Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[gg706]

Thank You all for the advice! I am going to get 5 or 6 of them and see how they turn out.
@bernie56 I LOVE Callaway Gardens! We go almost every weekend in the summer and fall.

 

[OldChurchEggery1]

So if you guys can either comment here or pm me and help me to the best you possibly can I will greatly appreciate it! Thanks in advance guys, I just hope ALL you guys are up for this adventure with me! She made the comment that people will have to trade stock for breeding and I have a feeling that wont be a problem here, everyone is so generous and helpful!! Againg All info or help anyone can give me will be greatly appreciated! LETS GET THIS GOING!!!!!

Hi there,

You might want to contact Skansen park located in Stockholm. I went to Stockholm three years ago on a research exchange and visited the park for fun. They have a number of historical exhibits on traditional Swedish lifestyle, including Swedish livestock. They have Swedish Flower Hens there and you might be able to get some good information from the folks running the historical exhibits. When I visited, they had signs and information in many languages, including English:
http://www.skansen.se/en/grid/swedish-native-breeds

 

[SunnySkies]

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That's a very pretty hen.

I have had excellent luck shipping and receiving SFH eggs recently. Sent 7 and 6 hatched from NY to the midwest. Received 9 and hatched 7.
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I think some routes must handle the eggs better than others. I have gotten eggs from all over the country. To get to me, my packages all go through one particular PO unless they come from the south. I managed to get a few eggs to hatch from the south. From anywhere else, they don't hatch. I ruled out problems with my incubator by having someone else try with a cabinet. Something happens coming to this region that kills them. Incredibly frustrating.

 

[jbarrett]

Hi there,

You might want to contact Skansen park located in Stockholm. I went to Stockholm three years ago on a research exchange and visited the park for fun. They have a number of historical exhibits on traditional Swedish lifestyle, including Swedish livestock. They have Swedish Flower Hens there and you might be able to get some good information from the folks running the historical exhibits. When I visited, they had signs and information in many languages, including English:
http://www.skansen.se/en/grid/swedish-native-breeds

thank you im looking into it!! i really appreciate the tip

 

[Dean W]

Here are a couple of mine today.

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

Alright EVERYONE, I NEED ALL the help I can possibly get! I have recently been working with the ALBC ( American Livestock Breed Conservancy) and I am getting this going if it kills me! I have been emailing them now and I am trying my hardest to get this breed recognized with them as a bird to help!! This is really exciting for me she is going to help me as much as she can to get the Swedish Flower Hen an American listed breed!! I am so excited.....Here is what she said iin our last email..........
Dear Justin,
Love your enthusiasm! In order for the US population to contribute to saving the breed, it needs more than just listing with ALBC. First and foremost is to work together with other breeders using the principles of conservation breeding. If you look back at the criteria for poultry, you’ll see that a large flock is defined as 50 or more breeding birds. That’s what is needed for the kind of genetic diversity needed to save a breed. Luckily, those 50 birds don’t have to be all at one farm, if a group of farmers commit together to exchange breeding stock on a regular basis.
The best thing you could do to help save the Swedish Flower chicken is to organize the breeders and, together, practice conservation breeding. ALBC has excellent materials available to members or for purchase about conservation breeding and how to balance it with selection for productivity.

Another thing you can do is to see if a breed standard is available from Sweden (and get it translated to English). This is important so that breeders agree from the get-go on what the breed is. Also important down the road for getting a breed accepted by APA.

Finally, you should document as much as possible about the breed history. It’s important to know if it is a fairly recent composite in Sweden or, if it has a long history, try to get as much of that history as you can. It makes a difference if the lineages can be traced back, or if the breed got very small and had to be resurrected by some crossing. This can be a fun project as you meet other breeders both here and abroad. Greenfire might know some of this history, but it would be good to confirm it with breeders in Sweden. While you’re at it, please find out if the Swedish have any conservation projects for these chickens, sometimes countries conserve their breeds as a national resource (even our country put ‘em in the freezer, i.e. semen and embryo banks).

Looking forward to working with you on next steps! Give me a call sometime.

Cheers,
Alison


So if you guys can either comment here or pm me and help me to the best you possibly can I will greatly appreciate it! Thanks in advance guys, I just hope ALL you guys are up for this adventure with me! She made the comment that people will have to trade stock for breeding and I have a feeling that wont be a problem here, everyone is so generous and helpful!! Againg All info or help anyone can give me will be greatly appreciated! LETS GET THIS GOING!!!!!

I AM up for helping with what I can, just pm me with what you need from me.

 

[ChickNmamma]

Hi All,

I bought 4 SFH from Papa Brooder at the Stockton show. I have been reading this thread and finally caught up - so I took some pictures to show them off. Two are older and two are younger.


They love cleaning out the Fermented Feed Bucket


One older boy in the bucket - but I don't know about the younger one in front ... supposed to be a girl?


Another shot of the ?? one.. any guesses?


This is the older pullet with the younger ? behind her.

I love the patterns on these, sort of like the Mille Fleur bantams - only bigger and no feather feet!

 

[ki4got]

Hi All,

I bought 4 SFH from Papa Brooder at the Stockton show. I have been reading this thread and finally caught up - so I took some pictures to show them off. Two are older and two are younger.

Another shot of the ?? one.. any guesses?

color-wise i'm saying roo... hens don't tend to get that deep dark red.
also, looks like a comb developing, as well as saddle feathers.

 

[Bernie56]

Hi All,

I bought 4 SFH from Papa Brooder at the Stockton show. I have been reading this thread and finally caught up - so I took some pictures to show them off. Two are older and two are younger.


They love cleaning out the Fermented Feed Bucket


One older boy in the bucket - but I don't know about the younger one in front ... supposed to be a girl?


Another shot of the ?? one.. any guesses?


This is the older pullet with the younger ? behind her.

I love the patterns on these, sort of like the Mille Fleur bantams - only bigger and no feather feet!

As far as the ?? one... its hard to see the comb in these photos, but the deep red color makes me guess that it is a cockerel. Good luck!

 

[ChickNmamma]

Quote: The comb is darker red than the other one - who I am pretty sure is a pullet and whose comb is orange/yellow. The best picture of ??? comb is behind the big girl - you can see its red there (covered in FF tho). My guess was Roo too...based on the feather colors. But I will wait and see.