Light sussex final cut
We ended up keeping a rooster
and three hens from the latest batch of Light
sussex chickens although one of the hens is most likely an unknown
Light sussex hybrid.
The smaller flock seemed a
bit lost at first, but are starting to look more like a cohesive group
the last few days.
One of the first pictures I
took of this flock was of a group of four freshly hatched chicks. I
wonder how many of the original four made it to the final team of
future foragers?
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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They are pretty looking birds, but ones I no longer keep... I had problems with disease, the heat, and not laying too well. The darker varieties, the speckled is my choice, in my experience do much better..... Through all of them seem to slow down in production with the colder weather.
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Tbird
— Wed Nov 23 22:14:55 2011
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Problems with Light Sussex
Somehow in the midst of Thanksgiving, I missed your comment... I'm always interested in hearing people's experience with all of these heirloom breeds. We're trying the sussex because someone said they were their best foragers, but the jury's still out. We're hedging our bets with australorps and cuckoo marans. Hopefully by this time next year, we'll know more about which breeds are really the most utilitarian.
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anna
— Fri Nov 25 10:36:56 2011
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