show quality speckled sussex ??

[culler]

Anyone here have SS direct from Meyer Hatchery in Ohio.

 

[PetRock]

Okay, I am so upset with myself! We went to the Stockton, CA poultry show this weekend. There was a gentleman there selling chicks. My daughter begged me to buy some but we just weren't set up for chicks yet this spring. I looked at the brooders full of chicks and grabbed his flyer but that was it. I noticed that he is a master breeder who breeds to SOP and he had SS chicks for $7 per chick. I wish that I had paid more attention and taken the time to talk with him. He was busy talking to people every time I went by. Today, I looked at his flyer again and realized what a mistake I had made! The breeder was Tony Albritton, Featherhills Farms, Caldwell, Idaho. His hen is the one that won reserve champion in a show in Washington state in 2009. I would have definitely picked up a few SS chicks and pulled my brooder out of storage if I had connected the dots while I was there! I don't think that he has a website but I do have his phone number and email addy if anyone needs it.

 

[flowerchild59]

Boy, was that a "what was i thinking" moment.!!!!!!!!!
I am going to the heartland show in MO in march and I am hoping to purchase some chicks or adults. It's great when you can see them in person.

Okay, I am so upset with myself! We went to the Stockton, CA poultry show this weekend. There was a gentleman there selling chicks. My daughter begged me to buy some but we just weren't set up for chicks yet this spring. I looked at the brooders full of chicks and grabbed his flyer but that was it. I noticed that he is a master breeder who breeds to SOP and he had SS chicks for $7 per chick. I wish that I had paid more attention and taken the time to talk with him. He was busy talking to people every time I went by. Today, I looked at his flyer again and realized what a mistake I had made! The breeder was Tony Albritton, Featherhills Farms, Caldwell, Idaho. His hen is the one that won reserve champion in a show in Washington state in 2009. I would have definitely picked up a few SS chicks and pulled my brooder out of storage if I had connected the dots while I was there! I don't think that he has a website but I do have his phone number and email addy if anyone needs it.

 

[cowchick11]

I will most definitely keep my eye out for Mr. Albritton now!

We have several shows coming up soon in the PNW and I might even be willing to drive to Caldwell Idaho!

I'm sorry you missed this opportunity but it will make me keep my eyes open just a little wider!

 

[flowerchild59]

I was just wondering what your egg sizes are and how productive your hens are?

 

[math ace]

The USA SS are considered close feathered, but would not hurt them to open the feathering just a little.

If anyone has questions now would be a good time to ask them.

I don't think I grasp the difference between Open and Close feathering as well as I should.
Can you help me get a better understanding of these terms. . ..

 

[math ace]

I was just wondering what your egg sizes are and how productive your hens are?

My girls lay a large medium OR a small large.
The egg production SUCKS!

I have delawares in the pen next door and get 5 eggs out of 6 hens almost every day.
The speckled sussex hens are producing 1 or 2 eggs a day out of 5 hens.

I am NOT happy with egg production. I am waiting to see how they do in the heat of the summer.

 

[flowerchild59]

I am getting about one egg a week from my coronation sussex and they are about 10 mos old. Even as eye candy, they gotta pull their weight a little more.

 

[3riverschick]

I am getting about one egg a week from my coronation sussex and they are about 10 mos old. Even as eye candy, they gotta pull their weight a little more.

How loose-feathered are your Coronations? How fine is the skin on their shanks?
Best,
Karen

 

[Arielle]

My girls lay a large medium OR a small large.
The egg production SUCKS!

I have delawares in the pen next door and get 5 eggs out of 6 hens almost every day.
The speckled sussex hens are producing 1 or 2 eggs a day out of 5 hens.

I am NOT happy with egg production. I am waiting to see how they do in the heat of the summer.

Ace,

While the production is low by the current standard of production, how are your girls at free ranging?? Do they find much of their own food and in tha way produce an egg at a lower cost???

THe reason I'm asking is that I'm on the fence about where to get my next girls. I love the hens from MM that I currently have. Of the best foragers. Marans are v gd, SS just about as good. Thanks for sharing.