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I spend the same amount of time with them as I do with my hens of other breeds… I am glad yours are nicer. Where did you get them? I am pretty sure my first ones were from Meyer’s the second from MPC.

I have had two hens (just one left now) and a roo, and they are gorgeous. They are also obnoxious, and one was really loud, with a hideous screeching voice. No other hen pecks me as hard and relentlessly in the nest box when I reach under her to get eggs, and I have a bunch of different breeds...

I just want to show off my gorgeous roo (again?). Westley and Buttercup will be 2 years old in April (I think? can’t remember exactly). Sorry, no good picture of the hen, you can just glimpse her back on the bottom... For anyone getting chicks: this roo was a chestnut brown color with a cream...

It is my understanding that there is some sort of opening in the skull in all crested chickens - smaller crests just have a smaller opening. That’s why I’d like to avoid breeding my crested roo to a crested hen. Unfortunately MPC said they can’t send me non crested chicks, it’ll be the luck of...

Here are a couple of pictures of my flowers, Buttercup and Westley. I would like to know 1. What do you call the hen’s color pattern if there’s a name for it? (she is actually a little lighter than in the picture) and 2. My roo is crested, the hen isn’t. I have ordered two more female chicks...

Good observation and yes, you are absolutely correct, no tail feathers yet on the little roo. He is the blue-red cockerel in the last picture.

When my chicks were brand new I so wanted to know what they would look like as adults. I couldn't find much on it at all. So, here are some before and after pictures: At 3 days (the yellow one (pullet) and the brown one (cockerel) - the blue one on the right was stressed in transport and died...

I am glad to hear that! Where did you get you SFHs? Mine came from Meyer. I only noticed that one of them had wings that looked different from any chicks' I have seen before, that's why I thought it must be the split wing thing. It would be great if that wasn't in fact it, since this is on my...

Oh, that's great news! Thanks!

That is interesting. One of them has looked split wing since it was a couple of days old, the other's wings looked normal until recently, so maybe she will end ip growing a full wing after all.

Hi there! I have two young SFHs - both look to e split wing. Will they have teouble getting up to the roost, about 2 1/2 feet off the ground?

Thank you! That was my guess (hope?) as well. The left one has a bit of a crest now, I was wondering if that would make the comb look different or if it might in fact be a little roo. That one also has a tiny bit of an orange tinge to the comb, where the other's is just pale yellowish. For...

Does anyone see a roo here? They are five weeks old now.

They are called Skånsk Blommehöna, which means Scanian (region in south of Sweden) Flowerchicken, but höna also means hen. I guess it's similar to German where each animal is assigned a gender (like the word for cat is Katze, and that's female), but it means both a male or female cat, just a cat...

Well that would be very pretty!

Here are my tiny ones. What do you think their colors might be when they grow up? The yellow one has an orange spot on top of its head. The brown one is a beautiful warm reddish medium brown, with cream on the chest and belly. On both of them the wing and tail feathers coming in are a warm grey...

The remaining to little chicks are doing fine, but now I am constantly worried over them... then I think about how they are treated at the feed store and think I need to relax! Tomorrow I'll take out the paper towels - let the mess begin! I hope they won't start eating shavings... Also I...

Yes, I agree!

Thank you! I guess I was spoiled from my first two batches )last spring) that were all fine.... Yes, they are on water with save-a-chick electrolytes and sugar. I did check their bottoms. The one who died had a bit if poo stuck but the vent was free - still cleaned it off, though. I have 13...