Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[Alpine Chicken]

Quote: Pretty light and small comb- I say definitely girl. Is that a vaulted skull?

 

[Flowerbh]

Pretty light and small comb- I say definitely girl. Is that a vaulted

skull?

I've been asked that before. Not sure what that means. I have felt her head, but it all feels soft and more like just crest feathers.

 

[Leahs Mom]

I had 2 blue girls that were crest to crest breedings that had excessive crests that look similar to what you have there. Neither had a vaulted skull - just huge crests.

I personally don't like birds with huge crests as it makes watching overhead pretty hard when on range. I actually cut back the crest on one of them so she could see better. No vaulted skull.

My 2 that had the excessive crests were also extremely skittish. And they were both afraid of the flock. Another chicken could come walking by them and they'd run off as though they were being targeted. Always hanging on the outskirts and "afraid of their shadows".

I am of the opinion that there was some kind of "disorder" with both of them. I've never seen that personality in any other birds I've had. I'm not sure if the crest to crest breeding can result in that or not. But I finally decided that I didn't want to have any more crested birds. Even if they were normal.

 

[Flowerbh]

No strange personality with this chick. She is a sweety and reacts wells with other chickens. Her crest may be big, but not as bad as my polish! LOL

 

[Leahs Mom]

Good to hear

 

[Loriemarler]

I tried to take some pics of my SFH teenagers tonight. My black Cochin is photo bombing

 

[Melabella]

Oops I did it again, I played with Leigh's eggs, ooh baby, Baby.....

 

[Leahs Mom]

How many is this for you now, @Melabella ?

Are you selling some of keeping them all?

And do you like your Brinsea?

 

[Melabella]

Hi LM!

I currently have 8 SFH juveniles. The first group of 3 I hatched from Leigh's eggs are Nero, Lee the two cockerels and Ava a pullet who will be turning 16 weeks on Thursday. My second attempt with Leigh's eggs gave me 5 chicks,6 made it to lockdown but one never pipped). Of these 5, I think only 2 are def pullets but at 5 weeks it's still hard to gauge. I think I have 2 def cockerels and the 5th chick changes daily! My hopes was to have a second flock with mostly SFH and keep 2 Roos over 20 girls. Of those girls I would love as many SFH girls as I could get, but obviously it takes time. The remaining full in girls will be Easter Eggers, Ameraucana and I also have 3 Dorkings that are downright lovable. This way I will be able to tell between eggs who are the SFH. It's becoming clear to me that I will have to move some SFH boys come late Winter/Early Spring as I don't have room for too many boys. Nero is a keeper if he stays polite and proves a good roo and I will turn to all the experienced peeps here to help me figure out a good second boy. I am hopeful I won't have issues moving young SFH Roos here in my area as I haven't seen too many SFH stock available in the Hudson Valley area of NY. So yes, I will look to sell/trade some boys. I'm not looking to start a business but have some healthy fun while I learn and become more knowledgable. I belong to a few FB Farm/Hatching egg/Buy sell trade pages here in NY and all ready have 2 orders for SFH hatching eggs for local pick up as the peeps don't want to try shipped eggs. There is a pretty frequented Farm Swap in the Hudson Vally too. So hence my sending off for More eggs as I only have 3 girls so far and originally thought 8-10 females would be nice. Fingers crossed for a female heavy hatch this time!
Here are a few pics from a few minutes ago. I'm nuts.....

 

[Melabella]

I tried to take some pics of my SFH teenagers tonight. My black Cochin is photo bombing

Love it when they are getting big.. but always miss the little chicks. LOVE that bird on the left. Nice variance of colors there. How many do you have, and how many cockerls vs pullets

MB