What a gorgeous group you have !!And I took some pictures today, mainly of my little girls and Margie.Nothing makes ya feel better than time with the girls.
Rangi the Ancona, of course, who was practically standing on my head while I took Po's picture.
What a girl.
Huka the Silver Lakenvelder, who apparently did not want her picture taken:
Ihi the Golden Campine--she looks like a relative of racinchickens' Hamburg!
Roha the Exchequer Leghorn:
Whiri the Light Brown Leghorn--she is so, so pretty!
Marama the Egyptian Fayoumi, having a rest:
Po boy the black Cochin bantam:
Here's Roha again.She's always sticking her face in the camera.
And Whiri hiding her face while Frou-Frou, my beloved splash Marans, tries to get in on her dust bath.
I love the black! I'm hoping to hatch some black flowered Swedish Flower Hens this time. Have 5 eggs that came from a gal that has predominantly black SFH so I'm hoping!And I took some pictures today, mainly of my little girls and Margie.Nothing makes ya feel better than time with the girls.
Rangi the Ancona, of course, who was practically standing on my head while I took Po's picture.
What a girl.
I didn't know Swedish Flower Hens came in so many different colorations! (Was it you that posted a bird that looked just like my Rangi a while back, and then we were comparing pictures?)
Not to worry, I didn't remember, either! I did a quick search and it looks like it was a member that isn't active here anymore (or maybe they're still active and have just been drowned out by all the other posts. Who knows):
Aw, long lost sisters!
Hi. Yes, you are correct. They are blue egg layers. They get that and their crests from a chilean bird in their ancestry. The party line is that they can tend to flighty, are not broody, and are somewhat like leghorns. I also follow the thread on cream legbars on here. I've seen plenty of reports of friendly, active birds. And also quite a few reports on broodiness. And most people are quite happy with the egg size and amount of eggs they lay. The one's I took pics of are about 8 weeks old, and they are my oldest, so I can't speak from too much experience myself. They are a relatively new introduction to the US imported from the UK. Look on the Greenfire Farms site if you want to get some info on them. As far as color goes, they are cream colored, but there are also some barring and red genes floating around in there too, currently there are a lot of gold colored birds as well, but they don't meet the standard, and people are actively trying to breed that out of them. Ideally, they are cream, lay lots of large blue eggs and have a medium sized comb and crest. I really like their look and can't wait to start my breeding program with them.
