Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[Mo'sMenagerie]

look forward to seeing them!

Polka and Dot

 

[Eevee]

Hi everyone! I enjoyed looking at everyones pictures. We have one sweedish flower hen pullet that we got as a chick back in april. Here is a picture of tulip (my son picked her name)

 

[Perris]

Tulip is very pretty - are you sure she's a SFH? There's no breed standard for SFH but she looks like a speckled sussex ...

 

[Eevee]

Tulip is very pretty - are you sure she's a SFH? There's no breed standard for SFH but she looks like a speckled sussex ...

The lady we got them from only sells SFH, but yes she does have similar markings like a sussex. We got 3 chicks from her, all were different patterns. Tulip was the darkest of them. We would have kept the other 2, but they ended up being roos, and we couldn't keep them. They are all so different, one of the things I like about the breed.

 

[Perris]

she's tame as well as pretty! Shame about the roos; flock dynamics determine my keeping or not of young cockerels, and I'm really, really hoping my young SF cock continues to behave in such a way that I can keep him...cos he's gorgeous!

 

[Mo'sMenagerie]

Polka and Dot View attachment 1869219

Sure love seeing the photos of all of y'all's SFH's.

My two, Polka and Dot, seem slow to mature, but they sure are the sweetest and most tame of all my birds! I'm really learning to love these two. I've been slowly getting them used to the flock for the last 2 weeks, and am hoping to introduce them to the living quarters (the main coop) in the next week or so. Fingers crossed!

 

[Mo'sMenagerie]

The lady we got them from only sells SFH, but yes she does have similar markings like a sussex. We got 3 chicks from her, all were different patterns. Tulip was the darkest of them. We would have kept the other 2, but they ended up being roos, and we couldn't keep them. They are all so different, one of the things I like about the breed.
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Love the name Tulip

 

[Mo'sMenagerie]

Another recent photo of Polka and Dot. They sure do look like they have big waddles and combs for their age and supposedly bring pullets. Any thoughts on whether they might be cockerels???

 

[Perris]

I think you may be right...my Chirk looks the same, while Usk's are still tiny and pink.

 

[Mo'sMenagerie]

I think you may be right...my Chirk looks the same, while Usk's are still tiny and pink.

So your bet is that the are boys?