Whom do we know who's working with the SS Bantams?
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Hi,Whom do we know who's working with the SS Bantams?
What a lovely Sussex hen. If she is a bantam, get ahold of Adam Leoffel in KY and breed her to one of his cocks. If she is a large fowl, then you need to find a top quality pure Overton cock and breed her to it. Definitely this hen needs to go to a Overton cock. Lovely breast on this hen, real nice balance and depth. Maybe you can ship your hen to the cock and get her serviced. Then she will lay eggs by him for about 2 weeks. Get rid of any cockerels born before they start to crow.Anybody out there want to critique her? I'd love to know what things I could look for
Ask your hens' breeder who they sold the other birds too. Then see if you can find someone local who has one of their best cocks. Linebreed her to it. The other owners may be happy to have someone else in the area who also has the gene pool so if they have a catastrophe in their flock, there is another outlet to get new stock from. Perhaps they will let you take your hen there and stud their cock to her. Then you can arrange to let them have the cockerels while you keep the hens. Yes, the cock only has to service your hen for a day and then she will lay eggs by him for up to 2 weeks.I would love to breed her, but we're not allowed to have roosters in our area. Also, I think the breeders I got her from decided to get rid of their entire stock of SS to try a different breed, so I'm glad I got her when I did!
What a lovely Sussex hen. If she is a bantam, get ahold of Adam Leoffel in KY and breed her to one of his cocks. If she is a large fowl, then you need to find a top quality pure Overton cock and breed her to it. Definitely this hen needs to go to a Overton cock. Lovely breast on this hen, real nice balance and depth. Maybe you can ship your hen to the cock and get her serviced. Then she will lay eggs by him for about 2 weeks. Get rid of any cockerels born before they start to crow.
Best,
Karen
Why Overton? because I think I already see Overton in her profile. Plus, Speckled Sussex is a tricolor variety made more complicated by the mottle gene which causes the white dots on the ends of the feathers. This is the most complicated color to breed in the Sussex breed. It takes many years to stabilize a gene pool so the birds will rather consistently throw the proper ratios of the three colors in the proper places on the birds body. Someone has been working properly with this hen. The result? Her speckling is very superior. Pure Overton has the stability of color in their gene pool for you to continue to throw acceptable speckled pattern in her chicks and descendants ...while preserving that lovely profile, plus abundant breast , length ,and depth of body. I understand the breeders you got the hen from have dispersed their stock, but I sure would like to know their name, as someone who really knew how to breed this variety.
Good for you!Thank you so much! This is excellent and I have contacted them. They were very kind people who obviously loved their chickens and I had given them updates periodically. They always replied, so I will update you as soon as they respond. This is something I would very much like to pursue, but I am inexperienced and need all the direction I can get; links, books, anything. I appreciate your response very much. Thank you again and I will keep you updated.