The Sussex thread!

[cherylcohen]

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coro chicks 1 -3 weeks and pair 9 weeks (already big and fluffy!)

+ tons of other breeds, if interested PM me so we don't take up others time on the thread. Thanks

 

[AinaWGSD]

Got lots of good pictures of my SS today! Unfortunately, they're all mostly the same pose, so I just uploaded one of them. Just wanted to get critiques. I know they're hatchery birds, and you can't really evaluate a bird based on one (or even several) photo, but just for grins and giggles I thought I'd see how people here felt they compare to the standard.

 

[stormylady]

you could go to the Show Quality SS thread they got the experts crit. for us!
I think she is very Pretty!

 

[math ace]

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Yep, bring her over to the SS thread and we will critique...
Wait until you can get a couple of more photos... one of her backside and one from the top

 

[Chick15]

These are pics of My Sspeckled sussex.. I was told one of them was something like a light sussex? or a light speckled sussex? I Dont know. But here they are. The first two are fairly recent, the girl in the first pic-beauty-actually passed away about a month ago. So I guess it actually wasn't so recent. The girl in the second pic-Shellby-Is the light sussex and she is really sociable and pretty, she is a people chicken

(I guess its not really that funny, oh well.....)

 

[stormylady]

I think the one with all the white is beautiful but its not considered a light sussex just too much white I have one like her and I think they are beautiful.

 

[Chinchilla2]

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Cheryl, I know this the Sussex thread but do you have a pic of your Jubilees handy? I'd like to see what they look like. Thanks!

 

[3riverschick]

well the 2nd pic is just a really gay Speckled Sussex. Gay refers to the amount of white in the tri-color bird. The 4th one is a nice start on a Partridge Sussex. Watts and Conrad bred them in 1921. They used the darker shades of the Red Sussex to do it. A Red Sussex is a Speckled Sussex without any white on it. I read on the Net recently, someone is developing the Partridge Sussex once more.
http://tinyurl.com/7w7deep
Dr. Conrad originated the Partridge Sussex circa 1915.
Poultry success: Volume 26 - Pages 74 and 75 .
books.google.com
1915 - Free Google eBook - Read

Best,
Karen in western PA .

 

[3riverschick]

Hi,
I was so thrilled to find this book online. The Sussex Fowl by Sharpe (originator of the Light Sussex) sells for 250.+ online. It's a great book, very down to earth and full of wisdom from a legendary breeder. Covers all the colors available at that time. Brown, Red, Speckled, Light, etc. there a lot on selection and mating.
http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924003091398
Best Regards,
Karen in western PA

 

[texaschickmom]

Here are my 2 of my SS chicks from Gary farm. They are 4 weeks old and I'm pretty sure I've got a roo and a pullet. What do you think?