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post #1 of 108
7/7/11 at 4:48am
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hi
this is a thread for light sussex chickens
this is my cockerel
http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad103/jason180sx/_MG_0357.jpg
and again
http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad103/jason180sx/IMG_0009.jpg
and his wife
http://i926.photobucket.com/albums/ad103/jason180sx/IMG_0011.jpg
thanks

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post #2 of 108
7/7/11 at 8:05pm

Lovely pictures!

We have only one lt sussex and we call her Mrs. White. My son's favorite. Nice bird.

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           Eggs available:   Bourbon Red and Sweetgrass Turkeys

             Black Copper Marans, Buff Orpingtons and Speckled Sussex    

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post #3 of 108
7/7/11 at 9:32pm

nice looking little rooster thumbsup  nice, fully colored collar 

mine is a split (light x coro), can i show him?  smile  he is large fowl

Hank
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii222/saltysteele/65b16739.jpg

excuse the hen, she found some mud


Edited by Saltysteele - 7/7/11 at 9:36pm
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post #4 of 108
7/7/11 at 10:00pm

How old is the cockeral in the top picture? I really like the way the black doesn't bleed futher down his back and its where it should be. Nice light Sussex cockeral.

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post #5 of 108
7/7/11 at 10:01pm

I have to guess 14 to 16 weeks old?

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post #6 of 108
7/8/11 at 12:08am
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Originally Posted by lucky123 

I have to guess 14 to 16 weeks old?


to answer for him, smile , it is a bantam fowl (saw this in another thread he posted the pix)

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post #7 of 108
7/8/11 at 12:26am

Hi from Ga. We have 50+ Australian Light Sussex. All are pure .
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/97415_100_0413.jpg
They are big and friendly birds. I've sold  37 Light Sussex in the last month. They are great birds.

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 Lemon Cuckoo Orpington , Chocolate Orpington Bantams, Black Bantam Orpingtons, Blue Bantam Orpingtons, Jubilee Orpingtons,Cuckoo Orpington Bantams, Cream Legbars, Isbars, Blue and Black LF Cochins, Gold Laced Cochins, Silver Laced Cochins, Barred Plymouth Rock, Auburn Java's, Merriam Wild Turkey, and Royal Palm Turkeys. UOC member NPIP Ga. 1211

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post #8 of 108
7/8/11 at 12:36am

have you noted quick growth in yours?

i've been toying with using my 11 one-month-old chicks as meat birds, because they've grown as quickly as my freedom rangers had.

i don't know how long they will keep this up, though.  they do grow to be big birds, though!  (the large fowl, anyway smile )

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post #9 of 108
7/8/11 at 1:23am

Hi from Ga. We have found that at about 5-6 months these birds are monsters. I have a processor coming out next week to give me a quote on processing my roosters ( about 10#s at 5 mo. ). I haven't eaten one yet but I will  soon. They are a dual purpose bird. Raised for eggs and meat. Good Luck. cool      The roosters will get up to about 12#s.

 Lemon Cuckoo Orpington , Chocolate Orpington Bantams, Black Bantam Orpingtons, Blue Bantam Orpingtons, Jubilee Orpingtons,Cuckoo Orpington Bantams, Cream Legbars, Isbars, Blue and Black LF Cochins, Gold Laced Cochins, Silver Laced Cochins, Barred Plymouth Rock, Auburn Java's, Merriam Wild Turkey, and Royal Palm Turkeys. UOC member NPIP Ga. 1211

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 Lemon Cuckoo Orpington , Chocolate Orpington Bantams, Black Bantam Orpingtons, Blue Bantam Orpingtons, Jubilee Orpingtons,Cuckoo Orpington Bantams, Cream Legbars, Isbars, Blue and Black LF Cochins, Gold Laced Cochins, Silver Laced Cochins, Barred Plymouth Rock, Auburn Java's, Merriam Wild Turkey, and Royal Palm Turkeys. UOC member NPIP Ga. 1211

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post #10 of 108
7/8/11 at 8:54am

I have bred Light Sussex and have a very good friend in BC that has started a very intesive breeding program (were talking rasing over 300 chicks this year. She hatched more and sold more).  I may be getting some light sussex from her (eggs) but need to email her. I do not like the Austrialan Light Sussex at all...

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