeared in the American Poultry Association's Standard of Perfection since the first edition of 1874. Today, this breed is one of the ten most popular bantam chickens, according to the American Bantam Association.
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Characteristics
In keeping with the purpose of their creator, Sebright is an ornamental bantam, and is usually seen in competitive poultry shows. As a true bantam, all the Sebrights are very small in stature; males weigh an average of 22 ounces (625 grams) and 20 oz females (570 g). Their short backs, large proportioned breasts, and wings that point downwards combined to create an angular and jaunty look.
All Sebrights have feathers that are lined on flat edges with black, on the base of dark gold or silver whiteness. Sebrights have unfeathered feet with blue-slate skin, and their beaks are ideally dark horn colors. Sebright's chickens carry a rose comb covered with smooth dots, and a small spike that sweeps back from the head (called a leader). Combs, earlobes and waxes are originally purple-colored reflux, but today are often bright reds though mulberry is still desired according to the standards in most countries. Some breeders consider chicken feathers to have an adverse effect on Sebrights' fertility, and may use roosters that do not carry traits for breeding purposes, despite their automatic disqualification in the show.
Characteristically, Sebrights is just one of several chicken breeds in which roosters lay eggs, meaning they have no common crescent-shaped feathers in most roosters that appear on the tail, neck and saddle. Because of the unique characteristics of the hen, molecular biologists have found Sebright bantam as a useful model organism in the study of sex hormones. This is because they carry mutations that cause their skin tissue to convert male sex hormones (
They are good birds but Sebright's men may get shelter around the chickens and can turn on the owners themselves as is done by all roosters. And because of its light and flying nature, it may be best to keep it in a smaller, fenced area. Sebrights will often live happily among other races as well. Sebrights are not prolific egglayers and chickens are only expected to produce 60-80 eggs of creamy white â € <â €
Sebrights is not a fertile layer of eggs, or a fabulous meat bird. They proved very difficult to be raised, especially for beginners. Chickens rarely go groaning and chicks usually have a high mortality rate. Adults are generally hardy birds, but very vulnerable to Marek's disease.
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