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Conservation status | FAO (2007): not at risk[1]: 153 |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Use | dual-purpose, eggs and meat |
Traits | |
Weight | |
Skin colour | white |
Egg colour | tinted |
Comb type | single |
Classification | |
APA | English[3] |
EE | yes[4] |
PCGB | heavy, soft feather[5] |
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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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