Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[Leahs Mom]

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[Bernie56]

Woke up to a second chick! The rest of the eggs are quiet, but I'll double check later. It will not surprise me if even a broody doesn't get great results considering how hard I tried to hatch them and didn't get better than 40% on my first try.

Forgot my camera when I raced outside with excitement. Kids are now up, so we will go out together in a bit.

I hope the others hatch for you as well, but at least you have two. Now hopefully they are pullets! Of the first eight that hatched I have 5 pullets, and 3 roos. I have 10 new ones that hatched Tuesday from eggs from Dahlisgram. They are beautiful, and some new colors for me.

 

[Bulldogma]

Two have hatched and two more have pipped/partway cracked around the egg. Hoping I wake up to more chicks

YAYYYYY!

ROFL talk about doubletakes... i had to re-read this. the first time i saw 'he has wonderful flavoring'. thinking to self, she ATE him???

Nom, nom, nom, nom...

LOL! Nah - I can't eat him yet. Just like with KFC, without at least 13 season-ings, the "flouring" is just aesthetics.

 

[SunnySkies]

We came home from an errand to a third chick, so we got 50%. I haven't pushed the hen off to see how the rest of the eggs look yet today because it upsets the babies who then run all over the coop looking for mom.

A local friend was sent some SFH chicks from GF due to a cancelled order for basically shipping, and she offered them to me. I picked them up yesterday too. So I now have 20 SFH. Surely a few of them are pullets, right? Feast or famine too...I went from none to a whole bunch! Yay!

I love how they are all different. And their funny little personalities.

I'll get good photos later.

 

[Raven1]

Just put 20 into lockdown last night! This is my first big hatch from my birds(I hatched 3 checking fertility) So we will see what kind of colors I get the first 3 were all different so

 

[SunnySkies]

Just the three hatchlings, and the darn hens are still sitting on the leftover egg trying to hatch it. I'll give it until Saturday then pull the egg. I put food in the coop for the babies to go pick at, even though I know they can go 3 days post hatching.

 

[chiques chicks]

I have seven that just went in to lockdown, all from my lone hen. If several hatch, I'll be interested to see the coloring. One rooster, one hen. What will I get, if anything?

 

[Bulldogma]

We came home from an errand to a third chick, so we got 50%. I haven't pushed the hen off to see how the rest of the eggs look yet today because it upsets the babies who then run all over the coop looking for mom.

A local friend was sent some SFH chicks from GF due to a cancelled order for basically shipping, and she offered them to me. I picked them up yesterday too. So I now have 20 SFH. Surely a few of them are pullets, right? Feast or famine too...I went from none to a whole bunch! Yay!

I love how they are all different. And their funny little personalities.

I'll get good photos later.

Congrats on so many fluffy-butts! Yes - we need pictures!

I have seven that just went in to lockdown, all from my lone hen. If several hatch, I'll be interested to see the coloring. One rooster, one hen. What will I get, if anything?

Depends on the colors of your roo and hen. If they're both mille fleur, most of your chicks will likely be MF too.

 

[SunnySkies]

Here is one of the babies my hens hatched. I'm having real trouble getting photos. When I lift the hens off, the chicks run all over, and this one hen pecks them.

Here is a second. I cannot wait until I can clean the coop. The hens got really mad at me every time, and I knew we were coming up on hatch day so I left them alone for a few days. Yucky.

Here is the third

I haven't taken photos of the others either.

 

[SunnySkies]

Madamwuf, who lives near me, hatched this guy. I love him. He is a stinker though. Name of Wasp. He started as a black chick.

The only young lady from my Valentine's day chicks. Name of Sweet.

I need to photograph the new ones, but I haven't sorted out a pen for them outside, and the lighting in the garage is less than ideal, even with a flash.