Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[Bulldogma]

so excited for thursday, I am getting 8 or 9 SFH chicks for free from LazyQ...the same guy I got my older birds from!! I am also getting a bunch of hatching eggs from him too!! so excited

Wow! That's great. (Feel free to send some on up to me

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LazyQ - you rock. You going to have any birds left when the kid gets done with you? LOL!

 

[jbarrett]

Wow! That's great. (Feel free to send some on up to me

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LazyQ - you rock. You going to have any birds left when the kid gets done with you? LOL!

he sure will he set 28 eggs and all but 2 made it into lockdown!! plus his older hens and rooster which is really pretty!!


I just took a couple pics of the older ones I got from him but I will get a few better ones tomorrow!

 

[Frizzled Pink]

he sure will he set 28 eggs and all but 2 made it into lockdown!! plus his older hens and rooster which is really pretty!!


I just took a couple pics of the older ones I got from him but I will get a few better ones tomorrow!

Wow nice! I just started SFH also only not growing at anywhere near the rate you are, i have 4 now. Keep up the good work.

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

he sure will he set 28 eggs and all but 2 made it into lockdown!! plus his older hens and rooster which is really pretty!!


I just took a couple pics of the older ones I got from him but I will get a few better ones tomorrow!

beautiful birds

 

[Bulldogma]

jbarrett - your birds look fantastic! Love all the colors you have going!

 

[SunnySkies]

My SFH are starting to pick up their laying a bit. If it keeps up, I may be shipping some eggs to MD for you next week.

YAY!

 

[SunnySkies]

I had to give one of my roos a sharp lesson the other day. I was carrying some buckets to the faucet to fill, and I had a funny feeling he was following me. I glanced behind me, and that bird was RUNNING at me. He saw me look and was deterred.

But I caught him a few minutes later, carried him around for a while, and when I put him down, I held him down to the ground until he stopped struggling.

I get he is probably frustrated, having no girls, spring is coming (it sure felt like it last week), the buckets might have looked threatening, and he is now 6 months old and is teenaged. But he worried me. He has been perfectly respectful since.

I saw someone local on CL has some adult hens that lay colored eggs, so I can pull crossbreed eggs, and I'm toying with the idea of getting some. My coops are full, and I worry about disease. But it might make him happier.

If he gets worse, I don't know what I will do with him. This breed is known for good behavior...don't want a bad one.

 

[jbarrett]

Thanks you guys I am going outside Ill be right back with some better pictures!

 

[SunnySkies]

Thanks you guys I am going outside Ill be right back with some better pictures!

Don't freeze! Lovely birds....can't wait to see new photos.

 

[jbarrett]

Don't freeze! Lovely birds....can't wait to see new photos.

I am in Florida its about 65 all day today!! But tonight its to get down in the 30s again BURRR!!
Here come the pictures! And thank you I really love em!