Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[SunnySkies]

I saw this ad today. But I'm a bit concerned these are not PB. The photo of the rooster in this ad doesn't quite look right to me. What do you think?

Only reason I'm thinking of going to look is to go pick out a few more girls I do OK at picking out girls versus boys at a few weeks, unless they are crested.

http://harrisburg.craigslist.org/grd/3980425963.html

 

[KYTinpusher]

I saw this ad today. But I'm a bit concerned these are not PB. The photo of the rooster in this ad doesn't quite look right to me. What do you think?

Only reason I'm thinking of going to look is to go pick out a few more girls

I do OK at picking out girls versus boys at a few weeks, unless they are crested.

http://harrisburg.craigslist.org/grd/3980425963.html

The first picture is bad, but the others look like a black-based SFH roo to me. Especially the fifth one down and the bottom one. Very pretty!

 

[ChickNmamma]

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I agree, and I think the 5th picture is the same boy as the first picture, look at the white on the tail and wings. It is the lack of visible mottling on the first bird's chest that looks off - but in the 5th picture the focus is better and you can see its black and brown. I think the white in the girls will help the kids look more mottled.

 

[Bulldogma]

wow! grats on 'spider' 8) (btw, how's 'mickey' the baby cochin doing?)

M. I. C... (See ya real soon!)



Mickey is doing great. He or she is still small enough to fit through chicken wire at 2+ weeks of age, but the little mouse free ranges like a champ.

the 2 I got from you, 1 is still kicking and due on the 10th.
Yay!

on a positive note, the eggs I got from my sfh when I first penned them (but had been free ranging) have hatched. I have 2 crested chicks that are NOT weebies, so I know their daddy is the crested sfh. pretty sure they're also from the sfh eggs. the blrw chicks all have rose combs (some partridge cochin/blrw chicks, -rose comb fuzzy legs- may be a start for blrw cochins, depending on how they mature out) and the cochin/?? crosses all have fuzzy legs at the least, and single combs. the pure cochins are easy, they've got both outer toes on each foot fuzzed too. LOL

trying to think what other roos I have in the yard that don't have fuzzy legs or 5 toes (both pass along most of the time) that have single combs... and I think the swedes are IT... which means I may have 5 or 6 purebred babies from my own bunch!
That's great news!!

and that 'cockerel' I picked up at the last Roanoke swap? pretty sure it's a SHE, not a he... at the time, about 8-9 weeks old, the hatchmates had HUGE red combs and wattles, this one had much smaller but still pinkish comb and smallish wattles... took my chances, gave her $5 for the chick. well today she's (yes she!) much larger bodied, but the comb and wattles haven't grown at all and are hardly noticeable, tho still slightly pinkish. her legs are also yellowing up too. so I've got another bhep chick growing out (same lines gunnar came from). blue mille coloration.
That's great news too!!

so that makes 4! the trio I got from Alabama, not sure what breeder they came from tho. maybe kytinpusher I think she said? (if anyone sold eggs to Kimberly in Alabama, let me know - k.i.forgot strikes again...) then I've got 2 gunnar sons, one daughter & now the bhep girlie. once I get my pens finished, (putting roof & sides on 2 of them today, doors tomorrow hopefully) then i'll be splitting the sfh into trios once the 2 younger girls are old enough... the gunnar boy i'm keeping with the Alabama girls (1 is crested) and the crested roo with the 2 younger (uncrested) girls.

 

[chiques chicks]

I have six in the incubator on day 11. Or so. These are from my flock. Don't really plan on keeping them over the winter (assuming they hatch.) I'm in Lancaster County, PA.

 

[SunnySkies]

I agree, and I think the 5th picture is the same boy as the first picture, look at the white on the tail and wings.  It is the lack of visible mottling on the first bird's chest that looks off - but in the 5th picture the focus is better and you can see its black and brown.  I think the white in the girls will help the kids look more mottled.

Yeah, the lack of mottling is what made me go hmm.

 

[PugBug]

I have my 1st SFH baby from my own flock on the way- it's zipping the shell as I am writing this

13 more to go, it's day 20

 

[ChickNmamma]

I have my 1st SFH baby from my own flock on the way- it's zipping the shell as I am writing this

13 more to go, it's day 20

Nothing better than one's own home grown chicks! And even early!

 

[PugBug]

My first SFH baby from my flock is here

It finished hatching about an hour ago. Nothing yet from the other 13 eggs, but I have high hopes!

 

[KYTinpusher]

My first SFH baby from my flock is here

It finished hatching about an hour ago. Nothing yet from the other 13 eggs, but I have high hopes!

Congrats! I have SFH eggs from brkuk hatching today, too. 3 out, 2 to go.