Welcome to Just Sussex Poultry based in Alton Hampshire. We started off with just 4 Light Sussex hens choosing the breed based on their looks and heritage.  The bug of looking after them along with fresh eggs took its hold and our flock and range of the Sussex Breed has expanded. We now have four varieties in large fowl and bantam.

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 how each variety should look, standards that we hope to maintain. Our birds have given us a great deal of satisfaction in 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, 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)

1.       Speckled

2.       Red - an overall, deep red colour with a striped hackle.

3.       Light- Light Brahmas were used to create the colour.

New Varieties

4.       1908-9: Brown - this is the normal Black Red type and may contain Old English Game Blood.

5.       1918: Buff - created by crossing the Buff Orpington with Light Sussex. The Buff Orpington had been produced by crosses which included Dorkings.

6.       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.

7.       1960’s: Silver - Modern creation which has not become well established although very attractive.

The breed has been used as breed for sex linkage breeding.

The dates are an indication of the approximate time of introduction as a variety, but should not be regarded as being rigid

Bantams: These appeared much later than the large fowl from around 1926.