Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[myfivegirls]

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Just to add - my SFH are in a small mixed flock, which in includes a bantam Cochin, who is very sweet & gentle. When I re-introduced her to them, after a few months of being separate, they pecked her a few times, but overall, they've done ok together. There are other LF hens in the flock as well, and they get along just fine, with the SFH being on top of the pecking order. Yes, if challenged by another hen, the SFH will stand up for themselves, but I've never seem them want to initiate the challenge or to "battle". The word I use to describe their personality is "spunky" - while they're friendly and generally easy-going, they're also independent & prefer not to be confined (read: escape artists).
I had one hen that was determined to either fly over 3ft fences or squeeze under small gaps dividing the grass paddocks, and she eventually introduced herself to another breeding group, which included the much larger Bielefelders.
While I haven't weighed the hens, I believe they'd be in the 5 lb or under range - not what I would consider really "large".

 

[cupofJoelene]

Oops, I should post a few pictures for ya'll! Here are the new fluff-butts.

 

[LisaLouHoo]

Oops, I should post a few pictures for ya'll! Here are the new fluff-butts.

Here is a black and yellow I hatched this year. a few weeks old and newly hatched.

 

[cupofJoelene]

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Here is a black and yellow I hatched this year. a few weeks old and newly hatched.

LOVE it! They all vary so much and change so often I guess the best I can do is try (haha! yeah...) and be patient. I just hope I get a nice variety.

 

[Sylvester017]

Just to add - my SFH are in a small mixed flock, which in includes a bantam Cochin, who is very sweet & gentle. When I re-introduced her to them, after a few months of being separate, they pecked her a few times, but overall, they've done ok together. There are other LF hens in the flock as well, and they get along just fine, with the SFH being on top of the pecking order. Yes, if challenged by another hen, the SFH will stand up for themselves, but I've never seem them want to initiate the challenge or to "battle". The word I use to describe their personality is "spunky" - while they're friendly and generally easy-going, they're also independent & prefer not to be confined (read: escape artists).
I had one hen that was determined to either fly over 3ft fences or squeeze under small gaps dividing the grass paddocks, and she eventually introduced herself to another breeding group, which included the much larger Bielefelders.
While I haven't weighed the hens, I believe they'd be in the 5 lb or under range - not what I would consider really "large".

Landrace breeds do seem more independent and self-willed. The Egg Farm got into Icelandics and said the breed was always going where they didn't want them so they just gave up trying to keep them confined - it was a losing battle. I believe Fayoumi are similarly self-willed as are a few other hard-to-contain breeds and really don't do well in confinement. Heritage breeds seem better to trust close in a barnyard where landrace breeds seem to have a wanderlust.

 

[cupofJoelene]

Calling all trained eyes! I think roo, but I'm also a first time chicken keeper so my eyes aren't as mature. He/she also acts very rooish to me. Oh, and crested... But that's an easy one.

 

[mamidei]

Calling all trained eyes! I think roo, but I'm also a first time chicken keeper so my eyes aren't as mature. He/she also acts very rooish to me. Oh, and crested... But that's an easy one.

I'm calling that a roo too! That pink comb says it all

very pretty!

 

[ChicwannaB]

Ive got an excess of about 4 SFH cockerels at 12 weeks of age I'd like to sell off. In Munger Michigan...if anyone is interested I'm asking $12 apiece for them. Hate to send them off to the butcher because they are such beautiful birds. I've got a sign out front of the house.


DONT READ THIS POST, MY BIRDs ARE NOT PUREBREDS AND I AM NOT SELLING ANY OF THE COCKERELS NOW.

 

[cupofJoelene]

I'm calling that a roo too! That pink comb says it all

very pretty!

Thanks! What does this one look like? LOVE all the black flowers popping up all over it. Hoping pullet! It's a few days to one week younger than the first.

 

[minihorse927]

Thanks! What does this one look like? LOVE all the black flowers popping up all over it. Hoping pullet! It's a few days to one week younger than the first.

pullet