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[midori]

My 13 week old 'Light Sussex' pullet has yellow legs, but I understand the legs should be white. Do the yellow legs mean she is not in fact a Light Sussex? I'll try and add a picture shortly.

 

It doesn't matter, but it would be nice to know what she is or isn't for information.

 

Thankyou.

[Redwing]

Sometimes with pure breeds you get a strain that isnt quite pure and these have features that they shouldnt have

 

Another option is that she is a hybrid - there is a hybrid that looks a lot like a light sussex

 

Another option although a bit unlikely could be that the breeder fed a feed with a yellowing agent (designed to enhance yellow legs) I fed some cuckoo marans on a brand of feed that has this and their legs went a very fetching shade of yellow!

[patsylabrador]

My three light sussex bantams were from the same set of eggs as far as I know. Two have white legs and one has yellow legs. I'm not knowledgeable about chicken breeds so that's all I can tell you.

 

Just red above reply and yes, I'm sure mine are hybrid birds.

[midori]

Thankyou.

 

Not sure if it helps, but here she is. I don't think it can be the food thing, as I got two other pullets from the same breeder that were kept in with her and the others don't have yellow legs.

 

 

[skye]

No idea if this is correct or whether I just imagined it (!), but don't chickens' yellow legs lose their colour when they start laying? I'm sure our amber and our lost the yellowy tinge to their legs as they matured.

 

I'm sure I read somewhere that if the chicken's legs are yellow then she probably isn't in lay yet... perhaps they are maturing at different rates?

 

Please ignore me if this is wrong.

 

skye x

[Isabel]

Can't answer your question Midori but she's a beauty

[sadietoo]

No idea if this is correct or whether I just imagined it (!), but don't chickens' yellow legs lose their colour when they start laying?

 

My White Sussex definitely had a brother with yellow legs so I'm thinking there has to be another reason No doubt someone with more knowledge will be along shortly...

 

Chook n' Boo where are you???

[Daphne]

I'm afraid you are unlikely to hear from her - she has serious cooing duties to attend to over on the chicks thread

[Christian]

I am sure I read somewhere that quite often hens are born with yellow legs and they fade as they get older? Am I mad too?

[tom123]

As Redwing said, some strains of pure breeds can have different characteristics e.g. egg colour, leg colour, egg numbers etc.

 

When a hen with yellow legs begins to lay the colour does fade as the yellow pigment goes into the yolk instead. Thats why some hens who should have yellow legs have white/grey legs after a couple of years of laying.

[Jools]

She doesn't look pure Sussex to me and her leg colour would suggest that too.

 

It's true that yellow leg breeds, such as RIR, Welsumer, Wyandotte, Plymouth Rock etc, start the laying season with strong yellow leg colour, which fades as the season progresses. However, I didn't think that food could change leg colour from white or grey to yellow though, just that it could make yellow legs yellower.

[tom123]

No I agree, could be a hybrid

 

No it can't make the legs yellow just improve the colour

[Chook n Boo Mum]

No idea if this is correct or whether I just imagined it (!), but don't chickens' yellow legs lose their colour when they start laying?

 

My White Sussex definitely had a brother with yellow legs so I'm thinking there has to be another reason No doubt someone with more knowledge will be along shortly...

 

Chook n' Boo where are you???

 

I'm here!!!!

 

I'm afraid you are unlikely to hear from her - she has serious cooing duties to attend to over on the chicks thread

 

You are not wrong Daphne (another one has hatched so I'll add that over there too in a mo )

 

Pansy's brother did indeed have very yellow legs and was known as............Yellow Legs White Back and Pansy's legs were both as white as expected...here he is...........

 

And all 3 of them as chicks so you can see he always had yellow legs......

 

And in all his tuneful glory....sorry I can't resist this

 

I bought the eggs from a chap as Light Sussex not as hybrids...........

 

Back to my new babies now

 

Sha x

[Jools]

And what a handsome lad he is too! I'd guess that he has a little bit of something else in his make-up somewhere though to have legs of that colour. Or maybe yellow legged Sussex will be the new chocolate!

[grb944]

I was sure I read the pol chocks legs will go yellow when they are ready to lay !!

but reading this thread..no one has mentioned that

So am I wrong ??

 

I have had my chickens over a week now..and i have been waiting for there ghostly white legs to go yellow !!!!

[Chook n Boo Mum]

My yellow-legged Light Sussex would have made history had he started popping out eggs, he came out of his own egg with yellow legs ....and my baby pekins all have yellow legs....I think the colour of their legs have little to do with age, more to do with breed, though I'm happy to be proven otherwise

 

Sha x

[Jools]

I was sure I read the pol chocks legs will go yellow when they are ready to lay !!

but reading this thread..no one has mentioned that

So am I wrong ??

 

I have had my chickens over a week now..and i have been waiting for there ghostly white legs to go yellow !!!!

 

You're sort of right .... a bit!

 

Breeds with yellow legs start each laying season very yellow, but they lose their colour as they lay. It's true of breeds like Rhode Island Red and Welsummer. White legs will stay white though.

[ISCA]

I fed some cuckoo marans on a brand of feed that has this and their legs went a very fetching shade of yellow!

My Cuckoo Marans has yellow legs and she is a pure breed from a reputable pure breeds farm. Maybe it's the Garvo feed I give them, as show people seem to rave about the colour of the yellow legs when they feed Garvo to their birds (well those that are supposed to have yellow legs!).

 

Mine are garden chooks so I am not a bit concerned The yellow looks fab. My Light Sussex has white legs though.

[Jools]

I fed some cuckoo marans on a brand of feed that has this and their legs went a very fetching shade of yellow!

My Cuckoo Marans has yellow legs and she is a pure breed from a reputable pure breeds farm. Maybe it's the Garvo feed I give them, as show people seem to rave about the colour of the yellow legs when they feed Garvo to their birds (well those that are supposed to have yellow legs!).

 

Mine are garden chooks so I am not a bit concerned The yellow looks fab. My Light Sussex has white legs though.

 

Pure Cuckoo Marans (indeed any Marans) don't have yellow legs. It's a sign of another breed somewhere in their make-up, possibly Barred Plymouth Rock or Barred Wyandotte. It doesn't matter what you feed, if a bird doesn't have yellow legs to start with, you can't turn them yellow with food, you can only make yellow legs yellower.

[Mollie333]

I have the same problem with one of my chicks..

[Mr Brahma]

Hello,

 

Sorry I know this is a very old post but I had to contribute.

Yellow legs in Sussex is a very rare throw back from the Sussex' Asiatic roots (Light Brahma).

The Light Brahma was added to the Sussex during the late 19th Century to give the Sussex a far bigger frame to put meat on. At the time before the cross it was'nt deemed big enough for the London markets. Also on occasion you will see Sussex come out with slight foot feathering or even a poor pea comb. Your Yellow fleshed Sussex will taste nicer than its white skinned counterparts, don't know the reason for this but Yellow fleshed birds have a better taste but are typically slower growing which is why they are crossed with faster growing breeds commercially.

[Chook n Boo Mum]

Goodness me...well every day is a learning day, thank you Mr Brahma!

[Chickabee]

I have read this whole post twice. It's mind boggling. The only hen I have with yellow legs is my Welsummer. My light Sussex reverse has white legs. I've learned something today.

[Egluntyne]

Wow. This is an ancient thread.

[Chickabee]

Omg how did that happen