Light Sussex

E298850

Light Sussex is a popular dual-purpose chicken breed variety known for its white body with black neck and tail markings, valued for both egg production and meat.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Light Sussex canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chicken breed variety ⓘ
domestic chicken ⓘ
dual-purpose chicken ⓘ
averageAnnualEggProduction approximately 180–240 eggs per year ⓘ
bodyColor white ⓘ
bodyType large fowl ⓘ
broodiness occasional ⓘ
classification heavy breed ⓘ
climateSuitability temperate climates ⓘ
combColor red ⓘ
combType single comb ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
developedInRegion County of Sussex ⓘ
linked to: Sussex
earlobeColor red ⓘ
eggColor cream ⓘ
tinted ⓘ
eggShellColorCategory light brown ⓘ
eggSize medium to large ⓘ
growthRate moderate to fast ⓘ
hardiness good cold hardiness ⓘ
good general hardiness ⓘ
keptFor family egg supply ⓘ
table birds ⓘ
neckFeatherColor black ⓘ
notableTrait calm disposition ⓘ
good foraging ability ⓘ
originPeriod early 20th century form of Sussex ⓘ
partOf Sussex chicken breed ⓘ
plumagePattern Columbian pattern ⓘ
popularity kept worldwide ⓘ
popular in the United Kingdom ⓘ
recognizedAsVarietyOf Sussex by many poultry standards ⓘ
recognizedBy various national poultry clubs ⓘ
recognizedSexes female ⓘ
male ⓘ
shankColor white or pinkish ⓘ
skinColor white ⓘ
suitableFor backyard flocks ⓘ
free-range systems ⓘ
small farms ⓘ
tailFeatherColor black ⓘ
temperament docile ⓘ
friendly ⓘ
use egg production ⓘ
meat production ⓘ
wattleColor red ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sussex → recognizedVariety → Light Sussex ⓘ
Sussex → notableStrain → Light Sussex ⓘ
Speckled Sussex → relatedBreed → Light Sussex ⓘ