The Sussex thread!

[call ducks]

Have any pictures of the front?

It is very hard to tell from a picture. Rember that you need to think a bout the deep keel, width of back etc etc

 

[gilavina]

For anyone interested in showing their Sussex, there is a special meet at the 128th Nebraska State Poultry Show with some fantastic awards. Texas Birds of a Feather has donated all the awards for members of the American Sussex Association members. The awards are for when there are a minimum of 15 birds in the large fowl class and 15 in the bantam class.

Large Fowl Awards Bantam Awards

Best of Breed - $50 Best of Breed - $50
Reserve of Breed - $25 & Ribbon Reserve of Breed - $25 & Ribbon
Best of Variety - Ribbon Best of Variety - Ribbon
Reserve of Variety - Ribbon Reserve of Variety - Ribbon
Ribbons for 1st to 5th place Ribbons for 1st to 5th place

We also are getting a wide variety of meets for other breeds as well and have a silent auction, raffle, sale pen area, and a variety of activities for juniors. For more information check out www.nestatepoultryshow.com and like Nebraska State Poultry Association on Facebook to keep up with updates. Feel free to contact me with any questions!

 

[3riverschick]

I never seen or heard of this breed before. i bought 5 chicks from TSC in March. 2 hens and 3 roos. I sold the roos because I also had 4 silkie roos and kept 1 roo to keep the lone silkie hen company. I like the SS. I would buy them again. They both like to talk, loudly.

Hi,
Some fine Speckled Sussex in PA. Google the name and Pennsylvania on the Net. Both Large Fowl and the Bantams.
Maybe some are coming to the Farm Show thuis year. Contact them and see if you can pick some up there.
Buying some grown birds will redeem the time you spent waiting for the Show and put you on track for a nice breeding season next year. To make the best winter layers, Sussex should be hatched in late Feb. and in March. The breed was developed to lay during the winter so the chicks could be hatched in the early Spring. The cockerels would be raised and fattened for the Spring market. That would make the Sussex ready for market before other breeds and they would command the higher prices.
Best,
Karen,
Ligonier, PA

 

[3riverschick]

gilvina,
Absolutely love the hackle on your Coronation you showed at the fair . So very correct and classic in shape and coloring.
Best,
karen

 

[gilavina]

gilvina,
Absolutely love the hackle on your Coronation you showed at the fair . So very correct and classic in shape and coloring.
Best,
karen

thanks Karen! Been working hard on them and hope to have another good go around at the show this fall with some of the young ones. If I can eek it out, pending all the right birds being in good feather, I'm gonna try to do a display. Just thought I'd clarify on the show. It was the 127th Annual Nebraska State Poultry Show, an APA sanctioned show that the APA and ABA presidents judged last fall.

 

[annabell254]

I uploaded this picture earlier in the thread, but I would like some feedback now.

For those who breed Light Sussex and show them, if this guy were a LS how would he compare? I would like to show him just for fun and would enjoy getting into exhibition poultry. I plan on getting Lights in the future, I figured I can learn with my Coro and use that knowledge on the lights when I get them.

Does he have any DQs or faults?
What can I improve on?
Etc...

Thanks in advance for any help. I have never shown anything.

I am no expert but he is beautiful, and I would love to hear how he measures up from a more experenced eye...maybe 4-5 more picts of him from different angles would help people form a better opionion of him for you

 

[midwestchickenwrangler]

Thanks for the help so far! It's been a busy week and will stay that way for the weekend also. I will get some more pictures hopefully in some "spare" time this weekend.

 

[ChicksNherps]

Just got a 3 month old Speckled from someone local, she is just the sweetest thing

She's a bit skittish when I go to her but once I pick her up she will fall asleep in my lap while I pet her! I don't know if she is show quality, and I noticed what looks like slight wry tail but it could be from my little midget silkie picking on her

she's been messing up all her feathers so if she keeps being a bother I will bring one of them into the house for a while. She also landed on her bum a couple times when she freaks out so I will have to watch it as she grows. Here are some pictures, her name is Evelyn

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

Well, out of our Sussex eggs we got in a swap, we hatched two chicks. Confirmed today that one is Coronation and the other a Split. They are shaping up nicely. Guess we will not mate them.... they are both cockerels!

We will either sale them or locate a pullet.

Or we could start a Colombian Orpington project!

 

[mountainvieworchards]

I have been working on a golden mille fleur sussex project and have some pics of some pullets. These girls are still growing so they should lose the leggy look eventually.







I will post some cockerel pics after they develop a bit more.

Andy