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Try posting on the California thread might find people close to you there.

Definitely a cockerel. Looks just like my Speckled Sussex boy.

Definitely not a Speckled Sussex. Looks like some chicks i got from Jenks Hatchery in Oregon. They were calling them Silver Laced Sussex. Though the tail looks slightly different.

Hard to tell. Is she having issues walking on it?

Great advice above. How Aart does it is exactly how i do it. I have one girl that it takes about 7 days to break her and the others only 2 or 3. Just make sure enough air is getting through underneath to cool down her underside.

Not really. In my experience they get a little less aggressive about it but they always seem to want to mate. It is their life purpose to mate as often as possible. They will need to be separated their entire lives unless you can bring your ratios up to 4:1 (5:1 is better) or remove most of the...

I keep mine on the counter and wash when i am ready to use them. I just use water.

Hormones are probably settling for the year as mating season winds down. You'll likely have the same issue with over-mating next season. If your not wanting to rehome any then it would probably be best just to have 2 separate flocks. An all male one and either an all girl one or one that...

I was born in Australia. I've moved all over the world and currently reside in Oregon.

If they haven't already started laying and the days are getting shorter i wouldn't be all that surprised if you don't see your first eggs until next year. I personally just let nature take its course. They'll lay when their little bodies are ready.

I've heard this ... it wasn't my experience. I hope OP has my luck!

I'm going to go with male. Based on what you've written i thought male and then you said they still have their baby voices. In my experience males take far longer than females. All females I've raised have gotten their voices between 3 and 8 weeks and the males have been closer to 12. Just my...

Thankyou so much. You have been super helpful. I'll definitely check out the calculator now that i understand more how it works.

So tell me if I'm understanding this correctly, a Speckled Sussex Roo doesn't carry dominant genes as far as coloring? Or is it just that the breeds of hens i have are more dominant? Are hens the ones that carry the color genes? Curiosity peaked more lol

I have some cream leg bar crosses (no idea what they are crossed with though, they are cream with black leakage around neck and black tail feathers. Any idea what this might look like with the Speckled Sussex rooster?