Which breed to cross with Sussex?

[Raptorsgocluck]

For eggs and meat, you can't beat rir x sussex or bresse x sussex.

If u were to use sussex as the male line you will give better meat birds but they'll lay a bit less.

For meat alone you probably can't beat sussex x Cornish. The only reason the traditional cross is with the Cornish as the male line is because Cornish don't lay many eggs so enough hatching eggs may sometimes be an issue and also because it is sex linked. But I think you would actually get a slightly better meat bird if the sussex was the male line.

Other awesome crosses for meat birds that also lay well are

Sussex cross Dorking(may be even better than the Cornish x sussex)

Sussex x wyandotte
Sussex x Plymouth rock
Sussex x ixworth
Sussex x Australorp

All the above will work, but more important than the breed is to have a good strain of whichever breed you go for.

I'm looking into crossing Dorking and speckled Sussex. Anyone successfully done it? I'd like to know how it went as well as see pictures of the offspring.

 

[Compost King]

I'm looking into crossing Dorking and speckled Sussex. Anyone successfully done it? I'd like to know how it went as well as see pictures of the offspring.

Have you crossed your Dorking's with any other breed?

 

[Chickenheadmate]

why do you think that the Sussex X dorkings might be better than the Sussex X cornish?
Not that I disagree or anything, I'm just curious as I'm looking to learn anything that I possibly can.

For eggs and meat, you can't beat rir x sussex or bresse x sussex.

If u were to use sussex as the male line you will give better meat birds but they'll lay a bit less.

For meat alone you probably can't beat sussex x Cornish. The only reason the traditional cross is with the Cornish as the male line is because Cornish don't lay many eggs so enough hatching eggs may sometimes be an issue and also because it is sex linked. But I think you would actually get a slightly better meat bird if the sussex was the male line.

Other awesome crosses for meat birds that also lay well are

Sussex cross Dorking(may be even better than the Cornish x sussex)

Sussex x wyandotte
Sussex x Plymouth rock
Sussex x ixworth
Sussex x Australorp

All the above will work, but more important than the breed is to have a good strain of whichever breed you go for.

 

[Baxterx]

I'm looking into crossing Dorking and speckled Sussex. Anyone successfully done it? I'd like to know how it went as well as see pictures of the offspring.

Interesting. Both are e+ wildtype, the Mo mottling would not be expressed. If Speckled Sussex cock on SGD hen I think sex-links, the pullets would look like Red Dorkings and the cockerels carrying a single S silver and a single Mh mahogany would be "Golden Duckwing" Please post pics! Ought to be tasty too

 

[Baxterx]

Interesting. Both are e+ wildtype, the Mo mottling would not be expressed. If Speckled Sussex cock on SGD hen I think sex-links, the pullets would look like Red Dorkings and the cockerels carrying a single S silver and a single Mh mahogany would be "Golden Duckwing" Please post pics! Ought to be tasty too

If SGD male on Speck hen, pullets should be SGD looking with a nice deeply colored breast and cocks Golden Duckwing, but not sex-linked, I think.