Speckled Sussex Hatchery Birds - Where did you get yours?

Here ye be, the rest of the flock. McMurray, spring 2016 hatch. These were the least white females.


Thank you for sharing!

So those were the *least* white? Hmmm, sounds like McMurray would be a great place for folks like me who like LOTS of spots on the Sussex!

(I know that too much white is "wrong" for showing them, but I love the look, personally.)

Here is a half-Sussex hen that I bred - who has the PERFECT amount of white for me - which is to say way too much for any "good" Sussex!
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Mom was a hatchery Sussex with more extreme white.

My breeding project is going for kind of a "calico cochin" color on a standard large fowl body. Speckled Sussex are supposed to be a dark brown chicken, with small white spots. I'm kind of trying to flip that and breed a mostly white chicken with small colored spots. (And yellow legs, though this one does not have those.)

For those looking for less color, I found the Privett Hatchery were just fine, and I never got any with too much white. Size on those was very decent, too. Privett's were not enormous but they were bigger than the one hen I found locally that was ordered by a 4H'er from a hatchery in the midwest. I'd say Privett was a good choice for size and not overly spotted Speckled Sussex.

This is the amount of white I am looking for on my roosters - again this is a mixed breed with Sussex in it not a purebred:

 
I had never heard of that hatchery, thank you for the recommendation!

Ha, different wants. Someday I might be interested in showing, but like most other things, I like to practice with cheaper stock until I get a feel for a breed/species, and can feel like I'm less likely to ruin an expensive line right out of the gate.
 

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