Traditional poultry breeds

The hatching eggs for these breeds of chicken are available to buy

Buff Sussex chickens for sale

Buff Sussex are a very old English breed of chicken which originated in and around Heathfield, East Sussex and are one of the oldest poultry breeds still in existence today. Bred as a dual purpose bird and prized for its meat a century ago, this is a very productive breed.

Buff Sussex have a wonderful temperament - are docile and recommended for back-garden conservationists or "garden poultry" as well as for a larger free range environment where they love to run and forage. The hens for sale are available in a range of colours – buff, red, speckled, silver and white – at Longbourn we specialise in Buff Sussex standard birds.

The Buff Sussex hen will lay approx 260 delicious free range eggs that are creamy beige in colour.

Hatching eggs for our Buff Sussex chickens are for sale – find out more

Buff Sussex Bantam for sale

The Buff Sussex Bantam originated in Great Britain around 1920 and is a dwarf version of the Sussex.

Sussex Bantams have a placid, affectionate nature and provide a wonderful starting point for young children to develop an understanding of poultry. Easily tamed and partial to corn they make superb pets or "garden poultry". They are excellent layers and often continue producing eggs throughout the winter. The bantams for sale are available in a range of colours – grey, white, silver, Columbian, buff Columbian, red Columbian, red porcelain, and Columbian blue marked. At Longbourn we specialise in Buff Sussex bantam birds.

Hatching eggs for our Buff Sussex Bantams are for sale – find out more

Faverolles for sale

This poultry breed was developed from the village of Faverolles in Northern France where it was crossed with breeds such as the Dorking (from where it gets its fifth toe, Brahma, Houdan and Cochin to provide a dual purpose bird. Prized for its meat and imported into Great Britain in 1886, it was crossed with Sussex, Orpington and Indian Game. The best known variety of this chicken is the “salmon” which appeared in 1893 and this is the poultry breed that what we raise and have for sale at Longbourn.

Faverolles  chickens are alert, active, placid and inquisitive birds becoming tame very quickly. The Faverolles we have for sale are available in a range of colours, laced blue, buff, ermine, white, cuckoo and black in addition to the salmon in which we specialise.

Hatching eggs for our Faverolles chickens are for sale – find out more

Salmon Faverolles hens are the sweetest little
birds with muffling from below the eyes and chin which forms a creamy white beard. They have a cream front, thighs and lower body with the remainder a shade of pale salmon brown. Their legs are short and stout and sparsely feathered to the outer toe. This particular breed of poultry will lay up to 180 tinted eggs a year.

Salmon Faverolles cockerels are very proud, colourful and flamboyant. The beard and muffling are black, the neck and hackles straw coloured over a mahogany back and shoulders. The rest of the body is black with a beautiful black / green / blue iridescent plume of tail feathers – highly desirable !

If you are interested in any of the poultry we have for sale, please contact us and we will be delighted to help.

Hatching chicken and poultry eggs for sale from Over the Stile, a smallholding in Sussex.