I spotted in the local trading post someone selling Light sussex roosters,and with no self control at all i returned home with one in a cardboard box.He is eight months old and is already very large.I already had some purebred hens so im going to try my luck and breed some up.Anyway,i just had to show you all.
Regards Todd
Crowingnuts:
He is absolutely beautiful!!! If you're lucky and get little ones, make sure you posts some pictures of the 'happy family'!
Beautiful!!!
Gorgeous bird. I'm glad for you that he was available. Be sure to take pictures of the happy family when the time comes.
Oof, I love that coloration. Someday I'm going to get me them light sussex...
Thanks guys.
Next time your in Australia Zeppy let me know and you can slip a dozen eggs in your hand luggage to take home!
Another one on my Wanted list!!! He is soooo beautiful!!! He looks as if he knows it too!! LOL!!
Hi all.
Three weeks ago i set 9 Light Sussex eggs under my broody and to my surprise all 9 hatched today.Now thats what i call a good hatch rate! The new Roo must be as firtile as they come.
I had just had to share with you all!
Wow, that is too cool. Is that a little new hampshire red that hatched em out? What a happy papa he must be, and beautiful too. On my "wanted" list too !
Awww... they are adorable! And he's definitely a keeper! Be sure to keep us
up to date with pic's of those cuties as they grow up! Will you keep them all
or will you sell them?
Tam
NowRot i am unsure of the breed of my 3 little hens that have hatched eggs for me.As soon as we get warm weather they go broody at the drop of a hat.You can see that hen with the rooster in the first pic.Very light and very flighty and have very little if no comb.
Thanks Tammy i will give update photos as they grow.Yes i will be keeping the hens from this batch as my light sussex hens are 3-4 years old and may stop laying well soon:(
Is there anyone out there from Southern Maine or NH who would like to adopt some very beautiful bantam roosters? I have five now, hatched by my hens, and hate to kill them...but they do fight a lot and are hard on the hens. One is a purebred white gamecock and I have three half Black-tailed White Japanese/gamecocks. I want to keep my pure bred Japanese, but he's too wimpy to fight his way to the top, so I have to keep him and a few hens and chicks separate, or the others will kill him. Once the others are gone, he'll be top bird. Right now it's two separate sections in the coop, two waters, two feeds, etc. and with winter coming on and the slog through the snow before work, I'm not looking forward to it.
Over 2 weeks old now and all is well...
Poor little mother hen is already having trouble keeping the little ones covered at night!
What a great picture! Really makes you understand "mother hen..."
How sweet. She's a good mama.
Hi all.My chicks are around 6 weeks now and are old enough to see 5 from the 8 left are boys.Well i presume they are,as 3 are fully feathered and the rest have only wing feathers and bare bums!The bald ones are also getting taller than the rest.
