Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[SunnySkies]

Oh how sad about the dead pullet ( I found a couple chicks (not my current ones) dead a few months ago, and I just about cried. It is so sad.

Bernie, I wish I could hatch shipped eggs. I would love eggs from your second group. But they won't hatch for me if you lived close enough, I'd go pick them up frm you! Lovely hens.

I have a vitamin/probiotic mix that I got some time back and started adding to their water. I rarely use medicated feed, only if I thnk they have coccidia

ETA: babies growing like weeds. I should be able to get photos of each tomorrow. I think I may end up with one black/white, a couple Mille fleur, one splash/light colored and a couple reddish ones. I sure hope for mostly girls. I have the one lovely rooster in the yard hanging with the bantams

ETA: actually, Bernie, I would love any eggs from any of those hens. I think they are all beautiful. I love blues and haven't gotten any yet.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Leahs Mom... 2 boys , 2 girls. Black & white (formally yellow) are both boys. They are beautiful !

BH - white (formerly yellow) is the one that hatched from your eggs.

Still the largest of the whole group. And I have seen white chest bumping when younger. Haven't seen it much lately.

What are the clues that tell you that black is male?

 

[BHep]

BH - white (formerly yellow) is the one that hatched from your eggs.

Still the largest of the whole group. And I have seen white chest bumping when younger. Haven't seen it much lately.

What are the clues that tell you that black is male?

The giant comb

 

[Bernie56]

Hi all!! Has anyone bought SFH chicks from Jordon Farms in GA, they are $13 a chick I am looking to get some more chicks I have been saving out of earnings so I can get a new blood line!

I haven't bought chicks from Richard at Jordan Farms, but I bought hatching eggs from him. He's a really nice guy, and great to work with! I'm sure you will do well with him. I would love to go out and see his place. I've heard its amazing.

 

[Bernie56]

Oh how sad about the dead pullet

( I found a couple chicks (not my current ones) dead a few months ago, and I just about cried. It is so sad.

Bernie, I wish I could hatch shipped eggs. I would love eggs from your second group. But they won't hatch for me

if you lived close enough, I'd go pick them up frm you! Lovely hens.

I have a vitamin/probiotic mix that I got some time back and started adding to their water. I rarely use medicated feed, only if I thnk they have coccidia

ETA: babies growing like weeds. I should be able to get photos of each tomorrow. I think I may end up with one black/white, a couple Mille fleur, one splash/light colored and a couple reddish ones. I sure hope for mostly girls. I have the one lovely rooster in the yard hanging with the bantams

ETA: actually, Bernie, I would love any eggs from any of those hens. I think they are all beautiful. I love blues and haven't gotten any yet.

I've read about your hatching troubles. So sorry! I really like the blues as well. I'm going to try some pairings this summer to see if I can increase some of the blues and blacks in my flock. If you have a black and white chick you may already have one. I had one little black and white chick last year, and she matured into a lovely blue hen. Here is a photo of her just hatched.





And her now at 23 weeks.




At any rate, I wish you luck!

 

[jbarrett]

I haven't bought chicks from Richard at Jordan Farms, but I bought hatching eggs from him. He's a really nice guy, and great to work with! I'm sure you will do well with him. I would love to go out and see his place. I've heard its amazing.

Ok Thank you!! I have alot of white SFH in my flock I hope some of the white coloring goes away! I have one like yours with the crest at the bottom of your pictures!!

 

[15littlem]

What are some good Tennessee SFH breeders?

 

[jbarrett]

What are some good Tennessee SFH breeders?

Hi a few breeders that might be close enough to you could be.... Contrastphoto (Gatlingburg)........Bhep (North Carolina)........Bernie56 (Georgia) Good Luck! Bernie56 just posted a bunch of pictures of his flocks on this thread......He is going to sell eggs this year!

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

We r in Johnson City, we have alovely flock, see our profile pics. We r Hatching weekly, just put 12 more in Friday,

 

[featherednest]

These are my 5 new little sfh chicks! They hatched on February 8.


I am having trouble uploading photos of the parents! I will keep trying.