smudgley Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Having recently got a new chicken run, we got 4 Goldlines a couple of weeks ago. We wanted to get a few more, so this week we bought 6 light sussex youngsters. Not sure yet if they are hens or cockerals. Knowing our luck they will all be boys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Light Sussex are lovely. I hope they are all girls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I hope they are all girls Me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisnrob Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Any names yet? How about photos? Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudgley Posted June 20, 2007 Author Share Posted June 20, 2007 The big girls are called...... blue white green red They have got coloured rings on, it's great. I thought we'd never remember who's who otherwise! & whilst we were deciding on names, it kind of just happened that they are called after their ring colours! The younger ones will have similar names, just waiting for the rings to arrive. I will post some pics of them at the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisnrob Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 What happens when you run out of single coloured rings and have to start using bi-colour ones? "Blue with white stripe" just doesn't cut it as a chicken name Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 COuld have patterned ones and give them names like dotty and stripey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 What age are the young Sussex? - I have 4 week old Buffs and the 2 boys have much bigger combs than the 4 girls so easy to tell apart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudgley Posted June 20, 2007 Author Share Posted June 20, 2007 Not really sure how old they are. We reckon 6 weeks (?) Would love to see a photo of yours to compare. I just went to get photos of mine & my battery died on the camera. I wanted Buff Sussex - they are beautiful. Acually one of them is a bit bigger & he tends to "shove" the others out the way & his comb is bigger & his tail is bigger. We think he's a boy, but no idea about the others. Rob - What's wrong with the name "blue left / red right" it's got a lovely ring to it.... ring to it Ring to it... .............. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisnrob Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Why not go the whole hog and just call them 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...