Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[BHep]

And that is one happy mama hen. !!

 

[lcatty]

My small flock

Stunning roo! Like his comb and his crest as well. I'd agree with jbarrett on the pullet in penultimate photo- she's a beauty!

 

[LazyQ]

Hey Y';all, update.
JBarret and his Dad just left with a load of SFH chicks and quail.
I had a dozen I said I would let him have BUTT decided to keep what I hope are 2 girls.
I have a rooster (he just started crowing couple days ago) That I hatched from BHEP's eggs. I ended up with him and a nice looking pullet.
When the 2 little girls get big enough I am putting them in with the young rooster. I have 3 grown girls I bought from Jordan Farms. They laying pretty good. 2 or 3 eggs everyday.
Since the ones I let Justin have were going to be used with Beth's rooster and I was going to let Justin have them all, I set 28 SFH eggs yesterday. All I had room for in the incubator with out changing out the two quail trays. Since I kept the 2 girl chicks I offered to let Justin come back when they hatch and pick out 8 pr 9 of them at no charge.
Now in that bunch of chicks he got there are maybe 3 that until just the last week or so that were all white. BUTT, some blue(gray) and some red/orange has started to show on the back of their head and necks. He promised to put some pictures of them here.
He was already snapping pictures before they left.
The world would be a lot better off with more young men raised like him. His Dad says he is 6 of 7. That is what we call in these here woods a snag of chillins.
My big rooster came from over by Tallahassee so I imagine he came from Greenfire.
It is pretty nasty here today BUTT when it clears up I'll get a picture of the 2 girls I kept

 

[Bulldogma]

Hey Y';all, update.
JBarret and his Dad just left with a load of SFH chicks and quail.

The world would be a lot better off with more young men raised like him. His Dad says he is 6 of 7. That is what we call in these here woods a snag of chillins.
My big rooster came from over by Tallahassee so I imagine he came from Greenfire.
It is pretty nasty here today BUTT when it clears up I'll get a picture of the 2 girls I kept

LazyQ - Thank you so much for helping JBarret! I've really enjoyed having JB as a part of this thread. I think he's going to be good for the breed - getting them to shows and letting more and more people see what great birds they are!

 

[Knock Kneed Hen]

  Hey Y';all, update.
  JBarret and his Dad just left with a load of SFH chicks and quail.
  I had a dozen I said I would let him have BUTT decided to keep what I hope are 2 girls.
 I have a rooster (he just started crowing couple days ago) That I hatched from BHEP's eggs. I ended up with him and a nice looking pullet.
  When the 2 little girls get big enough I am putting them in with the young rooster. I have 3 grown girls I bought from Jordan Farms. They laying pretty good. 2 or 3 eggs everyday.
  Since the ones I let Justin have were going to be used with Beth's rooster and I was going to let Justin have them all, I set 28 SFH eggs yesterday. All I had room for in the incubator with out changing out the two quail trays. Since I kept the 2 girl chicks I offered to let Justin come back when they hatch and pick out 8 pr 9 of them at no charge.
  Now in that bunch of chicks he got there are maybe 3 that until just the last week or so that were all white.  BUTT, some blue(gray) and some red/orange has started to show on the back of their head and necks. He promised to put some pictures of them here.
  He was already snapping pictures before they left.
  The world would be a lot better off with more young men raised like him. His Dad says he is 6 of 7. That is what we call in these here woods a snag of chillins.
  My big rooster came from over by Tallahassee so I imagine he came from Greenfire.
  It is pretty nasty here today BUTT when it clears up I'll get a picture of the 2 girls I kept

Very kind of you. He does seem like a decent young man. I love when people help each other out, no strings attached. It's the way it should be.

 

[lawatt]

just a random note: my new SFH rooster, Max, is settling in to his new home, and yesterday, after having only been here three days, he stood guard patiently for nearly an hour while one of his new non-SFH girlfriends (a light sussex) laid her first egg! such a gentleman -- always offering the girls tasty tidbits and very polite to me. i'm beyond pleased.

here's a photo of them in the henhouse, while all the other girls were out free-ranging:

 

[LazyQ]

Very kind of you. He does seem like a decent young man. I love when people help each other out, no strings attached. It's the way it should be.

Now before Y'll go making me out as a nice Guy. He did leave here with 10 chicks and maby at least 30 quail. He also left some dollar bills, BUTT no where near what I would normal have got.
It will all go for feed<g>

 

[SunnySkies]

My roos are being rotten. I looked out the basement walkout a couple days ago to see them doing a standoff. I yelled at them, they ran away, but apparently they started fighting again where I couldn't see them. That night, when I went out to feed and start closing coops, they were all bloody and every morning sine, it seems to start with a tiff. No more injuries, but I'm starting to worry about this. I have never had this problem before; I've always had a couple roosters, they know their rank, and that is that. The only issue is the girls...they have none. I have some very young pullets I'm still growing (I have 2 EE and 2 Maran, so I can pull their eggs for eating) but in a separate area...could that be why they are fighting?

I don't know which one to eat they are both so pretty and uniquely colored. I wanted chicks from both.

 

[LazyQ]

My roos are being rotten. I looked out the basement walkout a couple days ago to see them doing a standoff. I yelled at them, they ran away, but apparently they started fighting again where I couldn't see them. That night, when I went out to feed and start closing coops, they were all bloody

and every morning sine, it seems to start with a tiff. No more injuries, but I'm starting to worry about this. I have never had this problem before; I've always had a couple roosters, they know their rank, and that is that. The only issue is the girls...they have none. I have some very young pullets I'm still growing (I have 2 EE and 2 Maran, so I can pull their eggs for eating) but in a separate area...could that be why they are fighting?
I don't know which one to eat

they are both so pretty and uniquely colored. I wanted chicks from both.

The one to eat is the one you can catch first. Survival of the fittest.

 

[CasieD]

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Great answer!!

I do think that if they had some hens to keep at least one of them happy they may not fight as much.