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  1. Texas Chickens

    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    Our SFHen eggs came in today also. They are in the egg crates resting and like you will put them in the bator tonight. 20 gray and black spash ones. The box was in excelent shape complete with label that said Fragile Live embryos do not Xray Live Embryos Please protect from heat and cold...
  2. Texas Chickens

    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    Your babies are beautiful.
  3. Texas Chickens

    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    Flown out from hatchery might be expensive but it might be the best way for you get them and not lose your hard earned money through the post office. Pay abit more but they "arrive alive". Did you call Delta and give them a good report on how they took care of the chicks? I am leary...
  4. Texas Chickens

    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    Yes, that was my point. It was totally the post office - not the labeling, packing or picking it up. The seller and the buyer can only do so much. This seller also told me that in his experience shipping here to the west coast is the worst. He had had several boxes of eggs destroyed and orders...
  5. Texas Chickens

    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    Well that is the fault of the post office not the seller. Everyone knows how the post office can be about packages. You take your chanches when you buy eggs and have them shipped. You hope they are packed good and arrive on time and not squished up. So far we have been lucky with our shipped...
  6. Texas Chickens

    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    We also got Swedish Flower Hen eggs yesterday due in Wed. These will be our last hatching eggs this year and last buying of SFHens. Husband has enough now to do a breeding program himself. They are coming from about 3 1/2 hrs from us here in Tx so I hope they make the trip down here in...
  7. Texas Chickens

    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    I wonder if its the way they lay in the egg for the last week or so growing and the hatching out taking too long for them so the legs get what my granny would call "stoved" meaning they are stuck and can't do much till the muscles relax completly and then they have to learn how to use them...
  8. Texas Chickens

    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    As of today Little Mom is doing great ... Last evening I watched her for a bit and she was standing on 1 leg and scratching her head with the other leg... another step in life for her and her legs getting stronger. I do notice that she still paces herself with what she does and does not...
  9. Texas Chickens

    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    Little Momma and I take 1 day at a time around here. So far so good this morning with her. The vitamins I believe in fully now. All the little ones get them till from what I was reading they are 6 months old...am using Purina Flock stater on them all instead of chick starter as all the bags...
  10. Texas Chickens

    Swedish Flower Hen Thread

    Pictures of Little Mom Little Moms feet today Going to get something to eat You can see how she is holding her right leg sometimes ' Drinking water full weight on the right leg Note no curled toes period I am Paul's wife and he is partly right about the chick. Her name...
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