The Sussex thread!

[JoAnn_WI_4-H_Mom]

My SS are Cackle Hatchery and about the quality you would expect.

I would LOVE to get some better quality SS, truly BIG birds that might lay fewer eggs but live up to the reputation as a table bird and show bird.

We just don't seem to have any around here. So the eldest boy and I are working with what we have.

On the entertaining side, one SS hen has gone broody in the outside cat's litter box. It really annoyed the cat.

 

[punky rooster]

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hey if thats all you got to work with then use it. good luck!

 

[Jared77]

It will take 9-10 months or so to get them to the size for butcher, but are a dual purpose breed.

How big is are they at that age? Thats an awfully long time to sit on excess birds to be table worthy.​

 

[Inkheart]

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I would agree with this - if you are not looking for hatchery birds - or to incubate - harder to find some good quality Speckleds-

 

[JoAnn_WI_4-H_Mom]

I have an incubator, I'd take eggs! But I would like to know my chances are good to get something better than I already have. We incubate the best combinations we have, but we are starting from a poor place. I understand the risks of incubating shipped eggs, and I understand even good pairings will thrown the off chick. As you say, the really good birds are hard to find in the US.

 

[JoAnn_WI_4-H_Mom]

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Thanks! Blooming where we are planted....

 

[pdsavage]

This is a young mille fleur sussex roo,one color im working on.

 

[RAREROO]

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No Pic ???????????????

 

[6chicks&aduck]

You all have amazing birds , so beautiful !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[pdsavage]

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No Pic ???????????????

Pic seams to be working for me