I specificaly ordered silver and gold sebrites as they grew my gold sebrite rooster displayed gorgious hen plumage real show quality bird, but my silver sebrite rooster is pin or cock feathered. Commercial hatcheries don't take the time to selective breed, so their stock, while purebred and healthy, is usually just basic grade stock. I'd recommend having a look at an issue of the Poultry Press to find some names of breeders with exhibition winning stock. Meers, The breeding of proper Sebrights is a real study, and not always easy.
Hatcheries are sometimes cheaper, but lack show qualities.
We have been showing for many years, and find this to be true. Also, we are looking for good quality Sebrights at the moment, and have looked in Poultry Press. I don't use him for breeding but instead as a weed-eater for my lawn. This is a private posting area. A valid username and password combination is required to post messages to this discussion.