Are there any Sussex experts?

[Sussex19]

I was wondering if I post some photos of my Light, Coronation and Speckled Sussex if anyone can give an opinion on how close to the standard they are?
I have a few other questions to.

 

[Amer]

I could.

 

[Sussex19]

Thanks! I'll get some later today.

 

[Sussex19]

@Amer here's the photos, the two Coronations are POL as is the speckled (that's the only one with two photos of the same bird), and both the light Sussex hens are laying.
The rooster unfortunately lost a bit of his comb the other day.
None of them were brought as show stock or anything, and I'm not really to worried, but I would like to what their good and bad points are.
Really appreciate any help!

 

[Amer]

@Amer here's the photos, the two Coronations are POL as is the speckled (that's the only one with two photos of the same bird), and both the light Sussex hens are laying.
The rooster unfortunately lost a bit of his comb the other day.
None of them were brought as show stock or anything, and I'm not really to worried, but I would like to what their good and bad points are.
Really appreciate any help!

The light and Coronation Sussex appear to have good type, with the length and depth that a Sussex should have, though the male could be longer (poor guy, with his injured comb.) And one light Sussex has too high of a tail angle. Colorwise, I can see the male has too much black in the saddle (it’s hard to get that saddle,) and I think there is grey in the Coronation’s back, but I’m not sure if that is just dirt or shadow. Also, all of them need the black or lavender to extend throughout the hackle. Only the head should be whitish.
All the Sussex need more width of the tail base, the tail should look like a tent shape from the back.
Overall, the lights and Coronations are nice, and appear to be bred to a Sussex standard, even if they aren’t show quality.
The speckled looks to be hatchery quality, however. She lacks the size and depth and width, her speckling is uneven, her head is small and narrow and overrefined.

 

[Sussex19]

Thanks very much for the detailed response, yes that light Sussex hens tail was always very upright, but I didn't know if was meant to be like that or not.
Are feathers on the legs a fault or not? None of the ones in the photos have them but the mother of the to Coronations does(she was laying an egg, so I didn't get a picture).
I agree about the speckled Sussex, I'm slightly disappointed as she also seems rather small, and I do like a bit of size to my birds although she's very pretty when the sun catches her.
Is a bit of leakage of the colours on the hackle feathers on to the back a serious fault?(sorry if that doesn't make sense)
Sorry for all the questions, I've been wondering all this for rather a while.

 

[Sussex19]

Oh and another thing is I thought if one bred a Light Sussex to a Coronation one would get all light as I thought Coronation was a recessive? But when I did it we got about half and half.

 

[Amer]

Thanks very much for the detailed response, yes that light Sussex hens tail was always very upright, but I didn't know if was meant to be like that or not.
Are feathers on the legs a fault or not? None of the ones in the photos have them but the mother of the to Coronations does(she was laying an egg, so I didn't get a picture).
I agree about the speckled Sussex, I'm slightly disappointed as she also seems rather small, and I do like a bit of size to my birds although she's very pretty when the sun catches her.
Is a bit of leakage of the colours on the hackle feathers on to the back a serious fault?(sorry if that doesn't make sense)
Sorry for all the questions, I've been wondering all this for rather a while.

The feathered legs are a disqualification.
Having a little bit of leakage is a fault and having a lot is a serious fault.

 

[Amer]

Oh and another thing is I thought if one bred a Light Sussex to a Coronation one would get all light as I thought Coronation was a recessive? But when I did it we got about half and half.

That means the light carried the lavender gene.

 

[Sussex19]

That all makes sense, I feel like I have a much better idea of what to in improve in the in the future now, also its interesting that the rooster (that was the Light) is carrying the lavender gene, I had wondered!