Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[ki4got]

can't say I've seen any white white ones, but I have seen some lightly tinted to light brown.

 

[wildhorseannie]

I will chime in here...
the first eggs I got were from pullets that came direct from GreenFire as chicks. I looked at the parents and they were beautiful, no question that they were SFH. The eggs were darn near white, so when the pullets I hatched from them started laying pale brown eggs I was very confused. I now have a flock of 7 pullets, (daughters of the first ones) who lay light brown to darn near white eggs for me, so my feeling is that that is normal.

If anyone is bringing pullets to Gilmanor, ( I know...get real, right?) please let me know. There are a couple local folks who will be bringing pullets/hens but I have my reasons for not wanting to buy from them.

I had 4 beautiful girls from my hatch of BullDogMa's eggs, sadly, a family of raccoons moved in and exploited a chick in my armor. I now have 2 girls for Orion but would love for him to have 1 or 2 more.
would be willing to trade hatching eggs

Looking forward to seeing Karen and Leigh again!

 

[HaplessRunner]

Of my two SFH pullets nearing POL, one has now started laying. She is the one with the drooped tail. I was very concerned that she would not be able to survive laying. While she did have a grea deal of diificulty and had an unuusally large first pullet egg, she made it through. She seemed to be doing ok as of last evening so I will check her again today when I get home from work. This egg was a very light brown almost white. I have been getting another egg that is similar in collor but have yet to identify its source. It could be the other SFH pullet.

I have one other young pullet growing out from Bulldogma who will be an extraordinary hen, great size and structure for her age. But I too would like 1-2 more pullets. I will be going to Gilmanor. If there is a vendor or folks that I should avoid, please PM me. LOL - recommendations for good folks to consider are also appreciated, too. Looking forward to seeing Leigh and Karen, and many others.

Likewise, I may be looking for some hatching eggs (although wife has threatened me with "NO MORE CHICKENS!!!"). I did sell some at Clearbrook last weekend.

 

[ki4got]

I will chime in here...
the first eggs I got were from pullets that came direct from GreenFire as chicks. I looked at the parents and they were beautiful, no question that they were SFH. The eggs were darn near white, so when the pullets I hatched from them started laying pale brown eggs I was very confused. I now have a flock of 7 pullets, (daughters of the first ones) who lay light brown to darn near white eggs for me, so my feeling is that that is normal.

If anyone is bringing pullets to Gilmanor, ( I know...get real, right?) please let me know. There are a couple local folks who will be bringing pullets/hens but I have my reasons for not wanting to buy from them.

I had 4 beautiful girls from my hatch of BullDogMa's eggs, sadly, a family of raccoons moved in and exploited a chick in my armor. I now have 2 girls for Orion but would love for him to have 1 or 2 more.
would be willing to trade hatching eggs

Looking forward to seeing Karen and Leigh again!

if you find pullets, save me a few! LOL I owe 1 to someone in exchange for a mix-up when he picked up some sfh chicks and one ended up a BLRW. LOL

I might have a few chicks, but it depends what hatches on Monday. I've got 6 of Leigh's eggs and a few of Walli's.

for all of them!

 

[SunnySkies]

Sigh. Wish I could head to Gilgamore and meet all of you It would be so much fun. But I'll be working. Our MD fall swap in Sharpsburg is the same day as well. I'm hoping to make it to that swap in the spring with chicks and/or eggs to sell as well as other handmade items. But maybe next fall I can go to Gilgamore.

I have a few more pullets that should be laying in the next month, and then my flock will be in production! I am going to cull Wasp when we do the meaties, and that leaves me with Stupid (white and red) and Sol (red/black MF pattern), with two young roosters (blue and black) in reserve, as my head roosters. I plan to set eggs from my own flock in early winter, once past pullet eggs, and see what the chicks look like as well as provide some additions to the flock.

After that, my goal is to become NPIP certified so I can ship next year.

 

[ki4got]

Sigh. Wish I could head to Gilgamore and meet all of you

It would be so much fun. But I'll be working. Our MD fall swap in Sharpsburg is the same day as well. I'm hoping to make it to that swap in the spring with chicks and/or eggs to sell as well as other handmade items. But maybe next fall I can go to Gilgamore.

I have a few more pullets that should be laying in the next month, and then my flock will be in production! I am going to cull Wasp when we do the meaties, and that leaves me with Stupid (white and red) and Sol (red/black MF pattern), with two young roosters (blue and black) in reserve, as my head roosters. I plan to set eggs from my own flock in early winter, once past pullet eggs, and see what the chicks look like as well as provide some additions to the flock.

After that, my goal is to become NPIP certified so I can ship next year.

lol reading this I said to myself... Gilgamore? what's that?... then I realized you meant Gilmanor... it's at Gilman Farm & Feed, so informally nicknamed Gilmanor.

 

[SunnySkies]

lol reading this I said to myself...  Gilgamore?  what's that?... then I realized you meant Gilmanor...   it's at Gilman Farm & Feed, so informally nicknamed Gilmanor.

LOL, I didn't even catch my weird autocorrect did that!

 

[ki4got]

Quote:
don't you love it? I was typing a text to hubby asking where we take cans to (for recycling) and it came out camp... his response was where we camp? we haven't camped in years!
LOL

 

[SunnySkies]

don't you love it?  I was typing a text to hubby asking where we take cans to (for recycling) and it came out camp...  his response was where we camp?  we haven't camped in years!
LOL

LOL.

Sometimes it autocorrects to things that aren't even words. And it drives me nuts that it has learned my most common mistakes are real words. Thr is NOT a word, iPad! But it never corrects that for me.

 

[cathiesue]

I'm not sure where the where we are located list is? My darling man just applied for a job in Louisville Kentucky. Any flower fans around there?