Hello, @Wooded acres!
As myfivegirls mentioned, I do have a breeding flock of Swedes. I can accommodate with started birds a bit later in the year. Ill be growing out most of my chicks but will be happy to hatch you a batch if I'm your closest breeder. Located 25 miles south of Albany in...
Blue House Farms has nice birds, at least the ones I've received were. I got Swedish Flower, And Barnevelders from her. I only have one Swede from there, as that's all I got to hatch, and she's a really nice bird, she rates among one of the best SFH hens that I have. The Barnevelders were...
My Swedes are very aware of everything around them. They aren't flighty about it, but they even tell me when air planes and squirrels are around. Funny how flock dynamics are so different from one flock to another.
Welcome to the Swedish Flower craze Kim! You will love these birds, they have been my favorite by far!
a couple answers to your questions:
Mine tend to like the ground nesting boxes more then the wall mounted ones. I began using ground nests when they began flying over my 7' fence to lay...
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Thank you! This photo is close to two months ago by now. He is keeping his mottling quite well and has been filling out. He's going to be huge I think, even as a chick he was a giant lol
I have had black and yellow chicks, this is one I've kept:
It's hard sometimes to know what they'll look like. The more you work with them the easier it gets. The mostly brown pullet turned completely white, then spotted with black before she decided on Mille fluer lol.
The pullets below...