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I can find nothing on the web, but my fav feed store had some.
What is a black Sussex?
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What do the chicks look like? A black sussex would be a black chicken with sussex type. But you never know with hatcheries. hatcheries mainly only have speckled sussex though. I've personally never seen "black" sussex.
What do the chicks look like? A black sussex would be a black chicken with sussex type. But you never know with hatcheries. hatcheries mainly only have speckled sussex though. I've personally never seen "black" sussex.
There's no such thing... I think they just labeled it incorrectly like they do with Easter Eggers, labeling them as true Ameraucanas
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Nope. I must have misunderstood him. They are black sexlink. Oddly enough, all have light dots on their heads. Explains why there was no other type in the store brooder with them.
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Historically, there was a Black Sussex in the first half of the last century. They were bred from Brown sussex until they were black. They never caught on and died out with their creator's passing. There was also a Cuckoo Sussex being bred on one of the offshore British Isles. It never caught on and died out too. Recently a Cuckoo Sussex cropped up at Greenfire Farms and was sold to a lady who is now reviving the color variety.
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Karen Tewart
PR Director
Amer. Sussex Assoc.
Best,
Karen Tewart
PR Director
Amer. Sussex Assoc.
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