Light Sussex Thread!!!

[3riverschick]

Hi,
This is an open invitation to all Sussex breeders and fanciers.
Please come on over to the Chicken State University SOP thread at BYC.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/732985/csu-chicken-state-university-large-fowl-sop/1120
We are currently discussing all varieties of the Sussex fowl. Please come and bring pics of your birds for us to evaluate and discuss. They don't have to be show quality birds. There are poultry experts on this thread whose valuable opinion you can solicit. If you can get a nice side profile, rear profile, and head shot, and a pic from over hear, this would be wonderful. Please come and join us!
Best Regards,
Karen
Waterford English Light Sussex
in western PA, USA

 

[suebgbr]

I just thought I would post a few pics of Skylander and his girls. They arn't supermodels but they are super to me and I get an egg of each off the girls every day.

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[suebgbr]

 

[3riverschick]

I just have to share this. Been looking for it for over a year.

Why am I so excited? Clem Watson was one of the 3 great Secretaries of the UK Sussex Poultry Club. ( other 2 were Leo Outram and Sharpe). He was extremely learned on the breed. Yet, his writings are very rare and hard to find.

The Feathered World Year Book and Poultry Keepers' ... 1921.
http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2979304;view=1up;seq=202
Pages 202 thru 209
The Sussex
By Clem Watson.

 

[A Chicken Owner]

I'm sure she's a Light Sussex but I would like confirmation.

 

[A Chicken Owner]

I'm sure she's a Light Sussex but I would like confirmation.

Her tail is black with some white and her legs/feet are white and featherless.

 

[lgrant1]

Looks like a light sussex to me.

 

[A Chicken Owner]

Looks like a light sussex to me.

Thank you

 

[omalie]

This is my 8 weeks old Light Sussex Cock. What do you think.

 

[A Chicken Owner]

This is my 8 weeks old Light Sussex Cock. What do you think.

What do you mean by what do you think?