Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[Bulldogma]

I guess Alma is a bit yellow-ish/buff. What do you think??

 

[ki4got]

I guess Alma is a bit yellow-ish/buff. What do you think??

yes, ginger and astrid look mahogany, alma looks more buff with the darker red wings, i'm guessing she may be the one to carry the dilute (but I might be wrong)... and no, mace is not a mahogany carrier, or he'd be a much darker red with no orange/gold

for example, here's a Columbian offshoot from my mille fleur bantam cochin pen, followed by a RED (aka mahogany) bantam cochin pullet (roos would be even darker).
easier to see on a whole bird, vs one that has mixed colors sometimes.

 

[redhen689]

I have a question but I wanted to let you guys know how excited I am to have my first quad of SFH!!! I picked them up today and they are in quarantine for now. Happy dance! I was going over GFF's website and saw they have a pic of a heavily crested roo. His crest seems larger or as large as the roo I posted yesterday...? I'm definitely a novice to this breed but how can you tell when a crest is too large?

Congrats on your purchase!
There has been some controversy about this topic. Most would say that the crest should not impede vision, as this breed is known for it's ability to free-range, and needs to be fully aware of preditors. I do not have any crested birds, but have read that you should avoid breeding crested x crested.

 

[enola]

Pictures! We want to see pictures of his big crest

 

[cathiesue]

Pictures! We want to see pictures of his big crest

Let's face it...we want pictures of everything! Bring it!

 

[cathiesue]

This is Sounis. He's go a lot of white on him.

 

[Bulldogma]

This is Sounis. He's go a lot of white on him.

He's a cutie-pie, CathiSue!

 

[Bulldogma]

yes, ginger and astrid look mahogany, alma looks more buff with the darker red wings, i'm guessing she may be the one to carry the dilute (but I might be wrong)... and no, mace is not a mahogany carrier, or he'd be a much darker red with no orange/gold

for example, here's a Columbian offshoot from my mille fleur bantam cochin pen, followed by a RED (aka mahogany) bantam cochin pullet (roos would be even darker).
easier to see on a whole bird, vs one that has mixed colors sometimes.

Or, of course, she could have been one of the whildhorseannie chicks. LOL! I guess my question is, if I breed her with Mace, will she pass on this coloration? And in what frequency?

 

[ki4got]

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if it's dominant, then it would be 50/50. if it's recessive, you'd have to wait a generation...

but I think it's in your bunch, since a couple of the ones posted the other day look more buff than red... we'll see how they mature.

 

[ki4got]

ok here's a question for you who feed FF... what do you do to clean them up when they decide to go swimming in the stuff? I've got one that's bald now because he kept getting it on his head and then it'd dry the others would pick it off (feathers too).

some are worse than others, the oldest don't seem to have a problem with it but the younger 2 groups are a mess...