Is it a Silver Sussex.. can you call them Silver Sussex?

[heathersboers]

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So would you call them Split Silver/Light Sussex regardless if they are Silver or Split?
What about the chicks from Pure Silver parents I have aren't they Pure Silver Sussex too?

If the roo that you have pictured came from Silver over light sussex- yes- he is a split
The other young ones you have pictured- from pure silvers- I "guess" you can call them silvers since they are out of pure silver, but the coloring is way off, and you will have to keep and cull for less white along the way. I'm not too sure what you would call them, as PURE silver sussex have more black..???

 

[Illia]

Just as a little note. . . . My hatchery quality Light Brahmas, who are pure Light Columbian in color, started off looking just like that chick shown, too.

 

[Fortheloveofchickens]

Awesome information, I thank all of you. I guess I am one of the buyers who thought I was getting Pure Silver Sussex as stated. I did not know the difference and I don't think many people do. I see the difference and understand it now. They should be advertised as project Silver Sussex, or Splits that are works in progress. I have my work cut out for me, but to me it is worth it. They are the friendliest, fastest growing breed I have. I am very taken with the color of the Silver hens especially.

 

[heathersboers]

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Illia- you have some wierd looking light brahmas-ours look yellow... Most of my silvers came straight from the source so to speak...;But here is a chick from Greenfire at 6 weeks; So what do you call silvers that come from silver parents that have a lot of white?? I want to know too- are they still silvers?

 

[RAREROO]

I belive this Silver Sussex deal is going to be confusing to those who dont know about or just learning about genetics becuase with them being called Silver. The "Silvers" X Lights are being called Split for Silver, but the actual Silver gene is not recessive, its sexlinked and both the "Silver" (Silver Birchin) and the Light ( Silver Columbian) Sussex are both pure for the actual Silver Gene, and so crossing them would produce chicks that are also pure for the actual Silver gene. So to reduce confusion it would be better if they were called Birchen or Split Birchen instead of Silver, but I know thats what they are recognized as so I guess theres no way to change it.

 

[big medicine]

Is it just me, or is anybody else concerned with the wings on some of these birds ?

 

[RAREROO]

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What is it about the wings that concerns you ?

 

[big medicine]

The way the primaries lay.

 

[Chris09]

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That rooster has barring in him you can see it down under his wing and down by the shank, neither Silver and Light Sussex should have Barring in them.

I don't even think there is a Barred Sussex but could be wrong.

Chris

 

[Illia]

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I see it too. It may just be the way he's holding them, and it could also be dropped wing.


Oh, and genetic experts with experience go ahead and correct me, but last I saw and read, Birch is "dominant" over Partridge AND Columbian to the extent that if you crossed the two, the birds would look more like birchens than Light Columbians. Yes, they'd have white in the chest, but no, they would not have so much white in the secondaries.


I don't see the barring you're talking about Chris?