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At present would just let the hen molt out the feathers and see what happens then.
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At present would just let the hen molt out the feathers and see what happens then.
I raised bantam & standard Speckled Sussex in the 90's. All of them were Overton line. I took on a more demanding job and had kids playing sports in school and college so I sold all my birds. Now that all the kids are almost raised and more relaxing job I thought I'd start raising them again. Some of my birds did make it to Canada . There was a dentist from Canada that came to the APA Nationals in Columbus, Ohio one year. He bought a trio of standard Speckled Sussex from me . He had quite a few Light Sussex with him so he gave me three of them so his paperwork would match the total of birds that he came in with. I never heard back from him but always wondered what happened to them Still looking for the bantams though.
I kept this guy as one of my breeders last year. He had no white at all--although he moulted into a bit this fall. His ground colour is just too light overall and he's a bit of a flyweight. I penned him with my heaviest female--also with good colour and so far their offspring are looking pretty good --the females are heavy like their mom but the boys are like their dad--great colour but too small.
I hope you get a chance to post some pictures of your new males
I would kill for that rooster! Man! Looking at all of your stocks is an inspiration!
Thank you so much, Ace! I never stop to see my flock as an inspiration. I'm always too busy looking at birds I wish I had.
I'm going to weigh that guy tonight. I know he's smaller than the others-- but I just realized my 5 1/2 month old cockerel that I'm planning to show already weighs 8 1/2lbs-- and he looks small beside his father. The scale I've been using was 1 1/2lbs under. I just got a new digital fish scale and finally have accurate weights.
I wish you were closer--that guy has a slew of sons even nicer than himself. And we are going to eat them!!!
I would love one! A few months ago, I contacted Tony Albritton, and I plan to get some of his stock in the spring.
My roo has one white wing feather and one white tail feather. I hatched one egg this fall from him and one of my darker hens... but the little roochick has a white wing feather on both sides! I just need a nice trio to start off with. I think it's worth the investment.