The Sebright is a true bantam with no large counterpart, created in the early 1800s by Sir John Saunders Sebright — the first British breed club was founded for it. Every feather is laced with a crisp black outline on gold or silver, and uniquely the roosters are 'hen-feathered', lacking the usual pointed sickles and hackles. They're small, lively, confident birds kept purely for show, laying only a handful of tiny cream eggs and almost never going broody. They can be delicate and are poor at hatching their own chicks, so they suit an enthusiast more than a first flock.
Flighty
Egg colorCream
Egg production50–100 / year
TemperamentFlighty
BroodinessRare
PurposeShow
Weight
Bantam (Miniature size)
Hen1.3 lb
Rooster1.4 lb
How to spot it
CombRose
Rose comb ending in a level backward spike; mulberry-purple tinted
Earlobes
Purplish-red to mulberry
Legs & feet
Slate-blue legs, four toes
Plumage
Gold or silver ground with every feather outlined in a fine black lace edge
Look for
Hen-feathered roosters — no long pointed sickles or hackles, so males and females look nearly identical, unique among common breeds
Rose
