[Victorian Farmer]

The silki /Sussex gold tops have naw hatched and grown well .The hens are in very good condition for the time of the  ya re .The new pods for the chicks are working well iv built 5 .The next thing is to breed some hybrids for march and Easters orders .The eggs that are going in the incubaters will hatch the begging of December .So if the wether gets very cold that will be that .So we will press on the dingwall sale showd good birds are still making good money.The gold tops are the broodies for next spring ,going back to the old way of brooding when there was no electricatey.The pens are 8ft by 8 and i keep perch laders for them to roost 25 chicks in each pen .The first place they go is in the brooding box for 4 weeks and then into the pens they grow well in these conditions shavings food and light .All stock kept will be vaccinated and sext at day olds .

[Victorian Farmer]

A 8 week gold top silki only the best 6 Sussex of 2012  and the best silki cock we have to breed these supper birds .As you can see very large birds are used so they can cover more eggs ,

[Mrs Snoodles]

I've heard of other doing that cross for natural incubating machines and for sexing    they too were very successful.  I keep all my growers in same size pens, pheasant ones but taller so I don't break my back.  They are the best bit of kit I have. They have boards along the bottoms that protect the youngsters from cross winds.  I had masses of utility strain Sussex once, I just loved the speckled although I think the White were better birds, really hardy, no nonsense type of chickens.