Last year we set out on the journey of raising up Light Sussex hens to go with a young Speckled Sussex rooster with the goal of being able to hatch out sex-linked Sussex chicks locally. This spring we started hatching. The fertility hasn't been great but we were able to hatch out two small...
Well it looks like all but this one are Roos sadly. Lesson learned I suppose. This one is the smallest and youngest by far and I'm not sure on age.
Thoughts?
Nick
Hey, new to the forum. I have a group of Speckled Sussex and I was reading that you may be able to produce sex link offspring by using Light Sussex hens with a Speckled Sussex Roo. Is this true? There's a bunch of Light Sussex chicks available locally right now that I could raise up and keep the...