What is a Painted Sussex?

[Sinadrea]

I just saw those on Mt healthy's website a few weeks ago when I was looking for chicks. Here's the description it gives
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Your chick doesn't look light like I'd expect these are though.

Update:
My "paint" sussex is still looking like a speckled 2 weeks later ;-) I bought another SS so will now have 2

 

[SRRfarm]

https://www.facebook.com/100077597145957/posts/686566537273245

Hopefully this posts the picture. I have 15 Paint Sussex chicks from my Healthy. They are 4w old. All are white with a few black spots.

 

[Sinadrea]

https://www.facebook.com/100077597145957/posts/686566537273245

Hopefully this posts the picture. I have 15 Paint Sussex chicks from my Healthy. They are 4w old. All are white with a few black spots.

I appreciate it. I either think my sister in law or the seller mixed them up somehow. Mine looks like a regular SS which is very odd because seller said they were out at the time it was purchased.

 

[Sinadrea]

https://www.facebook.com/100077597145957/posts/686566537273245

Hopefully this posts the picture. I have 15 Paint Sussex chicks from my Healthy. They are 4w old. All are white with a few black spots.

not the best quality but I suspect she may have the actual paint sussex. She lost 2 chicks so I'm okay with her having it! If that's the case, mine will be a cream legbar or americauna unless there were more mix ups at the store

 

[SRRfarm]

Also, I emailed the manager at Mt Healthy Hatchery. It is a cross of a RI white hen and a Barred Rock rooster.

 

[Sinadrea]

Also, I emailed the manager at Mt Healthy Hatchery. It is a cross of a RI white hen and a Barred Rock rooster.

Thanks for all the extra info. I am suprised they call is a Sussex. It's a pretty mix though.

 

[Obiwan Henobi]

Thanks for all the extra info. I am suprised they call is a Sussex. It's a pretty mix though.

I've been reading this thread with great interest because we just picked up a couple of "Paint Sussex" from a local farm store here in Northwestern Ohio. As you discovered, I could only find a reference to this breed from Mt. Healthy hatcheries in Cincinnati, OH. I've attached pictures of my chicks. They are nearly all yellow with a few splotches of grayish/black down feathers. I'm guessing the chicks will grow out largely white feathers and the dark patches will become the "painted" splotches.

 

[Sinadrea]

Thank tou, definitely looks different than my chick. They'll be elegant when the spots develop.

 

[Sinadrea]

Update:
My "paint" sussex is still looking like a speckled 2 weeks later ;-) I bought another SS so will now have 2 View attachment 4080603View attachment 4080604

Heres an updated picture of the original bird. Cr. Legbar

 

[Sinadrea]

I've been reading this thread with great interest because we just picked up a couple of "Paint Sussex" from a local farm store here in Northwestern Ohio. As you discovered, I could only find a reference to this breed from Mt. Healthy hatcheries in Cincinnati, OH. I've attached pictures of my chicks. They are nearly all yellow with a few splotches of grayish/black down feathers. I'm guessing the chicks will grow out largely white feathers and the dark patches will become the "painted" splotches.

Hello, I have a new question. My sister in law may have the paint sussex. Do any of them have a yellow instead of a white tint? She is about 10 weeks old.