Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[CackleJoy]

First boy is not SFH - GFF messed up and sent you the wrong eggs. SFH are NEVER barred - and that one is. Check their other breeds - it looks familiar - but it is not a SHF. Edited to add guess - Crested Creme Legbar?

Second bird is boy too - too red for a girl.

Well now, I got live chicks - not eggs. I will have to run right out and take more pictures. Cause I have two that look that way

 

[CackleJoy]

So red isn't in the girls? Why not? I want red girls with crests, and blue girls and grey and ...

 

[CackleJoy]

First boy is not SFH - GFF messed up and sent you the wrong eggs. SFH are NEVER barred - and that one is. Check their other breeds - it looks familiar - but it is not a SHF. Edited to add guess - Crested Creme Legbar?

Second bird is boy too - too red for a girl.

Ok, two more shots of that roo and the pullet that looks like him. I pulled up GFF. Nothing fits. But I googled CLB pullet & got this (1st image)photo. What do you think? If you are sure they
don't look SFH, then I'll send photos on to GFF and ask them.









Thanks for the heads up.

 

[CackleJoy]

So the verdict is that these two are too red to be pullets?

 

[CackleJoy]

A couple more for gender ID. I'm hoping for a few pullets out of this. Especially if I'm down to 9 options

I'm sure you are right. Unfortunately that means I have 2 CLB roos, not even a pair (the pullets are not barred).
The next 3 photos are all of one bird.






The last one here, both pics are the same bird, more blue means girl?




Thank you so much for your help!

 

[Bernie56]

So red isn't in the girls? Why not? I want red girls with crests, and blue girls and grey and ...

Its not the red, its the KIND of red that says "boy". The red in the males, generally on the shoulders, will be deep almost mahogany red and shiny. Not necessarily like a mature rooster shiny, but it just has that look. The "red" in females will generally be more tan or caramel color, and more matte looking. I would however, probably guess boy on the first two. "Finch" definitely looks like a pullet, and I would tend toward pullets on the last two as well.The two barred ones not SFH. Blue in a juvenile doesn't necessarily mean girl either. Young roos can be VERY blue, but usually turn mostly red at maturity. Don't put your trust in others guesses though. It difficult sometimes. Just observe until you see pointed ,shiny, saddle feathers coming in. Then you KNOW its a roo. With experience you'll learn to recognize that "look", until then make your guesses and observe. You'll begin to notice subtle changes that will help you in future gender IDs. Good luck!

 

[DCchicken]

Ok, two more shots of that roo and the pullet that looks like him. I pulled up GFF. Nothing fits. But I googled CLB pullet & got this (1st image)photo. What do you think? If you are sure they
don't look SFH, then I'll send photos on to GFF and ask them.









Thanks for the heads up.

Definitely a Legbar. GFF has a history (at least with many of my shipments) of using Legbar boys as packing peanuts which is kind of ironic since my order of Legbars earlier this year had SFHs as packing peanuts. I told them my preference for extras was any Cemani that needed re-homing.

 

[ki4got]

So red isn't in the girls? Why not? I want red girls with crests, and blue girls and grey and ...

only roosters get that deep red this one's got in the wings/back/shoulders. nothing to do with the crest/head... but the comb also says roo to me.

 

[ChickNmamma]

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X 2 - its the dark red that gives the boys away. The last two look like girl red to me - not boy red. Their red is brown red or tan red - not bright red.

I am glad somebody else knows what the mystery ones are - packing peanut Legbars. I just knew they didn't look right for SFH.

 

[wildhorseannie]

Just wanted to share a picture of a surprise color that turned up in a batch of eggs a friend of mine hatched.
Meet Lafeyette...

...the hen in the pic is a half buff orpington, half SFH.