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How much weight would you put on black in a LS wing? I have one nice upcoming cockerel. Like him a lot. Only thing is one wing on one side as 3 black primarys in it. I may still use him. Not sure.
 
I love the Light Sussex.
I want to get some eggs this year (providing someone has any eggs or baby chicks for sale).
My plan is to have a dual purpose bird, and the eye candy is an extra bonus!
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Hello Everyone,
I have been looking around lately, trying to decide a new dual purpose breed of chicken to get and came upon the Light Sussex Breed. Needless to say I am drooling all over the keyboards at beautiful birds I am seeing, not to mention the meat, eggs and chicks they would provide lol. I was wondering how frequently the Light Sussex lays, if they lay through the winter well and how there temperament is? I also was wondering where I might be able to get some Light Sussex hatching eggs, if I decided I wanted to get some? Thanks for the help and the pictures
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mine lays an egg a day for like a month, then it might take a day off. They're also really friendly. In england in winter my light sussex lays as regularly as in summer pretty much, but its not as cold over here!
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cjhubbs said:
Hello Everyone,
I have been looking around lately, trying to decide a new dual purpose breed of chicken to get and came upon the Light Sussex Breed. Needless to say I am drooling all over the keyboards at beautiful birds I am seeing, not to mention the meat, eggs and chicks they would provide lol. I was wondering how frequently the Light Sussex lays, if they lay through the winter well and how there temperament is? I also was wondering where I might be able to get some Light Sussex hatching eggs, if I decided I wanted to get some? Thanks for the help and the pictures
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Read the last couple of pages in this thread. Tony Albritton has a website. All of the breeders have their info listed in Poultry Press newspaper. (website). If you want to show your Light Sussex, stay away from the Australian lines. They are so oversize, the penalty points automatically disqualify them at APA shows. APA says weight for cock should be 9 lbs. for female 7 lbs. Aussie line males run 12-13 lbs.
Best Success,
Karen in western PA, USA
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Historically the Sussex were bred to lay during the winter. So their chicks could be raised , fattened and ready for Derby Day (circa May 27th) celebrations in England's Springtime. http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/02/world/europe/epsom-queen-racing/
The Light Sussex has been known as the "layer" of all the color varieties. Mine lay straight thru the winter until they start to go broody in Jan., as is their heritage. Bred right, they are a docile breed, not prone to flight. Page thru this book, written by the originator of the Light Sussex, Judge Sharpe, " The Sussex Fowl" http://archive.org/details/cu31924003091398
Here's another nice little book written by an earlier, now defunct US Sussex Club: http://archive.org/details/historyofsussexf00brat
The current parent Club is called The American Sussex Association (website).
Note the Sussex should not be an upright breed like the Langshan. Breed silhouette is critical in Sussex. because it defines structural attributes....which in turn call out the virtues and defects in production for eggs and meat. In other words, if it does look like a Sussex, it's not a Sussex. the breeds structure is that closely aligned with its periodicity. Here's another wonderful booklet on the breed written by a famous English poultry-man and Sussex judge who later went on to become the President of the English Poultry Club. William White Broomhead, : "The Light Sussex",
http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924003137332#page/4/mode/1up
I love this little booklet. It is timeless wisdom and makes the Light Sussex so simple to understand. Making complex subjects simple was one of Broomheads' greatest literary gifts. Esp. note the weight discussion and that about close feathered birds. Big, fluffy birds are not typical Sussex and will not perform like typical Sussex.
The Sussex breed is a heavy class, soft-feathered, close-feathered breed.
 
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3riverschick said:
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Read the last couple of pages in this thread. Tony Albritton has a website. All of the breeders have their info listed in Poultry Press newspaper. (website). If you want to show your Light Sussex, stay away from the Australian lines. They are so oversize, the penalty points automatically disqualify them at APA shows. APA says weight for cock should be 9 lbs. for female 7 lbs. Aussie line males run 12-13 lbs.
Best Success,
Karen in western PA, USA
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Historically the Sussex were bred to lay during the winter. So their chicks could be raised , fattened and ready for Derby Day (circa May 27th) celebrations in England's Springtime. http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/02/world/europe/epsom-queen-racing/
The Light Sussex has been known as the "layer" of all the color varieties. Mine lay straight thru the winter until they start to go broody in Jan., as is their heritage. Bred right, they are a docile breed, not prone to flight. Page thru this book, written by the originator of the Light Sussex, Judge Sharpe, " The Sussex Fowl" http://archive.org/details/cu31924003091398
Here's another nice little book written by an earlier, now defunct US Sussex Club: http://archive.org/details/historyofsussexf00brat
The current parent Club is called The American Sussex Association (website).
Note the Sussex should not be an upright breed like the Langshan. Breed silhouette is critical in Sussex. because it defines structural attributes....which in turn call out the virtues and defects in production for eggs and meat. In other words, if it does look like a Sussex, it's not a Sussex. the breeds structure is that closely aligned with its periodicity. Here's another wonderful booklet on the breed written by a famous English poultry-man and Sussex judge who later went on to become the President of the English Poultry Club. William White Broomhead, : "The Light Sussex",
http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924003137332#page/4/mode/1up
I love this little booklet. It is timeless wisdom and makes the Light Sussex so simple to understand. Making complex subjects simple was one of Broomheads' greatest literary gifts. Esp. note the weight discussion and that about close feathered birds. Big, fluffy birds are not typical Sussex and will not perform like typical Sussex.
The Sussex breed is a heavy class, soft-feathered, close-feathered breed.
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Awesome!! I'm up to page 70-something in "The Sussex Fowl"!! So much for my Fat Tuesday!!

(And Happy Mardis Gras to all!)
 

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