Brown Sussex

Male plumage: Head and neck hackles a rich dark mahogany striped with black. Saddle hackles same as neck hackle. Back and wing bow a rich dark mahogany. Wing coverts forming the bar blue-black, secondary’s and flights black, edged with brown. Breast, tail and thighs black.

Female plumage: Head and neck hackles brown striped with black and wings dark brown, finely peppered with black. Breast and underbody clear pale, wheaten-brown. Flights should be black, edged with brown, with a black tail.

Red Sussex

Reds should be a deep rich shade with the hackles striped in black. Tail black and under colour is slate. This colour is one of the original varieties and is not a composite breed like the Light. It is a similar shade to the well known Rhode Island Red, although not such deep chocolate (more reddy), but with the typical stripping of the hackle in black, the tail is also black and the wings have black in the flight's. This is a handsome fowl with typical Sussex markings.