The valar
Hatching
- Aug 7, 2020
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Hello, I have studied for years and been building my coop for almost as long. Though this year I finally finished the coop and committed to the speckled Sussex breed. I ordered 8 pullets and 7 straight run from cackle hatchery and received my chicks on april 7, 2020. Everything has been great the temperament and personality of the birds is everything I could have hoped and more. The only concern I have is that from everything I can find the ss breed should mature by about 20 weeks and produce 9 pound roosters and 7 pound hens. My chickens are 17 weeks now and I was looking to cull a few roosters to eat, however they do not seem to have the size I was expecting nor do the hens. The hens are especially small compared to the roosters. Any information or experience of raising speckled sussex would be greatly appreciated.