Light Sussex Thread!!!

[jason180sx]

hi
this is a thread for light sussex chickens
this is my cockerel

and again

and his wife

thanks

 

[Arielle]

Lovely pictures!

We have only one lt sussex and we call her Mrs. White. My son's favorite. Nice bird.

 

[Saltysteele]

nice looking little rooster

nice, fully colored collar

mine is a split (light x coro), can i show him?

he is large fowl

Hank

excuse the hen, she found some mud

 

[lucky123]

How old is the cockeral in the top picture? I really like the way the black doesn't bleed futher down his back and its where it should be. Nice light Sussex cockeral.

 

[lucky123]

I have to guess 14 to 16 weeks old?

 

[Saltysteele]

Quote:
to answer for him,

, it is a bantam fowl (saw this in another thread he posted the pix)

 

[wava1vaughn]

Hi from Ga. We have 50+ Australian Light Sussex. All are pure .

They are big and friendly birds. I've sold 37 Light Sussex in the last month. They are great birds.

 

[Saltysteele]

have you noted quick growth in yours?

i've been toying with using my 11 one-month-old chicks as meat birds, because they've grown as quickly as my freedom rangers had.

i don't know how long they will keep this up, though. they do grow to be big birds, though! (the large fowl, anyway

)

 

[wava1vaughn]

Hi from Ga. We have found that at about 5-6 months these birds are monsters. I have a processor coming out next week to give me a quote on processing my roosters ( about 10#s at 5 mo. ). I haven't eaten one yet but I will soon. They are a dual purpose bird. Raised for eggs and meat. Good Luck.

The roosters will get up to about 12#s.

 

[call ducks]

I have bred Light Sussex and have a very good friend in BC that has started a very intesive breeding program (were talking rasing over 300 chicks this year. She hatched more and sold more). I may be getting some light sussex from her (eggs) but need to email her. I do not like the Austrialan Light Sussex at all...