hi, all!! i'm new to the world of poultry and need a bit of guidance. my wife has decided that we should keep some chickens. we have decided to keep bantams as space is somewhat limited. the breed of choice is golden sebrights. we have seen many photos of these birds and find them to be very handsome indeed. the one thing we have not been able to determine is what kind of temperament these birds have. i guess it doesn't really matter --i'm just curious. any words of wisdom regarding these birds, or bantams in general, would be greatly appreciated.

cheers!!

I have what I think are golden sebrights. I got them at the feed store as mixed bantams when they were one day old and raised them in the house for the first few months. They are only 4 mo and 1 week old now. They look exactly like the pictures of golden sebrights I have seen but they don't have their combs in. They seem to be slow maturing compared to the silkes I got with them. They have absolutely wonderful temperments!! We have them in a long narrow run with a six foot high wire fence and one end meets the wood patio fence. When we are sitting out on the patio all four of them will jump up and sit on the rail to say hi. Ocasionally they will fly down and land on our arm or shoulder. They are very good fliers as far as chickens go. They can easily fly straight up 15 feet. They can also fly to and land on a perch 20 feet away. They like their ocassional sparing match and definately dominate the silkes which are twice their size but are not overly aggressive and are definately very sweet with people. I have been trying to find more information on sebrights on the web but there doesn't seem to be much out there. I did come across some info that said the hens are not good layers, lay tinted eggs and tend to be broody. If you find anymore info about sebrights let me know. They are definately very sweet birds.