Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[redhen689]

My first SFH chick just hatched! The day old chick, standing watch, is another breed.

 

[redhen689]

2 more have hatched and 2 are zipping! They all look the same as the first one.
The combs all look the same, they are all the same colors. I had planned to name them Swedish names, but at this point I'm not sure I can tell them apart.
There is one that I thought died in the shell, I cracked it open at the big end, all the others had pipped, but not this one. I tore a little hole in the membrane and found it's head and pulled it up. Everytime I check on it, I think it's dead, it doesn't really move at all, but if I look closely, I do see it breathe. Very shallow breathing. I'm not sure if I should have let it be, or if I did the right thing to open it up... Edited to add, it did die.

It looks like I'll have 5 live SFH chicks, and 1 each of 2 other breeds. I'll post photos tomorrow after they are all fluffed up.

 

[Bulldogma]

So just curious. Are folks finding that SFH are naturally broody? I hadn't heard that but am getting that impression. What is the experience of folks here?

No - sadly they are not particularly broody as a breed. Wildhorseannie has a wonderful girl - Penny I think - who does tend toward broodiness, but they aren't as broody as Silkies or Orpingtons by any means (in general).

 

[lalaland]

It looks like I'll have 5 live SFH chicks, and 1 each of 2 other breeds. I'll post photos tomorrow after they are all fluffed up.

 

[TarheelBirdy]

Good morning! Took some pics of my 3-month-old "keepers" today. Here they are!

 

[redhen689]

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I am trying to upload them, but it keeps getting stuck. I'll try again.
Here are photos of all 5:



That took forever. I ended up switching to the smallest size upload.
3 are primarily black/gray with some red, 2 are more reddish.

 

[RedRidge]

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Congrats!!

 

[raiSMASH]

Hello! Thought I'd update you guys on how our flower hens are! We have five from TareelBirdy, ended up with three girls and two boys! Perfect!

They're about 3 months old I think!

 

[TarheelBirdy]

Hello! Thought I'd update you guys on how our flower hens are! We have five from TareelBirdy, ended up with three girls and two boys! Perfect!

They're about 3 months old I think!

I'm so pleased you are happy with them. They sure look happy

 

[lalaland]

redridge, way cute.

I feel like an idiot, because out of 19 chicks, of which 3 are supposed to be sfh, I picked two banty's to be the sfh. By the time the teeny tiny chick was identified as a banty, some fo the chicks were starting to feather out. I thought, oh, these are the sfh. But, they don't look anything like yours, Redridge.

Does anyone think this is a swedish flower hen? It isn't a cream legbar, it isn't a lav orp, it isn't an auracana, and I don't think it is an icelandic. Those should be the other choices but since she snuck a banty into that group, it is possible something else came in.

Opinions? sfh or not? pink legs.