Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[Cynthia12]

Chicken on the kitchen table. Jeez

I can't wait, but it won't be too much longer! I have several pipped. I am soo excited. I have hatched a lot of eggs, but, I honestly don't think I've this excited to see what I get! They are so pretty, and all different.

 

[ki4got]

Quote: well, you know where hubby works. you could always drop them off with him. but the house is only another half hour... and i'll feed ya something too if needed. (once they start laying again that is.)

 

[Cynthia12]

Beautiful birds, Big Jim!!

Recently someone asked me "What color are Swedish Flower hens?"

LOL!

THIS COLOR!







My yard never looked better or more colorful

Ha, great answer! Very pretty colors.

 

[Chicken Coach]

Very pretty colors.I have 2 roos and 10 point of lay pullets and i just bought 2 dozen more hatching eggs on ebay.I think i need help.May be i should check myself in some where.

 

[Bernie56]

Very pretty colors.I have 2 roos and 10 point of lay pullets and i just bought 2 dozen more hatching eggs on ebay.I think i need help.May be i should check myself in some where.

I totally understand. I've got 34 little ones, and keep checking to see if the last seven have hatched. I am definately through hatching...until spring!

 

[CrazyCatNChickenLady]

I'd like to introduce Boo. She's my little special chicken! She didn't adjust well to the move and her coop mates weren't letting her eat so in she came for a few days. She is the friendliest thing I have ever seen for a chicken! She had to be next to me or on me at all times. (or eating the catfood)

Day 1 of being in the house. CATFOOD!

Trying the re-teach her she was a chicken, not a cat!

aaand back to being a chicken. I made her queen of the EE chicks instead of low man in the swede coop.

Her and an EE friend!

aaaand my rooster! He still hasn't met his swede girls. They're too young still!

 

[KYTinpusher]

Beautiful birds, CrazyCatNChickenLady! I think you should submit that last pic as a POW!

 

[Knock Kneed Hen]

Beautiful birds, CrazyCatNChickenLady! I think you should submit that last pic as a POW!

x2 Glad Boo found her place

 

[SunnySkies]

I'm dying....not a single pip when I got home from work.

Bator has been extremely consistent, at 100 degrees and 60% RH (it took some messing with it to get the RH to hold, temp has always been excellent). I have chicks from eggs I incubated alongside the SFH eggs running around right now in my brooder. They would be a week older now.

I just might cry if I have to do more eggtopsies, and I'm a vet! Hopefully something happens tonight. But I'm losing hope.

 

[Cynthia12]

Sorry Sunny! I have good news, and pictures. I had 9 in lock down, they started to hatch last night, today was the official hatch day, they started to hatch last night. I was up just watching, couldn't stop, wanted to see the colors! I finally went to be at 3, had 5 babies..the rest were hatched by the this afternoon. All 9! Plus, I had Bantam Favorelles in there, 6 out of 12 hatched in those. Different colors in them too, not any salmon.
Here are some of my favorite pictures.

I had several black and yellow ones..a couple of brown with red in them, a few blues, a
red and white, and a real pretty light one, not sure what to call the color. Will post that one
next.



Blue and yellow..thinking the yellow turns white?

Top view..very pretty

Love this one..and the light one above.

same baby

Had to post the picture with the chick sitting on it's behind. Red and grey in coloring.

Question..about the crests..I have heard that they don't come with the crest..if..they are going to have a crest, but it pops up later? I hope I get one with a crest..out of my three favs.