Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[TarheelBirdy]

ho on here has more darker birds in their flock? I am looking to add black pullets (wishful thinking right?

) Also darker mile fluer colors? I was to get at least 2 new bloodlines to add to mine and would like one to be darker and one to be lighter!! Any ideas on who has what Im after!?! I think KYTinpusher has the darks and Bernie56 has the other ones I was looking at!

I hatch about 90% black chicks. Let me know if you want me to ship you some eggs.

 

[Goose and Fig]

I love the blacks too! Somebody on ebay had a darks-only auction going but I didn't win it. I emailed them to see if they'd do another order but they never wrote back.

I did get a couple black chicks this time around though. What do boys that hatch black look like?

 

[TarheelBirdy]

I love the blacks too! Somebody on ebay had a darks-only auction going but I didn't win it. I emailed them to see if they'd do another order but they never wrote back.

I did get a couple black chicks this time around though. What do boys that hatch black look like?

This is my rooster hatches lots and lots of black chicks

 

[TarheelBirdy]

I love the blacks too! Somebody on ebay had a darks-only auction going but I didn't win it. I emailed them to see if they'd do another order but they never wrote back.

I did get a couple black chicks this time around though. What do boys that hatch black look like?

This is my rooster hatches lots and lots of black chicks

 

[TarheelBirdy]

Whoa.....sorry about all those duplicate posts! I didn't mean to do that!!

 

[Leahs Mom]

I'm loving those blacks and dark grays too. That's what I'm looking to get next.

Rooster question for y'all.

ROOSTER SURVEY

-Do your roosters "dance" for the girls and wait for the girls to accept their advances? OR Do they just grab and attack against their will?

-If they dance, at what age did they begin that behavior?



HU has said that he tries not to keep roosters that don't dance and court the ladies. (He touches a little on that here, but not as in-depth as the book) He states that the dancers don't injure the hens like the non-dancers do.

Now I don't have experience with this but what he's saying makes good sense to me and my intention is to select for dancers and remove those that don't when I have the choice. Please tell me YOUR experience with this.

 

[Leahs Mom]

KY - I see you're on. Sent you a pm!

 

[ChickNmamma]

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Oh good, my Stan ("the man") is starting to look very close in coloring to your boy, black tail included. I have to get new pictures up...

Stan "dances" for Ida.. and she squats. I don't know if I am getting any eggs yet - because she is in a pen with quite a few other girls - and all their eggs are cream/light tan. However I did get the cutest pullet egg the other day. If the eggs start getting bigger.. I will know she is laying..

 

[jbarrett]

YAY Im getting some of Tarheelbirdys eggs! Hopefully I can hatch out some black pullets! At least one I hope!!!

 

[ki4got]

I need SFH experts opinions please. I have 4 SFH chicks that are now 5 weeks old. Actually they are 5 weeks exactly today. Gender guesses please? I can't keep roosters and will have to sell them. I'm hoping against hope for 4 hens but give me your best guess based on experience please! I don't see any noticeable differences at this age but I don't really know....

Thanks to anyone who cares to guess.

it'd be easier if you could see the faces more clearly, but typically cockerels will develop wattles faster, comb will be redder, and the red on their wings and shoulders will be much darker than a pullet's...
based on the red in the wing/shoulders i'd say #2& 3 are cockerels.