Sebright

He knew that he would not otherwise have been elected at the Beaufort, or at that most aristocratic of little clubs called Sebright's.

The Small House at Allington Anthony Trollope 1848

The other Sebright was missing, as was Zelda, the female Silkie.

The Chicken Chronicles Sandra Knauf 2010

Zora came out and I calmly told her what happened, and that the female Sebright was gone.

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At Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, working with Golden Sebright chickens, a breed whose voices are most similar to the ancestral jungle fowl, psychology professor Chris Evans and his wife Linda have identified twenty-four separate calls the birds use to communicate specific information to others in the flock.

Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010

     At dusk I cuddled a Sebright chick next to me and took it into the hen house.

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Sitting very still in a patch of grass was the Sebright.

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     I made a box for the male Sebright named Suzie in the girl's playroom and went to search for Zelda again.

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     We buried the Sebright near a semi-circle of small Siberian Elms the girls used for their outdoor “castle” area.

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As the days passed, though, I began to hope that maybe we would be able to keep them until next spring and try for chicks again — Sebright and Silkies, and maybe a few hybrids.

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     Early the next morning I found the Sebright hopping around his box.

The Chicken Chronicles Sandra Knauf 2010