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I don't know if my SFH is typical or not. She started laying on March 1st after a super frigid winter around here. Once she started (well after my EE and BAs), she has laid beautiful light brown eggs-extra large!

She is a very pretty bird! My Swedish Flower Hen, Else, was 10 months old when she laid her first egg.

Elsa is always surprising me, especially with her intelligence! I had been suspecting she was getting ready to lay (she was showing all the signs-even her voice had changed!), so I was checking the nesting boxes carefully each day. On that day, however, I almost missed it- the nesting box lids...

I don't know how long they lay. I just got my first egg yesterday from Elsa, my SFH. She is 44 weeks old, and I was starting to wonder if I would get ANY eggs, as my other pullets starting laying at 20-25 weeks! It was a beauty, though, and I was so excited! Perfect, and HUGE-62 grams, poor girl.

They are certainly beauties!

I was concerned that Elsa was a roo when she was a bit younger-she had some of the behavior traits of a rooster, but not so much the physical traits. She is for sure a pullet, but still is the one who works in the background to protect the others. She is the one that the girls run to if they are...

Thank you. I love that you never know what you might get with SFH. I was expecting more of the brown shades, but I love the grey/silver/white coloring. Britt has beautiful coloring! Good luck on getting some babies!

Lovely birds! I had posted a picture of Elsa (post #12607) back in the summer when I was concerned about her being a rooster. At that time, you had just determined "Sarah" was actually"Sven." He is quite a beautiful rooster! Here is a more recent picture of Elsa-not the best.

She is very pretty-and has quite the personality and intelligence!

Thank you. I will just try to be patient. Elsa certainly seems to be healthy. She has a lot to live up to as far as egg size and quality-my other 4 girls are giving me delicious extra large eggs!

This thread has been pretty quiet for awhile! I do have a question about Elsa, my SFH. She is 35 weeks old now, and still has not laid her first egg. My other 4 girls (2 Black Australorps and 2 Easter Eggers) have been laying for 1-2 months. I know they have slowed down because of winter, so am...

I have read that during the first six months of their life, chickens go through several "juvenile molts" where they lose some feathers and new ones grow in quickly. You would not know they were molting if not for seeing all those feathers lying around. I, too, was worried when my chicks, now 18...

There is a discussion on another website about Swedish Flower Hens: It states that "The skin can be yellow or black mottled in color, with legs being clean and light tan in color. Chicks’ legs can be a pink or grey color. The Swedish Flower hen has never been bred to any written ‘standard’...

They are all very pretty! Love the feather colors on SunBae!

Good to know. She is so smart, and the protector of the flock.

Here are some pictures of Elsa from this afternoon. I interrupted her doing some rearranging in her coop (throwing chips around), but when I called her out, she came to do some posing. First thing she saw was her mirror!

I have heard from most of you that Swedish Flower Hens are the among the sweetest chickens in your flock. My SFH, Elsa, is somewhat of a diva. I guess the jury is still out as to whether she is Elsa or Elmer-will have to wait until she/he lays an egg or crows. She is almost 15 weeks old now and...

Don't know anything about 55 Flowery Hens-maybe they have a more aggressive nature. Grumpus really is a cute guy-he has a marvelous comb and his wattles seem large for his age. I'm glad he stands up for himself, especially among so many adolescent males!

Is he as grumpy as he looks, cause that's a pretty mean look! Also, how old is he?

My giggle for the day! Thanks!