The Sussex thread!

[purelypoultry]

We will start taking orders for sussex chicks on February 1.

 

[guinea fowl galore]

I am new to the light sussex but so far they seem to be adorable little things.

here are a few photos of them.

when they first hatched.

at a few days old.

at one week.

at two weeks.

 

[rareeggs]

sussex chicks

 

[kathyinmo]

Oh, I love the chick pictures!

rareeggs .... does the dark on the beak of two of them mean anything? I mean, is it more likely to be male )or female)?

 

[rareeggs]

Thats a good question i never thought about it.

 

[JanieMarie]

Love love love the sussex! All the speckleds are so beautiful!

I'd be interested to know about the beak too. In the SOP it just says 'white, shaded with horn'. So what color is horn? Horns can be grey or black cant they? Anyway it would be interesting to know the genetics of it and if it is a sex-linked characteristic. Any ideas?

Here's some chicks from my 12/16/09 hatch - 3 wks old:

And someday we're gonna look like this!!:

Here's a pic of one of my guys with a buff sussex cockerel:

 

[mothergoose1963]

Those are very nice birds!!

 

[kathyinmo]

I love the huge size of those Light Sussex. How much do they weigh?

 

[The Sheriff]

Kathy, did you see what my Lt Sussex did today?

Very smart for less than five days old. Must be a girl!

 

[JanieMarie]

Yup even in the chicken world the girls mature faster!

They are huge birds. I've never weighed them. I'd have to grab one and bring it in to the scale and weigh both of us and then subtract and depending on how honest I am with myself it could weigh a whole lot!!

Last nite one of the roos crops was soo full and hard it just bulged out and I was a bit worried but this mornin it was empty again. Sure looked funny at the time tho!