My bantam Sussexes have made excellent mothers and are all round nice members of the flock. They don't bully or get bullied. Seem to cope with heat and cold fine. They are bigger compared to my other bantams and the others like snuggling them at night in winter for the warmth!My favorite breed are the Sussex, as well.
My wish list is bantam Speckled Sussex. Never raised them, but would hope their friendliness and all around good traits would be the same as the Sussex LF.
Which we already blueprinted...)Fantastic!!! What a gorgeous combination of breeds. Do post photos!So we got our Turkens, an Egyptian Fayoumi (please be a pullet!), Sicilian Buttercups, Sumatras, Lavender Orps, two Gold Laced Wyandottes, Speckled Sussexes, Brahmas (found some today at TSC!) and Sumatras all checked off our list from my first post.
We even got some Blue Jersey Giants while we were there, but two almost looked white, but with a very soft blue fade on their heads and a little on their backs. Maybe mislabeled White Jersey Giants? Or mislabeled something else, but they looked identical otherwise to the blue ones.
New list! (That will be in progress AFTER we build another coop
- Mottled anythings!
- Swedish Flower Hens (spots AND crests? Be still my beating heart! We've got two eggs in the incubator but it's our first ever hatch attempt so I'm not sure we'll get any to hatch!)
- Jubilee Orpingtons
- Any speckled egg layers (we may have one, or some! But only time will tell)
- Other Brahma colors!
- Splash Laced Wyandottes
Our “maybe maybe not Blue” Jersey Giant! Please ignore the dust!
We clean it too often to look like that but here we are. 
Cookout now!
We’ve got one that’s black, one that’s black with warm dark brown undertones, two chipmunk-y ones like this, and one that’s more of a standard buff-y color. I’m so excited! I was not expecting that much variety in the colors. I was really hoping for some patterning and Cackle definitely delivered.
Jersey Giants are awesome birds! We have 4 BJG and 2 Blue JG! Very friendly birds!We’ve got one that’s black, one that’s black with warm dark brown undertones, two chipmunk-y ones like this, and one that’s more of a standard buff-y color. I’m so excited! I was not expecting that much variety in the colors. I was really hoping for some patterning and Cackle definitely delivered.
I’m really interested to see how the Jersey Giants end up too! So curious.
That’s awesome! We’ve got four blacks and four “blues” but how white two of the blues is a little suspicious.
Since they had black ones in there and were all labeled blue, really wondering if it was Splash!
I would be ok with splash too! I almost got a couple White JG now I wish I would have lol You will enjoy them!That’s awesome! We’ve got four blacks and four “blues” but how white two of the blues is a little suspicious.
