Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[jbarrett]

I just got up to get ready for the day and I go to check my emails on my phone and I got one from Big Jim aka Lazy Q he set 28 eggs, 26 made it to lockdown and 4 have hatched!!!

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

HELLO EVERYONE WE HAVE 2 OF OUR LAST HATCH OF 4 LEFT, they are super hyper.

 

[SeattleLeah]

My SFH are now 5.5 weeks old. Any thoughts on gender? I dont see any crests yet
Chick 1 has developed some curled toes, is it too late to put booties on?

Chick 1





chick 2

 

[KYTinpusher]

SeattleLeah - You have 2 very pretty pullets there!

Have you been giving them vitamins? That may help the curled toes.

 

[Pearl is my roo]

I have two SFH roosters. I had one more but he died of cold last week i miss him soooooooo much.
This is emil


This is johan
(say yohan)
(there names are swedish)

 

[KYTinpusher]

Here are the SFH chicks that I hatched for the NYD hatch-a-long.

The chicks from kimberly35042's eggs - 8/8 shipped eggs hatched!

And the chicks from my own eggs:

 

[NW Chick Gal]

Here's my trio of Swedish flower hens from a hatch last Feb (2012) from KYTinpusher. I have them in a breeding pen and I'm going to collect eggs daily. I have a little mixed breed banty hen who has gone very broody. We have our big brooder set up in our mudroom for her and I'm hoping she will successfully hatch a cluth of eggs for me.

I'll be running myself ragged going out to the breeding pen to check for eggs as it's very cold here today, but can't pass up the opportunity to make the most of that broody hen!

 

[Bulldogma]

Here's my trio of Swedish flower hens from a hatch last Feb (2012) from KYTinpusher. I have them in a breeding pen and I'm going to collect eggs daily. I have a little mixed breed banty hen who has gone very broody. We have our big brooder set up in our mudroom for her and I'm hoping she will successfully hatch a cluth of eggs for me.

I'll be running myself ragged going out to the breeding pen to check for eggs as it's very cold here today, but can't pass up the opportunity to make the most of that broody hen!

Beautiful birds! Wishing you a good hatch. A broody is a terrible thing to waste - LOL!

 

[Frizzled Pink]

Question, I know there is no set "standard", however on greenfire it says there are red, black, grey and white, however a lot of birds i have been seeing lately look like more of a blue? Has that been just a natural variation breeding the black/grey/ white together?

 

[KYTinpusher]

Here's my trio of Swedish flower hens from a hatch last Feb (2012) from KYTinpusher. I have them in a breeding pen and I'm going to collect eggs daily. I have a little mixed breed banty hen who has gone very broody. We have our big brooder set up in our mudroom for her and I'm hoping she will successfully hatch a cluth of eggs for me.

I'll be running myself ragged going out to the breeding pen to check for eggs as it's very cold here today, but can't pass up the opportunity to make the most of that broody hen!

Beautiful birds, but not from my birds.

Mine didn't start laying until March of last year. Good luck with your broody!