Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[jbarrett]

Wonderful! How old are your's?

now you guys may not believe this but it is the truth and there is no possible way it is any other chicken breed!! They were hatched out in November 2012......Big Jim aka LazyQ on here is who I got the birds from he was suprised himself, said their mothers were 7 months old before laying.....I was very excited, now a question for you guys on here she is laying in the run and not in the coop any suggestions to get her in there???

 

[ki4got]

Quote: try putting a couple fake eggs in the nests... craft stores sell wooden ones with flattened bottoms but my girls don't seem to care that they're odd. LOL

 

[chiques chicks]

I use golf balls in the nest. Mine was also about 7 months when she started to lay, but they were normal size from day one, not small pullet eggs I normally get from new layers.

 

[lawatt]

Copy and paste the list and add your name to the bottom...

Bulldogma - Near Greatna, VA (1 hr from Roanoke, VA / 2 hours from Greensboro, NC / 3 hours from Johnson City, TN)

TarheelBirdy - Liberty, NC (In the Triad area; 15 minutes from Greensboro, NC and Burlington, NC; 1 hr from RDU).

Bernie56 - Fairburn, Ga. (Atlanta metro; near Hartsfeild/Jackson Int. Airport)

jbarrett - Groveland, FL ( 1 hr north of Orlando, 1 hr south of Ocala

pugbug- Independence, La (1 hr from Baton Rouge, 1 1/2 hr from New Orleans)

Dahlisgrams - Eastern Long Island, NY. Fairly convenient access to the Cross Sound Ferry terminal to New London, CT.

cathiesue - Collinsville OK (20 minutes north of Tulsa Oklahoma)

ki4got - between Roanoke and Blacksburg VA (about 2 hours from Bulldogma)

SunnySkies - Mount Airy, MD, (1 hour north of Washington DC, 1.25 hours south of Gettysburg, PA)

ChickNmamma - Jackson, CA (1 hour away from Sacramento, CA)

Laingcroft - Powhatan, VA (1 hour west of Richmond, VA )

Frizzled Pink - Olathe Ks 30 min west of Kansas City

Jmarie- Hampton, VA (1 Hr south of Richmond)

chiques chicks - Lancaster, Pa

KYTinpusher - Owen Co., KY (halfway between Cincinnati and Louisville)

BHep - Faison, NC ( middle of no- where)

SandBsmom - Snohomish,Wa (20mins outside of Seattle)

kraftyladies - O'Brien, FL (1 1/2 hrs west of Jacksonville)

MaryRuthLangdon - Four Oaks, NC ( Very small town - 1/2 hour south of Raleigh, NC )

lawatt -- sonoma county, CA (an hour north of San Francisco)

 

[cathiesue]

Interesting about the eggs and laying. I"m getting tiny eggs from 5 month olds. I think two are laying, but here's no mistake about what breed is laying them.
CathieSue

 

[Frizzled Pink]

Yeah for everyone getting eggs and chicks.

I was able to get 3 sfh eggs in the incubators FINALLY! But the best news of all is little Lucy is getting ready to lay. Yippee that will give me 3 hens.

 

[ki4got]

10 eggs shipped for bulldogma (to me) are in the hatcher. 8) 10 eggs shipped, 10 eggs in lockdown!

and i picked up 6 more sfh eggs from bulldogma on saturday. waiting for my cochin eggs due to get here tomorrow and i'll be setting the sfh, 14+ cochins and 14+ red dorkings...

didn't want to set eggs only 2-3 days apart, that would necessitate opening the hatcher during hatch to add more. so they can wait a couple more days.

the 3 chicks hatched going on 2 weeks ago are doing great too!

 

[jbarrett]

I use golf balls in the nest. Mine was also about 7 months when she started to lay, but they were normal size from day one, not small pullet eggs I normally get from new layers.

thanks

try putting a couple fake eggs in the nests... craft stores sell wooden ones with flattened bottoms but my girls don't seem to care that they're odd. LOL

thank you

 

[Dahlisgrams]

10 eggs shipped for bulldogma (to me) are in the hatcher. 8) 10 eggs shipped, 10 eggs in lockdown!

and i picked up 6 more sfh eggs from bulldogma on saturday. waiting for my cochin eggs due to get here tomorrow and i'll be setting the sfh, 14+ cochins and 14+ red dorkings...

didn't want to set eggs only 2-3 days apart, that would necessitate opening the hatcher during hatch to add more. so they can wait a couple more days.

the 3 chicks hatched going on 2 weeks ago are doing great too!

Yay!!!!

JBarrett, congrats!!!

 

[jbarrett]