Hello everyone, new from Australia

[Sussex19]

@Boppo and @Ribh thanks so much

 

[Boppo]

We were welcomed and pay it forward!

 

[MaryJanet]

I highly recommend Coronation Sussex as long you don't mind them going broody, last year the best one went broody three times, which I love as we wanted chicks. However the Speckled Sussex isn't fully grown yet but she's rather small, I don't know how big she'll end up.

I'm v comfy with broodies. The hens at my house are more like pets than livestock, so I've no objection to them taking a break from laying to dream about chicks for a while.

I hope my next few additions will be hatched by one of the hens on my neighbour's eggs (they've got an Australorp rooster with red hybrid and light sussex hens) but if that doesn't work out I'll go looking for a trio of sussex pullets.

 

[Sussex19]

When we first got them they were going to be livestock, and the cockerels still are, but I love the hens and two roosters.
I'm hoping to find some cuckoo Marans hatching eggs in the spring, but they seem to be quite rare in Australia.

 

[MaryJanet]

When we first got them they were going to be livestock, and the cockerels still are, but I love the hens and two roosters.
I'm hoping to find some cuckoo Marans hatching eggs in the spring, but they seem to be quite rare in Australia.

Have you tried http://www.backyardpoultry.com/noticeboard/index.php?cat_id=0 ? I've seen cuckoo marans on there, but it would've been an SA breeder.

 

[Sussex19]

No I hadn't looked there, just did a quick search and there's some there. I'll have to keep an eye on it once we've got a broody again.
Thanks a lot for that

 

[MaryJanet]

No I hadn't looked there, just did a quick search and there's some there. I'll have to keep an eye on it once we've got a broody again.
Thanks a lot for that

No worries!