Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[ki4got]

Quote: I was going to say the same thing... I vote for EE. SFH are also nearly always mottled.

 

[ki4got]

I love SFH, you never can tell what you are going to get......
go figure where the gray /blue came in but I like it

your 2 red/white girls are probably red/splash/white... which, when bred to a black, you'll get 100% blues.

 

[Frizzled Pink]

your 2 red/white girls are probably red/splash/white... which, when bred to a black, you'll get 100% blues.

ok genetics dummy here, but they were bred to a mille and doesn't mahogany mask black, or is that what your saying is that the masked black from the mille pattern is what is throwing the blue if the girls are indeed a splash

 

[tommysgirl]

here are photos of my one and only SFH. It is 4 weeks old, Greenfire lines purchased from Just Struttin farms. I picked the prettiest week old chick hoping it would be a little girl but here is what I have. What do you think. It fronts up on the others and chest bumps has a very upright way of holding itself... I can't have another roo but I think I've got one


you can't see the comb too well in this shot but it's there.



feathering in so beautifully!


This makes the comb look pink. It isn't, it's just prominant




I think it is developing a crest!

I am in Northern California. If he is a little cockerel and anyone wants him I will give him to you. If you have a little girl the same age or a little older and are in my area I would love to hear about it.

 

[KYTinpusher]

Very pretty SFH! At 4 weeks old with a crest that big, and the start of wattles already, along with the upright stance, I'd say most definitely a roo. So sorry.

 

[Cockaloos]

She may be a pullet, but she is not a Swedish Flower Hen. SFHs have straight combs. Looks like she has a pea comb and green legs - probably an Easter egger.

Flo actually has yellow legs, though they are not bright yellow by any stretch but the comb, you guys are the experts (I'm not even sure what a straight come is! Same as a regular comb?). The local shop I got them from stands by the breed as SFH but I have wondered even before posting this after curiously looking at photos of the breed. I keep looking at pics of SFH and they are all mottled and Flo seems anything but. She's a wonderful young lady though so we're happy to have her!


Still, next time I get chickens I'd really like a SFH, what wonderful birds!

 

[KYTinpusher]

Flo actually has yellow legs, though they are not bright yellow by any stretch but the comb, you guys are the experts (I'm not even sure what a straight come is! Same as a regular comb?). The local shop I got them from stands by the breed as SFH but I have wondered even before posting this after curiously looking at photos of the breed. I keep looking at pics of SFH and they are all mottled and Flo seems anything but. She's a wonderful young lady though so we're happy to have her!



Still, next time I get chickens I'd really like a SFH, what wonderful birds!

It is possible that I am not getting a good view of the comb, so could be a small single comb. Time will tell. Here is an article that may help: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/the-8-comb-types

Even if she has a single comb and yellow (mottled black) legs, she still doesn't look like a Swedish Flower Hen. All the SFH I have seen pictures of as adolescents have much more white on them.

 

[Cockaloos]

Tracked down the breeder, she's a blue Ameraucana and was mislabeled at the shop. Thanks, and looking forward to a SFH in my future!

 

[KYTinpusher]

Tracked down the breeder, she's a blue Ameraucana and was mislabeled at the shop. Thanks, and looking forward to a SFH in my future!

Well, I'm glad you solved the mystery, but Ameraucana do not have yellow legs.

So she is an Easter Egger after all. On the bright side, she should give you very pretty blue or green eggs.

 

[Cockaloos]

Gargh. Lighter legs than the Ameraucana at the left and they look yellow to me, yes. So Easter Egger then. Wow, this is fun!