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Varieties: Speckled, Red, Light, Buff
Standard Weights: Cock: 4.08kg (9 lbs); hen: 3.17 (7 lbs); cockerel: 3.40 (7.5 lbs); pullet: 2.72kg (6 lbs).
Skin Color: White.
Egg Shell Color: Brown.
Use: A general purpose breed for the table and/or eggs. One of the best dual purpose chickens, a good all-around farm fowl.
Origin: Sussex where they were prized as a table fowl more than 100 years ago. They continue to be a popular fowl and the light variety has figured prominently in the development of many of their commercial strains. Sussex is one of the oldest breeds around today.
Characteristics: Sussex are alert, attractive and good foragers. They have rectangular bodies; the speckled variety is especially attractive with its multi-coloured plumage. Sussex hens are broody and make good mothers. They are excellent utility or exhibition fowls.
