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Light sussex are still rare in the USA, although very common in England (so I therefore assume Oz too). They are much bigger in Europe than ours over here, which are kept mainly for show. But, if you get the proper sized ones, they can be crossed with the Indian Game and you will get some fantastic meat birds.
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Thst standard Cornish X is a White Cornish terminal sire on a White Plymouth Rock hen. If you do your own cross, use the Cornish as the sire and any other breed (Orpington, Australorp or Sussex will work just fine) and you will get a broad breasted meat bird.
The big hatcheries have selectively bred the parents for the cross breed over thousands of generations. That's why the commercial ones will grow faster and have health problems, because they have benn too well chosen for one purpose in mind. You will rarely have problems with your own backyard crosses, since you haven't overselected the parent offspring.
Light sussex are still rare in the USA, although very common in England (so I therefore assume Oz too). They are much bigger in Europe than ours over here, which are kept mainly for show. But, if you get the proper sized ones, they can be crossed with the Indian Game and you will get some fantastic meat birds.
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Thst standard Cornish X is a White Cornish terminal sire on a White Plymouth Rock hen. If you do your own cross, use the Cornish as the sire and any other breed (Orpington, Australorp or Sussex will work just fine) and you will get a broad breasted meat bird.
The big hatcheries have selectively bred the parents for the cross breed over thousands of generations. That's why the commercial ones will grow faster and have health problems, because they have benn too well chosen for one purpose in mind. You will rarely have problems with your own backyard crosses, since you haven't overselected the parent offspring.
