I got screwed by them last year. They were supposed to send Swedish Flower Hens, but I ended up getting mostly Rhode Island Reds, a couple Blue Laced Red Wyandottes, and a Blue Bresse. All low quality birds. Looks like you got some of the same breeds I did.
I noticed one of my Swedish Flower Hen pullets has one white leg and one yellow leg. Just wondering if this happens sometimes in the breed or is she an anomaly? Genetically, how does this happen?
I’m sorry you had a bad experience as well. Maybe this place needs to be turned in for fraud or something. I’m also wondering how they’ve got a 4.8 star review on Google and a 1 star review on Yelp? 🧐
You’ve probably done nothing wrong. Pretty much all chickens carry coccidia. It gets spread around, but does not cause problems unless the levels get out of hand. The medicated starter is supposed to act as a preventive until immune systems are built up, but sometimes it’s just not enough...
The person that wrote that overview you linked is one of the first people that brought the vaulted skull issue to my attention. https://www.facebook.com/notes/swedish-flower-hen-purists/landrace-vs-selective-breeding/210460850844378/
Please don't assume. It's not just by THIS experience. I have spoken with multiple long time Swedish Flower Hen breeders. They are the ones that had pointed it out and informed me of their vaulted skull deformity and why you don't breed crested SFHs together. I then researched further and found...