Welcome
to Just Sussex Poultry based in Alton Hampshire. We are a small family concern with a passion for chickens especially
the Sussex.
We
brought our first Light Sussex hens in 2005 and it wasn't long before we added a few more hens, later followed
the addition of the other colours after many years of hard work we have reached our present position.
We have seven colours
in large fowl and bantam, but it will be some time until the Brown become available for sale.
We hope you enjoy our site; we have tried to make
it interesting in as much that some history into the breed has been included and we have given what we believe to be an accurate
account of what each variety should look like, standards that we hope to maintain.
Our birds have given us a great deal of satisfaction watching
them roam the field and knowing they are living to the best standards that we can give them.
We are avid believers of free range so all our
hens and chicks have permanent access to grass. Our breeding birds are selected to conform to the breed standards as closely
as possible, and with this in mind we are continuously adding to our stock to improve our bloodline
EVOLUTION -- SUSSEX FOWL HISTORY Established as a farmyard fowl
for hundreds of years as Kent or Sussex fowl. In July 1903 a Sussex Club was formed and the breed became standardized
Initial Breeds (Pre-1903) Speckled
Red -
an overall, deep red colour with a striped hackle.
Light- Light Brahmas were
used to create the colour.
New Varieties 1908-9:
Brown - this is the normal Black Red type and may contain Old English Game Blood.
1918: Buff - created
by crossing the Buff Orpington with Light Sussex. The Buff Orpington had been produced by crosses which included Dorkings.
1925:
White - a bird which was regarded as an excellent egg layer but did not really catch on possibly because it was not a typical
Sussex colour in the hackle.
1960’s: Silver - Modern creation which has not become
well established although very attractive.
The
dates are an indication of the approximate time of introduction as a variety, but should not be regarded as being rigid
.