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    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    They're mixed -- Swedish flower hen, turkins and some type of meat hens I haven't been able to get the name of yet. Fourteen have hatched so far and five eggs are still in the incubator. Today is day 22.
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    The 6th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    I'm in. My first chicks just hatched yesterday and today, so I'm ready.
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    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    Hi Lorie, Somebody can say if I'm wrong, but I think this six week old chick is one.
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    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    Yes, they can be crosses. I got eggs for the first clutch from two different farmers who are neighbors. Once one of them saw the Turken with flowering, she told me their free ranging chickens must be visiting each other (she has turkens). The younger chicks came from three dozen the SFH farmer...
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    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    These are some of the six week old chicks from above. There are ten six week old and eight nine week old. Two stray dogs got in one day and I lost one from each clutch, reinforced the fencing, then a hawk was in with them, but I went out at exactly the right moment to send it on its way (kind...
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    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    They're beautiful! I took some pictures of my chicks today too. It was so nice out and I let them have their first trip into the garden, out of their big run. I was watching for hawks since one had already tried to get one from inside their run. They enjoyed it, then went back into the run and...
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    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    My second hatch was successful despite a temperature drop during lock down that might have lasted 24 hrs or more. The humidity had caused the thermometer display to break and I had trusted it to stay steady. When I got worried over no pipping, I quickly switched it out and found it had been 90...
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    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    I'll try, Leah's Mom. I would love to hear what you and others can tell me about what you see. I know two are turkens and believe the other seven are SFHs. Are they? These are a few photos I took just now. The chicks range from 15 to 17 days old.
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    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    I'm thrilled to find this thread. At 945 pages long, it will take awhile to get through, but I've learned so much just in the first several pages. About five weeks ago, two local farmers gifted me some eggs and loaned me an incubator, letting me know that it is pretty challenging at our altitude...
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