White Sussex Chickens

[Gazman73]

Hi from Brisbane Australia .
I bought 10 day old white Sussex chick's & 5 turned out to be roosters.
Is that normal odds?
Also when does this breed start to lay?
Ive heard 7-10 months.
They are 2 months old now.
Thanks everyone.

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

I bought 10 day old white Sussex chick's & 5 turned out to be roosters.
Is that normal odds?

Those are the actually statistical odds. My hatch ratio this year was more like 70%-75% cockerels to pullets so consider yourself lucky.

Also when does this breed start to lay?

It depends on the individual bird and the time of the year when they hit sexual maturity.

 

[muddy75]

 

[Bsmac]

Hello! Welcome to BYC! That really wasn`t too bad on the percentage of cockerels to pullets! We once hatched 9 chicks and only ended up with one Easter Egger pullet!

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC! 50/50 is great. 2/3 cockerels is my normal.

 

[N F C]

Hi, it's nice to have you here with us!

 

[GodLovesU]

 

[sourland]

Hello, and welcome to BYC.

 

[Debbie292d]

Hiya, and welcome to BYC!

50/50 is what it's supposed to be, but rarely do we hear that. Often the sexed pullets folks buy from hatcheries or farm stores wind up having a rooster in there, so even that's not failsafe 100%.

Poultry groups for my state/area on FB or Craigslist are a couple of places I've used to peddle extra roosters.

We're glad you're here!