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    The Svart Hona (Swedish Black Hen) Thread!

    13 weeks in a few days, pretty sure it's a Svart Hona roo
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    The Svart Hona (Swedish Black Hen) Thread!

    Is this little one a Svart Hona? 9 weeks old today. If it is, what do I look for to tell hen or roo since the comb and waddles are black?
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    Isbar thread

    Yes, his comb is black and his little waddle bumps are too. I call them bumps because that's all they are right now, they haven't started to drop.
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    Isbar thread

    Here are updated photos
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    Isbar thread

    I'll get a new photo tomorrow. Tonight I was surprised when I went in the hen house at bedtime to count and collect the ice bowls...the little one that I'm trying to figure out i a cockerel or not had managed to fly up between the pen and wall,then while I was staring at the situation trying to...
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    Isbar thread

    Update...the comb and waddles haven't changed but I'm starting to see iridescent “leakage” of color. So maybe it's a slow developing cockerel.
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    Silverudd's Blue

    I'm having trouble finding the FB group. Only a few farms posting show up. Can someone help me find it?
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    Isbar thread

    I'll watch how he develops and see
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    Isbar thread

    I just checked and his skin is darker than the other siblings. The breeder I got them from does breed Svarthona.
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    Isbar thread

    Photos don't always work from my phone but this is a photo of brother whose comb has been red for a while now.
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    Isbar thread

    That's what I was thinking but it's not red like brother is
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    Isbar thread

    7 weeks old ... hen or roo? It's the black comb that's throwing me off.
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    Isbar thread

    I bought 4 straight run chicks...turns out 1 pullet and 3 cockerels. I suspected as much when the first 2 cockerels became apparent so I went back to the breeder and bought 4 more straight run chicks. This second set of chicks is 4 weeks younger than the first set. As soon as the younger ones...
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    Isbar thread

    Thanks so much, not what I was hoping for. I'm too close to the neighbors for a roo. Guess I'll put together a Rehoming ad.
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    Isbar thread

    I'm stumped with this one ... 8 weeks old, hen or roo?
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