Okay. Could I be wrong?

[5hens&aroo]

Alright so I thought all along that these may have been a Sussex mix but I’ve just discovered the Delaware chicken breed any chance these ladies could be Delaware’s instead? I’m also gonna include the chicks she hatched out with unknown rooster breed.

 

[Pyxis]

No barring, so not a delaware, but she could be a coronation sussex.

 

[Bryant Redhawk]

She looks a lot like a lavender gene carrying Sussex, but could also be a coronation like Pyxis brought up.

 

[Pyxis]

She looks a lot like a lavender gene carrying Sussex, but could also be a coronation like Pyxis brought up.

Forgive me if this is a silly question, I'm not too familiar with sussex, isn't coronation sussex just a light sussex that has lavender genetics? What would be the difference between a coronation sussex and a lavender gene carrying sussex?

 

[Bryant Redhawk]

Eight colors are recognised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain: brown, buff, coronation, light, red, silver, speckled and white. The light Sussex has a white body with a black tail and black in the flight feathers and wing coverts; the neck hackles are white with black striping. The buff has the same markings, but with greenish-black on a golden-buff ground. The silver is similar to the light, but has grey thighs and a dark breast with silver lacing. The red has the same markings as the light, but the base colour is a rich dark red throughout. The speckled is a rich dark mahogany colour, each feather with a white tip. The white is pure white throughout.

The coronation Sussex has the same markings as the light, but with lavender instead of the black. It was created for the coronation of Edward VIII – an event which never took place – and had disappeared by about the time of the Second World War. It was thought to have the same red, white and blue colours as the Union Flag.
The American Poultry Association recognises three colours: light, red and speckled. The red and speckled were added to the Standard of Perfection in 1914, and the light in 1929.
The lack of the tail and breast having the right color markings was what led me to say it had the lavender gene instead of it being a coronation. (I've only seen a few coronations at our local shows, most around here are the Light variety.
If you cross a lavender with a lavender you get full expression of this recessive gene and thus a totally lavender bird.

 

[rebrascora]

My guess would be a Coronation Sussex too. The white shanks indicate it is a Sussex. Delaware have yellow legs and as @Pyxis says the feathers would be barred at the collar and tail.
I would be more than happy to be the owner of a Coronation Sussex so don't be wishing her something else! Shame you didn't have a cock bird to go with her.

 

[Pyxis]

Eight colors are recognised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain: brown, buff, coronation, light, red, silver, speckled and white. The light Sussex has a white body with a black tail and black in the flight feathers and wing coverts; the neck hackles are white with black striping. The buff has the same markings, but with greenish-black on a golden-buff ground. The silver is similar to the light, but has grey thighs and a dark breast with silver lacing. The red has the same markings as the light, but the base colour is a rich dark red throughout. The speckled is a rich dark mahogany colour, each feather with a white tip. The white is pure white throughout.

The coronation Sussex has the same markings as the light, but with lavender instead of the black. It was created for the coronation of Edward VIII – an event which never took place – and had disappeared by about the time of the Second World War. It was thought to have the same red, white and blue colours as the Union Flag.
The American Poultry Association recognises three colours: light, red and speckled. The red and speckled were added to the Standard of Perfection in 1914, and the light in 1929.

Right, so I was wondering what the difference was, since you said that it might be a coronation sussex like I thought, OR a sussex carrying lavender, so I was wondering what the distinction was

 

[Pyxis]

If you cross a lavender with a lavender you get full expression of this recessive gene and thus a totally lavender bird.

Just saw this edit. So wouldn't she be coronation? Because she's not a self blue bird (entirely lavender colored). A bird like her that was carrying a lavender gene just looks like a regular light sussex. And she has lavender colored hackles, so she's carrying two genes, so she's coronation.

Or if you were talking in terms of self blue, a bird carrying one lavender gene would just be black, since it's recessive and doesn't express unless it has two copies.

The lack of the tail and breast having the right color markings was what led me to say it had the lavender gene instead of it being a coronation.

The tail is lavender in color, and isn't the breast on a light or coronation sussex just supposed to be white? Sorry, like I said I don't really do sussex, but I do breed light brahmas, which are the same color.

This is an exhibition flock of sussex someone near me raises. The hen to the far right is a coronation. She doesn't have any breast color.

Spoiler

 

[5hens&aroo]

My guess would be a Coronation Sussex too. The white shanks indicate it is a Sussex. Delaware have yellow legs and as @Pyxis says the feathers would be barred at the collar and tail.
I would be more than happy to be the owner of a Coronation Sussex so don't be wishing her something else! Shame you didn't have a cock bird to go with her.

Well I have another hen who looks exactly like her and they are always joined at the hip. The cock bird that game with them is this fellow. Guessing a leghorn mix