Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[Honora]

Here are my 5 others with my other hen... They are so friendly! One definite male... what do you think about the rest?View attachment 2177746View attachment 2177747View attachment 2177748View attachment 2177749View attachment 2177750

The first two look male and the last three look female to me. They are gorgeous! I will post some new pics of mine too.

 

[Honora]

These chicks are 5 weeks old now.

 

[LONDON HENS]

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These chicks are 5 weeks old now.

They have really grown! Beautiful chicks. Mine are slightly older but are not that big yet. What are you feeding yours?!?

Quite different to mine in colour. Thats what I love about this bread, I have enjoyed waiting to see what colours and markings they are going to have.

 

[Honora]

They have really grown! Beautiful chicks. Mine are slightly older but are not that big yet. What are you feeding yours?!?

Quite different to mine in colour. Thats what I love about this bread, I have enjoyed waiting to see what colours and markings they are going to have.

I am actually feeding them broiler chick starter (20%) because that’s all they had at the store. Maybe that’s why they are bigSwitching then to grower pellets in a week though.

 

[FFCB]

Hi Everyone. New here, but just hatched my first set of Swedish Flower Hens under a broody Australorp about 3 weeks ago. 8 chicks in all. This is the chicks in the nest a day or two after hatch and then making their first round out of the nest approximately 1 week after hatching.

 

[FFCB]

Wonderful colours! You've got such a mix.
This is one of the hens with three chicks. Mum still attacks if you try and pick them up haha
No clear signs if one is a cockerel but we have some head feathers coming on some..

I see you used an Australorp as a broody as well. They are the best! I prefer them to silkies because (while being generally a gentle bird), they have some good attack skills. Mine warded off a red-tail hawk last night.

 

[FFCB]

Does anyone know if that flower hen on the far left is a pullet or a cockerel?

 

[LONDON HENS]

Hi Everyone. New here, but just hatched my first set of Swedish Flower Hens under a broody Australorp about 3 weeks ago. 8 chicks in all. This is the chicks in the nest a day or two after hatch and then making their first round out of the nest approximately 1 week after hatching.

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Amazing looking chicks and mum. Please keep sharing their progress.

My Australorp looking mum actually hatched from an Exchequer leghorn egg with a Welsummer or Barnevelder cockerel... weird mix. She is a strange hen and is quite flighty and stand offish. But first class protector and mum. Her 3 chicks are much more scared of me than the other 5 chicks with a friendly Welsummer mix hen.

 

[FFCB]

The chicks are approaching four weeks. In two weeks, it will be time to start guessing which are cockerels and which are pullets.

 

[Misfit_Chick]

My super sweet Swedish flower Rooster. I was really hoping he would be a she. Oh well I love him anyway. He was a day old hatchling I got with a pair of olive eggers. Right away he knew his name and comes when I call him.