The Sussex thread!

[heritagehabitatfarms]

haha funny y'all... ok so spangled mahogany??? ill try that in the chicken calculator later tonight...

I think he wanted the genetic name of the color/pattern. But its still funny!

 

[mrheinz77]

I think there is a Jubilee option. That may be it.

 

[3riverschick]

Hi,
According to Van Dorn and Hancock's book, Genetics of Chicken Colours-The Basics, (pages 206, 207) the Speckled Sussex color genotype in the USA is:
Red Mille Fleur which is e+/e+ s+/s+ Mh/Mh mo/mo (with 'rb' added for the very dark birds). rb= recessive black.
The book says Red Millie Fleur is the same as Mille Fleur with Mahogany, (with 'rb' added for the very dark birds).
Best Regards,
Karen
P.S., I wondered where the chipmunk stripes were coming from in the Speckled Sussex chicks. e+/e+ s+/s+ is wildtype, which is the chipmunk-striped chick,
that explains it. So Speckled Sussex is wildtype with the Mahogany and mottled genes added. The genotype is different in Australia, Europe and the UK.
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if I had to put it in the calculator I would use spangled....not sure why but I think I read that somewhere before

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[3riverschick]

Oops, that's Van Dort, not Van Dorn, sorry.
Karen

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Back to the Speckled Sussex for a minute. The book says the genotype for Speckled Sussex is different in Australia, UK and Europe. It says in Australia, it's based on eb. In Europe and the UK, it's based on both eb and eWh. Now the books says that Speckled Sussex is Red Mille Fleur which is the same a Mille Fleur with Mahogany. Yet, when I checked the book to see what the genotype is for Mille Fleur, I find only 2 genotypes. One based on eb/eb and one based on eWh/eWh. So, while Red Mille Fleur may be the same as Mille Fleur with Mahogany, according to the book, that is only for Australia, Europe and the UK. According to the book, our e+ based Speckled Sussex are a simplier equation, not requiring any additional combination of Co, and/or Ml, and/or Db, and /or Pg to make the color.
Best,
Karen

 

[heritagehabitatfarms]

thank u that should help...

Hi,
According to Van Dorn and Hancock's book, Genetics of Chicken Colours-The Basics, (pages 206, 207) the Speckled Sussex color genotype in the USA is:
Red Mille Fleur which is e+/e+ s+/s+ Mh/Mh mo/mo (with 'rb' added for the very dark birds). rb= recessive black.
The book says Red Millie Fleur is the same as Mille Fleur with Mahogany, (with 'rb' added for the very dark birds).
Best Regards,
Karen
P.S., I wondered where the chipmunk stripes were coming from in the Speckled Sussex chicks. e+/e+ s+/s+ is wildtype, which is the chipmunk-striped chick,
that explains it. So Speckled Sussex is wildtype with the Mahogany and mottled genes added. The genotype is different in Australia, Europe and the UK.
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[cowchick11]

Hi,
According to Van Dorn and Hancock's book, Genetics of Chicken Colours-The Basics, (pages 206, 207) the Speckled Sussex color genotype in the USA is:
Red Mille Fleur which is e+/e+ s+/s+ Mh/Mh mo/mo (with 'rb' added for the very dark birds). rb= recessive black.
The book says Red Millie Fleur is the same as Mille Fleur with Mahogany, (with 'rb' added for the very dark birds).
Best Regards,
Karen
P.S., I wondered where the chipmunk stripes were coming from in the Speckled Sussex chicks. e+/e+ s+/s+ is wildtype, which is the chipmunk-striped chick,
that explains it. So Speckled Sussex is wildtype with the Mahogany and mottled genes added. The genotype is different in Australia, Europe and the UK.
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HallFamilyFarm -here is another ha ha ha for you. What is a chicken calculator?
3Riverschick - this is part of what I was asking about on the show quality SS thread! Thanks!

 

[heritagehabitatfarms]

http://kippenjungle.nl/kruising.html

it can be confusing and the little pic's aren't that great but its a really cool resource and fun to play around with if you love projects like i do...

HallFamilyFarm -here is another ha ha ha for you. What is a chicken calculator?
3Riverschick - this is part of what I was asking about on the show quality SS thread! Thanks!

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

She said HallFamilyFarm.....anyway Elias is correct. http://kippenjungle.nl/kruising.html is what is called The Chicken Calculator. It is a lot of fun to play around with. However, its not always accurate. Check it out and enjoy!

HallFamilyFarm -here is another ha ha ha for you. What is a chicken calculator?
3Riverschick - this is part of what I was asking about on the show quality SS thread! Thanks!

http://kippenjungle.nl/kruising.html

it can be confusing and the little pic's aren't that great but its a really cool resource and fun to play around with if you love projects like i do...
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[misshilton88]

Hey all I have a bantum white and black light sussex hen that has just hatched out a chick - this chick is crossed with a pekin....does anybody have experence with this type of cross breed? Temperment ect? The chick is yellow with white wings...the underneath part of the wings are black and around her neck she has the black felecks of her mum!!!!

Really intrested to hear stories and advice from you guys

Danni x

 

[Johnn]

right ive read online and cant decide, are light sussex a broody breed? because im considering getting one and id like a breed that might go broody