Sussex

Features

• The Sussex are alert, attractive and good foragers.
• They have rectangular bodies; the speckled variety is especially attractive with its multi-colored plumage.
• The hens go broody and make good mothers.
• The Sussex are considered stout and easy to handle.
• They combine both exhibition and utility virtues but are more popular in Canada, England and other parts of the world than in the United States.
• The Sussex has close fitted feathers, single red comb, red wattles and red earlobes. The shanks are considered white.