Sussex chicken

Sussex
Light hen
Conservation statusFAO (2007): not at risk[1]: 153 
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Usedual-purpose, eggs and meat
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    Standard: minimum 4.1 kg[2]: 294 
    Bantam: maximum 1.5 kg[2]: 294 
  • Female:
    Standard: minimum 3.2 kg[2]: 294 
    Bantam: maximum 1.1 kg[2]: 294 
Skin colourwhite
Egg colourtinted
Comb typesingle
Classification
APAEnglish[3]
EEyes[4]
PCGBheavy, soft feather[5]

The Sussex is a British breed of dual-purpose chicken, reared both for its meat and for its eggs. Eight colours are recognised for both standard-sized and bantam fowl. A breed association, the Sussex Breed Club, was organised in 1903.[6]

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