The Sussex thread!

[Faraday40]

View attachment 1088463 View attachment 1088470 View attachment 1088473 View attachment 1088463 and this is the lovely Jewel
Same age as Rocky. Smaller, less red in the face, hardly any wattle showing (and is still yellow/pale/white looking), smooth rounded tail feathers, smaller frame (more feminine like),

I wish I could help, but I can't say with certainty that Ricky's a roo. However, in a couple weeks the comb/wattles will grow a lot if it's a male. My only SS looked just like your female and that's the only one we have.

I hatched a female blue orp that had some early indicators of being a male at 5 weeks, but nothing developed. So glad I waited it out and didn't give her away as a male chick.

 

[Faraday40]

I finally got my Coronation Sussex! Many thanks to Brian and Jessica of BJ's Poultry in Howell Michigan--we got her safely home to Pennsylvania --it was a long car ride!

Congrats! I bet your kid didn't mind holding the chick the whole way home. LOL

 

[Johnn]

Dorothy

 

[Faraday40]

@Johnn
Dorthy still looks amazing!
Is she your top hen? DS loves his SS "Chizzy." (Nicknamed "Special Sauce") She's a spring hatch but already sleeping on the top roost with the flock leaders.

 

[Johnn]

@Johnn
Dorthy still looks amazing!
Is she your top hen? DS loves his SS "Chizzy." (Nicknamed "Special Sauce") She's a spring hatch but already sleeping on the top roost with the flock leaders.
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Thank you again! No she's not, shes on the top side but she still had a few to answer to lol! Aw she's cute! Obviously knows how to get an easy life sucking up to the bosses lol!

 

[Heather Leigh]

Hello! Does anyone know where I can get Buff Sussex Bantams...hatching eggs, or chicks..in the USA?
Hope this finds you well!

 

[Lelanae]

Congrats! I bet your kid didn't mind holding the chick the whole way home. LOL

Lol, it was a fun drive! Do you still have those fluffy Orpington/Sussex crosses? They were a big reason I became obsessed with Coro Sussexes!

 

[Faraday40]

I only have one but we're selling her because we got a bunch of fancy laced English orps. (Need the coop space when winter comes) My neighbor will probably take Sweetie. She already has Sweetie's sister Nemo, so my son is always over there visiting.

 

[Faraday40]

DS's chicken( "Chizzy") laid her 2nd egg today. She was rewarded with some extra snuggles.

 

[3riverschick]

DS,
I got to say that is one nice-looking hen you have DS. really nice looking? I like the arrangement of the Speckles
I like the ground color. wow, you got a nice little hen there DS.
Karen