Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[Bernie56]

Hmm...I wonder if I'm counting my days wrong. I've had 3 hatches now where they start pipping the day before I expect them too. I set eggs after work on a Friday and expect to hatch on Friday 3 weeks. Is that wrong? Also I've left eggs up to 3 days in the hatcher with no new birds.

That is the way I figure my hatches as well. From the day of the week that they go in, to the same day of the week 3 weeks later. Mine usually hatch/start hatching on day 21. I have had them hatch as much s 3 days late, but they don't usually do well in those instances.

 

[KYTinpusher]

Ohhhh yeah!!!! I will be so happy, especially if its a hen (we cant keep roosters sadly.) The breeder almost wasnt going to sell this one because she said she wasnt sure it was a SFH, she was just going to hang onto it. I said thats ok I love the color Ill take it anyways!! And if it is a SFH I think it will be BEAUTIFUL wooooo whoooo so excited!! Thank you KYTinpusher!

Here are some pics of one of my SFH that is close to the color of yours:

 

[TarheelBirdy]

This is my SFH, Astolf, as a chick and as an adult:

Wow, he's gorgeous! I'd also love to have one like that. None so far, though!

 

[jbarrett]

Hey everyone just wanted to show a close up of the detail on the crested pullet I took to show....Ill get better pics when I can! I just love how detailed each feather is on these birds!


And here is an update of my oldest flock!

 

[ki4got]

Quote: you'll be happy to know, 5 are out and doing well, a 6th started hatching in the small end, but i caught it soon enough to take it out of the egg crates (i hatch using egg crates to keep the other chicks from scrambling the others). he's 3/4 zipped now and i'm continuing to monitor his progress, in case he dries out too much. the other 6 all quit between 14 and 18 days it looks like.

still, 6/12 shipped eggs is awesome IMO... 14 were shipped, 2 clear, but i don't count clears in my hatch rates. not my fault the usps scrambled it or the roo missed the bullseye. LOL

 

[ki4got]

ROFL hubby walking by, asked if this was a chicken congo-line.

 

[jbarrett]

ROFL hubby walking by, asked if this was a chicken congo-line.

Haha

LOVE IT!!

 

[Bulldogma]

ROFL hubby walking by, asked if this was a chicken congo-line.

 

[Bulldogma]

you'll be happy to know, 5 are out and doing well, a 6th started hatching in the small end, but i caught it soon enough to take it out of the egg crates (i hatch using egg crates to keep the other chicks from scrambling the others). he's 3/4 zipped now and i'm continuing to monitor his progress, in case he dries out too much. the other 6 all quit between 14 and 18 days it looks like.

still, 6/12 shipped eggs is awesome IMO... 14 were shipped, 2 clear, but i don't count clears in my hatch rates. not my fault the usps scrambled it or the roo missed the bullseye. LOL

 

[SunnySkies]

Pretty chicks, and yes, the older one is SFH.  Congrats!  Do you know the origin of the blonde one? I've (so far) never seen a blonde SFH like that except in a mix situation. 

I have 2 blonde ones that came from GFF directly. They are feathering out white and will probably look like that roo. One has a crest. Squee! I can't wait to see what he looks like all grown up!

I will post once a week then, I LOVE to take photos of them!!

We love photos. I had a chick like the red one you posted, and it grew up into a lovely deep red bird (ignore the fact that roo ended up in the cookpot for aggression).