Sussex, Orpington, Sex-Link Rooster Personalities

[BerrytangleFarm]

Our Australorp's clutch is turning out to have three boys. I'd like to know your experience with these roos to know which would be better to keep (just one, probably) -- Light (Coronation, I believe) Sussex, Buff Orpington, and Sex-Link (though this one is still free ranging because it got away when we transferred their quarters and just won't come close enough to recapture, so I don't know if we'll get him or not).

Thanks!

 

[Illia]

Light Sussex and Coronation Sussex are two different things

But I've heard nothing but good about them. They can be HUGE and very docile birds. I've got a couple hens, but no boys, however the boys I've known other people to own were all great roosters.

 

[BerrytangleFarm]

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This Sussex is white with the black around the neck and on the tail tip. Is that Coronation?

Also.....I'm starting to wonder about the Sex-Link....I thought that was the breed that hatched (the eggs were a mix from a breeder), but he's pure white....

 

[scratch'n'peck]

I love my Buff Orp roosters. We set them up in a bachelor coop with a couple cochin roos. They were all raised together and get along fine, but they were too much roo for my 8 hens. My hens are happier with one rooster in their coop.

All the breeds that you mentioned can be great roosters (well I don't know much about the sex link) Many people say you don't know a male's temperament until they mature some.

Roosters really can get along when they were raised together:

 

[Illia]

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This Sussex is white with the black around the neck and on the tail tip. Is that Coronation?

Also.....I'm starting to wonder about the Sex-Link....I thought that was the breed that hatched (the eggs were a mix from a breeder), but he's pure white....

Nope, that's light.

Coronation is white with very pale steely gray around the neck and tail.


Sex-Link males are pure white except for some yellow and/or red on the shoulders.

 

[BerrytangleFarm]

Quote:
This Sussex is white with the black around the neck and on the tail tip. Is that Coronation?

Also.....I'm starting to wonder about the Sex-Link....I thought that was the breed that hatched (the eggs were a mix from a breeder), but he's pure white....

Nope, that's light.

Coronation is white with very pale steely gray around the neck and tail.


Sex-Link males are pure white except for some yellow and/or red on the shoulders.

Okay, then it's the Sex-Link.

I must say, the Orp seems to be smarter than the Sex-Link. They both escaped together, and I found the Orp pacing around the outside of it's coop this morning trying to get in. It was fairly easy to catch him. The Sex-Link is hiding in the blackberry bushes and just won't come out without rushing back in at the first sound.