Speckled Sussex Bantams - Sex?

ColtHandorf · Mar 31, 2023

fuzzi said:
Straight run is kind of a crap shoot. If I get 5 pullets I will be content.

I mean, it's a 50% chance when they are straight-run. So five of each out of ten chicks isn't terrible. I'd probably keep three cockerels and run two breeding groups and have another as back up. Pullets from the first breeding season could be given to him.

fuzzi · Mar 31, 2023

ColtHandorf said:
I mean, it's a 50% chance when they are straight-run. So five of each out of ten chicks isn't terrible. I'd probably keep three cockerels and run two breeding groups and have another as back up. Pullets from the first breeding season could be given to him.

I'd have to build another coop.

I've seen others wind up with 80/20 cockerels to pullets ratio. I can deal with 50/50.

Poultrybonkers · Mar 31, 2023

Are you sure those are ss...ive never seen them feather like that before they also seem to light

fuzzi · Mar 31, 2023

Poultrybonkers said:
Are you sure those are ss...ive never seen them feather like that before they also seem to light

I got them from a certified breeder.

ColtHandorf · Apr 1, 2023

fuzzi said:
I got them from a certified breeder.

They look like Sussex to me.

Can we see the parents? They always look so smart as bantams.

fuzzi · Apr 1, 2023

ColtHandorf said:
They look like Sussex to me. Can we see the parents? They always look so smart as bantams.

From the breeder's website:

ColtHandorf · Apr 1, 2023

fuzzi said:
From the breeder's website:
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Ughhh!!! Bantams are so cute. I love them.

fuzzi · Apr 1, 2023

ColtHandorf said:
Ughhh!!! Bantams are so cute. I love them.

I was digging up some shrub roots earlier when I found a big white grub. I brought it over to the coop, opened the door and said "Chick chick chick". One of the cockerels, "Blue", was first to reach me. He grabbed the grub and ran, with most of the others chasing.