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You know, I should really be posting these over there - I think someone was asking for photos...
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Quote: Thanks - your opinion means a lot to me.
You know, I should really be posting these over there - I think someone was asking for photos...
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I keep coming up with both boy and girls that are this white with red cap. I have no idea genetically what it is, so I've bee culling it out, because ???. Maybe Kev can pop in here and enlighten us - he seems to have a terrific knowledge base. Anyone who has a clue feel free to chime in!To clarify, I have EIGHTEEN boys!(Including all but one of the little nn ones you included, perversely.) Because there are so many, I don't have the room to house and grow out the ones that I'm definitely not keeping, so I wanted to check on my selections for the potential keepers. These that I posted are the ones I plan to keep, in order of my preference - I will keep at least two, maybe three, into adulthood.
Curious - I'm not keeping this boy, but I'm curious what you think of his coloring:
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Thanks - your opinion means a lot to me.
You know, I should really be posting these over there - I think someone was asking for photos...
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Quote: He hasn't been on in a while, so I assume he's busy, but will tag him. @Kev
Have you not grown any of them out?
Quote: You are sweet - another way to put it would be that I'm INSANE for taking on so much at once.
Very pretty batch of girls.
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Thanks!!! (Such pretty birds!) I'm really looking forward to seeing how they all grow out.
(I had some Speckled Sussex last year that I got form the feed store -2 of the 5 had LOTS of big white speckles [one killed by a fox]. But they got cocci REALLY bad as juvies, in circumstances that all my other chickens were totally fine with, and it took a LOT to bring them back and keep them ok. So I decided I didn't want to breed that weakness into any future chicks and gave them to a friend who wanted layers. So I'm a little averse to trying that again.)
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I have also had issues with very weak Speckled Sussex, in particular some that were ordered from Ideal Hatchery back in 2013, I think it was? Around then anyway. Arrived in poor shape and only got worse. Very few survived to adulthood and I was hesitant to breed weakness, like you mentioned, so I culled. Which was painful considering I paid $75 ppd for that box.Thanks!!! (Such pretty birds!) I'm really looking forward to seeing how they all grow out.
(I had some Speckled Sussex last year that I got form the feed store -2 of the 5 had LOTS of big white speckles [one killed by a fox]. But they got cocci REALLY bad as juvies, in circumstances that all my other chickens were totally fine with, and it took a LOT to bring them back and keep them ok. So I decided I didn't want to breed that weakness into any future chicks and gave them to a friend who wanted layers. So I'm a little averse to trying that again.)
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Quite possible. I have had great luck with Ideal, but have also heard that quality has been uneven depending on the breed, so while I generally trust them, I try to find out if anyone has experience with them for a given breed before deciding to get them from Ideal. Then again, I do that for any hatchery... The SS were sweet and great layers - they were just too susceptible to cocci and I was unwilling to chance adding those genetics in with mine.