I don't know where you got your eggs from, but if this was me and I had this problem here is what I would do. I would go to Skytop and buy started birds or retiring breeders. they in Florida.
then I would go to Painted Feathers farms in Ohio and buy a couple of hens to cross to your Skytop...
This is not the first instance that I have seen of speckled Sussex eggs really really poor hatch. I think part of it is the very small inbred pool of bantam speckled Sussex in the United States. there are really only three strains. Overton,Mongold, and Skytop
Skytop is made out of Overton and...
See post 3233 of the BYC Thread
: Bantam speckled Sussex?? :
For breeder info on this variety.
Google images for:
Skytop Bantam Speckled Sussex
to see pictures of their beautiful birds.
Best,
Karen
Yup. The top strain of Bantam Speckled Sussex is Skytop . Skytop was created by melding the Mongold and the Overton strains. All three are top show quality strains. All three creators of the strains became APA Master Breeders of the variety. Skytop strain can be found at painted feathers Farm...