Runs & Free-Ranging
Housing & Fencing: 3 guides
- Confinement vs. Free-Range: What Works Best for Speckled Sussex (and What Doesn't)Sussex are known foragers, but a good life for a hen is not an all-or-nothing choice. Here is how to match the system to your land and risk.
- The Garden and the Flock: Using Speckled Sussex for Pest Control Without Destroying BedsHens eat slugs and beetles with enthusiasm. They also eat seedlings and dig dust baths in your lettuce.
- Why Some Speckled Sussex Don't Free-Range Well: Maturity, Confusion, and Flock IntegrationA breed known for foraging can still hang around the coop door. Here is how to diagnose why.