Light Sussex | Sussex Star Classic Garden Hen - In Stock

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Available to from Saturday 21st September - If you live in Sussex, or even on the South Coast, then the Light Sussex Hen is certainly one of the ladies you may like to consider for your flock as they are named after Sussex! With white bodies, these ladies have pretty black necklace of feathers, as well as stunning black tail feathers. Robust and hardy, ideal for the first time keeper.

Egg colour is ranges from Champagne to a Light Brown, and can be seen in the photo below.

You can expect approx. 300-310 eggs per year.

Your hen may start to lay at around 18-20 weeks old, she will be laying at 50% capacity by the time she is 22 weeks old, and will be at full laying capacity at around 30 weeks old.

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Available to from Saturday 21st September - If you live in Sussex, or even on the South Coast, then the Light Sussex Hen is certainly one of the ladies you may like to consider for your flock as they are named after Sussex! With white bodies, these ladies have pretty black necklace of feathers, as well as stunning black tail feathers. Robust and hardy, ideal for the first time keeper.

Egg colour is ranges from Champagne to a Light Brown, and can be seen in the photo below.

You can expect approx. 300-310 eggs per year.

Your hen may start to lay at around 18-20 weeks old, she will be laying at 50% capacity by the time she is 22 weeks old, and will be at full laying capacity at around 30 weeks old.

Here is our list of recommended supplements available on Amazon - we strongly suggest you have a look and buy one (they are less then £10 as a rule) as the hens will sell will shortly be coming into lay, and the supplements really do help. It's stressful enough moving coops - without then having 7 kids a week... https://amzn.to/3v29tj6

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Delivery & Collections

All livestock, including chickens, turkeys, quails, and rabbits have to be collected in person. We do not offer delivery on ANY livestock.

We DO offer delivery on all of our hatching eggs, these are sent by Royal Mail.

Light Sussex | Sussex Star Classic Garden Hen - In Stock

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Classic Sussex Hen, typical markings with white body and black neck and tail feathers. Certainly very popular in the South of England, especially for the chicken keepers who live in Sussex. We often also have the Reverse Sussex, aka Silver Sussex, which makes a lovely pair.