Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[RedRidge]

My SFH are 10 weeks old... thought it was time for more pics... these are Gunnar babies.
The first two pics are the cockerels "I think"... although I'd love to have some confirmation on the second one... keep wishing for a pullet, but not sure.
Mr. Blue is obviously a cockerel... and acts like it... sweet but most pushy and curious.
Mr or Miss Yellow acts more like a pullet and if he's a cockerel he is obviously less mature for his age.
What's everyone think on the Mr. (or Miss) Yellow? (2nd pic).
The remaining 4 are pullets for sure... so excited to get a good hatching and good mix.

The last pic is of most of them together... 5 of the 6... not sure where the last little girl is hiding, she is very light like Mr. Yellow and is the smallest.
I really love these little birds... they are so sweet and cute, and so very entertaining.

 

[minihorse927]

My SFH are 10 weeks old... thought it was time for more pics... these are Gunnar babies. The first two pics are the cockerels "I think"... although I'd love to have some confirmation on the second one... keep wishing for a pullet, but not sure. Mr. Blue is obviously a cockerel... and acts like it... sweet but most pushy and curious. Mr or Miss Yellow acts more like a pullet and if he's a cockerel he is obviously less mature for his age. What's everyone think on the Mr. (or Miss) Yellow? (2nd pic). The remaining 4 are pullets for sure... so excited to get a good hatching and good mix. The last pic is of most of them together... 5 of the 6... not sure where the last little girl is hiding, she is very light like Mr. Yellow and is the smallest. I really love these little birds... they are so sweet and cute, and so very entertaining.

It's say #2 is a miss yellow.

 

[RedRidge]

It's say #2 is a miss yellow.

Well that would be awesome... I cockerel and 5 pullets would be great with me.
A few weeks back I posted both and several folks thought cockerel.
I'm still not sure either way because as you can tell from the pic above, he/she has "less comb" than the obvious cockerel, but more than all the other pullets.

 

[RedRidge]

Here's another pick of Yellow....

 

[minihorse927]

Here's another pick of Yellow....

I'm looking more at the wattles than anything. In this picture i honestly would swing towards cockerel. Might have to see what the other experts think...

 

[RedRidge]

BTW... the mille fleur cockerel in the top photo of the three above is named Vacker - it means "handsome" in Swedish.

I think Gunnar would be proud.

 

[jmarie]

GGGGRRRRRRR AAAAAARRRGH

I think I might give up on SFH. I got 8 eggs, 4 hatched. now my insane 6 month border collie has killed both my mille fleur SFH. Of course the 2 he has gotten (one today, one a couple weeks ago) were both pullets, the rooster is safe and sound.

The problem is the SFHs will not stay in the confines of the run, they are determined to roam the yard every day. The run is 1/4 of my yard, s.o they have a ton of room. but even when I pen the dog and let them roam the yard then they go outside the 6 foot fence and often are in my front yard. At 8 weeks they still can squeeze out of all kinds of places.

The other chickens (not SFH) all stay in the run, they have plenty of room, food and a compost pile to go thru

I am also working/training the the idiot dog but it is sooooooo frustrating.

I just needed to vent so I do not kill the dog.....sigh

 

[RedRidge]

GGGGRRRRRRR AAAAAARRRGH


I just needed to vent so I do not kill the dog.....sigh

I spent years training and competing herding dogs... both bc's and tervs.
Have you considered buying some ducks to give the dog some work to dog?
They are great for training and more durable than chickens...
Just a suggestion.
So sorry you lost another...

 

[jmarie]

I spent years training and competing herding dogs... both bc's and tervs.
Have you considered buying some ducks to give the dog some work to dog?
They are great for training and more durable than chickens...
Just a suggestion.
So sorry you lost another...

Ducks are messy and not for me at this time, the main problem is he obsesses on the chickens all day long. I need to find something else for him to obsess about...

 

[jmarie]

Here are the 2 beautiful ones I lost, I think I bring the other 2 to Gilmanor to sell.




The boy and girl I might bring to the Gilmanor VA Swap



the idiot I am very frustrated with