Light Sussex Thread!!!

[wava1vaughn]

Hi from Ga. for lunch today we had Australian Light Sussex. He weighted 13#s 2 oz. 10 months old. dressed weight 8#s 11 oz. Roasted him for 2hrs 45 min. at 350 degrees . Delicious!!

 

[immyjay54]

This is my group of Light Sussex shortly after being put in new pen. About 5-6 months old on this picture. They do lay a nice size egg (guessing x-large) They are now right about a year and are absolutely gorgeous but the roo is awful bossy with any other cock birds in my laying flock. I named him Mr Bradshaw (after Paul, Greenfire Farms). I also have one Silver Sussex hen and 3 Coronation hens and one younger Coronation Roo. If this was the only breed of chicken that I was raising, I would really like them but with having other breeds, I can't keep the roos together. Bottom picture is at about 7 months. I sure do love this guy.

 

[Cydney83]

I have a light Cockeral in with my Coronation Cockerals and my kids call him Mr. Grumpy Pants...he is a huge boss and just plain mean...he will chase my kids...I have a replacement for him..the coros don't seem so mean...

Can you breed the silvers and the lights and the coros together?

BTW he is beautiful and my is too...but going to freezer camp..should have been gone...DH duty!

 

[call ducks]

I have a light Cockeral in with my Coronation Cockerals and my kids call him Mr. Grumpy Pants...he is a huge boss and just plain mean...he will chase my kids...I have a replacement for him..the coros don't seem so mean...

Can you breed the silvers and the lights and the coros together?

BTW he is beautiful and my is too...but going to freezer camp..should have been gone...DH duty!

Yes. But do not do it! Both colours are silver based so it would not work like Coronation & light Sussex

 

[Cydney83]

Yes. But do not do it! Both colours are silver based so it would not work like Coronation & light Sussex

I didn't think you could ....just was checking! love the Silver also...just can have only so many...

 

[Cydney83]

I have been hatching alot of chicks and when they are growing out there is a lot of leakage, not as crisp as the parents...I can't find the pics of parents to see if I just don't remember this as juvies. Has anyone else noticed this..

 

[immyjay54]

I had a pair of the silvers I bought as juveniles and when the roo grew out he looked like he had been split with light. Hardly any black on him so I butchered him. My lights are pure and my coronations are pure. My original coronation roo got very mean. I now have a trio (1roo 2 hens) out of him and my original hen and he is about 7 months old and seems that he is going to be fine, with people that is, but he runs the other young roos. If I was raising these to sell, I would never mix them. I'm one that just don't see to much sense in paying the price that these birds cost then crossing them. If I was wanting mixed up birds I would have stuck with the hatcheries. Just my personal opinion. It's hard to find the really nice silver's anymore because folks have crossed most of them with the lights.
Jim

 

[Cydney83]

I had a pair of the silvers I bought as juveniles and when the roo grew out he looked like he had been split with light. Hardly any black on him so I butchered him. My lights are pure and my coronations are pure. My original coronation roo got very mean. I now have a trio (1roo 2 hens) out of him and my original hen and he is about 7 months old and seems that he is going to be fine, with people that is, but he runs the other young roos. If I was raising these to sell, I would never mix them. I'm one that just don't see to much sense in paying the price that these birds cost then crossing them. If I was wanting mixed up birds I would have stuck with the hatcheries. Just my personal opinion. It's hard to find the really nice silver's anymore because folks have crossed most of them with the lights.
Jim

I was not looking to cross them...a long the line I thought I read where someone was and it was a good thing...plz didn't mean to offend anyone! My lights are split to Coronations..

 

[immyjay54]

I was not looking to cross them...a long the line I thought I read where someone was and it was a good thing...plz didn't mean to offend anyone! My lights are split to Coronations..

Hey there Cydney83,
You did not offend me in any way. I love the Sussex that I have and would never tell anyone what to do with there own birds. This is just my personal preference. My biggest thing is if folks are going to do the split with them, then they should not sell them without letting folks know they are from splits. lol It is probably fine but it may just take a couple of generations to get them back to looking like the pure ones. There a lot of folks doing it. A lot of the folks that I know personally do it but if you look on BYC and other sites you will see them listed as pure or possible splits. They had to do something somewhere to get the different colors. lol Sorry if I didn't word my reply right. I love them all for their size and their egg size is very nice also.
Jim

 

[fancyfeathers38]

Here's some of my Lights, about 4 - 5 months old, Australian.