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Sorry. I have not been on backyard chickens for a few years. :oops: I no longer have light sussex. They didn't lay very well and the eggs were probably medium. I now have White Leghorns that lay great, Black Australorp that lay ok, and Easter Eggers that I love the color of the eggs, but...

My Easter Eggers are not very friendly. They used to chase my kitten and once jumped up on my teenage daughter who was holding the kitten. I their defense that kitten used to run at them when they sat at the back door glass. :eek: Besides that they are standoffish. I also have White Leghorns...

I know this is old, but I found this picture of my Black Australorps and they do have white tips when young. They are all black now.

This is my question also....did you ever find anything out about the leghorn roo australorp hen cross?

Look like girls.

Boy

I have had Light Sussex. Looks like a pullet to me.

Look like girls to me.

You can use mine. It would be great to have a link to where you use them.

I processed some roosters at about 20 weeks. They were slightly gamey and a little chewy. I recommend using them in a casserole or chicken salad not as fried chicken.

Only one chicken laying soft eggs? Do you have more chickens that lay normal?

I once had 2 roosters and only the dominate one crowed. Every time the other one tried he got attacked, so I think it is normal. It is also normal for a female to mount another female out of dominance, but I don't think this is the case for yours. Also--you can tell that they are actually...

At 16-20 weeks the rooster's tail should be well formed. Yours looks like maybe another chicken pulled out some feathers, but I think I do see green feathers in there. Green=rooster.

It makes since...birds that have heated coops will suffer if the power goes out because they have not addapted to the temperatures. Provide a draft free coop (still with ventilation) and they will be happy and healthy.

I just got my first egg yesterday from a Light Sussex hen hatched 5-25-13. Not quite 19 weeks old. I was shocked and very happy. She laid another today. Small, but early!

A tiny bit of blood on the first egg is normal.

I just got my first egg yesterday from a Light Sussex hen hatched 5-25-13. Not quite 19 weeks old. I was shocked and very happy. She laid another today. Small, but early!

Looking like a boy. I also have black Australorp (supposedly) pullets and they are 4 months old and their combs and waddles are not this big compaired to their face.

Light Sussex lay cream to brown eggs. They are friendly and free range well. Very pretty until they decide to take a mud bath. It sure is hard to keep a white chicken white.