FORENSICA Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 (edited) I am supposed to collect my chickens on Saturday. However I just got an email that they can't give me White star which I ordered due to some problems. So they offered me one of these. Which one should I go for? I didn't research any of these two breeds and now I am tempted to just collect my ISA brown and Skyline, since I really wanted to have different coloured eggs. But I also think that 3 chickens are better then 2 Edited March 17, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Look at my pics Amber is an amber star! not sure what the other one yo mentioned is though sorry ! Amber is lovely, the friendliest of the 3 after a week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FORENSICA Posted March 17, 2008 Author Share Posted March 17, 2008 Barbara, your Amber is a beauty! I got this about the other breed - Sussex Reverse which are a black bird with a white necklace, whom lays a brown egg. But I couldn't find any pictures of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallina Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 My Amber star is the loveliest, friendliest chicken I have ever had, and will sit happily on my lap in the garden. But all chickens are different: there is bound to be someone who has a vicious Amber star, just as I had a vicious Gingernut. It's hopeless trying to give advice on chickens: they are all beautiful. But an Amber Star is a good idea if you want to have a slightly unusual chicken that has the added bonus of being a hybrid. Mine hardly ever misses a day laying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Bracken,my Amber Star is really lovely too. There are some piccys in my gallery,link below. I didn't go to the breeders with buying her in mind,but she was so pretty & so friendly that I simply could not leave her behind .You know how it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I have never heard of a Sussex Reverse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellekatz Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 My Amber Star is only young but is very friendly and loves being picked up and cuddles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I have never heard of a Sussex Reverse. Oh I wanted one of those - I saw a piccie of one (cant for the life of me find it now ) - black with white collar and tail, very pretty. And Prada is an amber star and she wanted me to say she very pretty too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I have never heard of a Sussex Reverse. This is the link to the piccies I found: http://www.smart-inter.net/roseawen/silver.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I see what the reverse means now. Very attractive. Thanks Laura. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moochoo Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I think that my Dotty is a Reverse Sussex ( see my gallery)even though the breeder I got her from calls them a pied suffolk. She lays a dark brown egg similar to a maran. I can see why they call them a reverse sussex because when lily the white sussex was with us her and Dotty were best friends and they looks like a positive and negative photo of each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 My Beauty (RIP) was a Silver Link (another name for Sussex Reverse I imagine), which is the hybrid version of a Silver Sussex, which is a pure breed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazela Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Florence is a sussex reverse (sorry no pics) - but I was told she was a black sussex! She hasn't started laying yet, but is very inquisitive and is my "middle order" hen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phosphorus Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I have been mulling over breeds and one thing I do remember is that a white star produces white eggs and a the amber star I think brown - not sure if that would be a good substitute if you are trying to get the egg colours. Not sure about the sussex - that might be cream or brown eggs. Andrea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 My Amber Star is friendly, docile and lays pale brown eggs. They all make a noise to announce they have laid an egg, but she is the loudest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FORENSICA Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 Thanks so much everybody! Laura, I found that picture earlier too It seems to match the description, and looks like a pretty bird. I wrote to the breeder, that if any of these two lay different brown eggs then ISA brown (which is another one I am getting, next to Skyline) then I would go for that one. Will see what she will reply. It is a shame I can't have a white egg layer, but I would not want to add one more hen later to already established two girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
