Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[raiSMASH]

Hello! One of our hens has been sitting on six eggs and so far three have hatched! One's a Favorelle-- they're all doing great!

 

[MeatMyChicken]

Hello! One of our hens has been sitting on six eggs and so far three have hatched! One's a Favorelle-- they're all doing great!

 

[cathiesue]

My wife is from Grays Harbor Co. near Olympia. My inlaws were in Malone, and were in the same climate zone (7) as us in Atlanta. The high and low temps are similar, but it's cooler longer, and wet. It is beautiful! East of the Cascades it drops to Zones 3 & 4.

Yeah. It looks to be colder and wetter than what I'm used to here in Oklahoma. But the outdoor activities and scenery are beautiful. We shall see how it goes. Sounds like a depressed area right now and I worry about getting myself a job. It gets harder when you are a bit older. They deny it of course.

 

[RedRidge]

Well... my Gunnar kids are 20 weeks old... figured it was time for some pics...
Some were more cooperative than others... Dweezil was NOT in a photogenic mood today and he's usually so inquisitive... go figure.
So... 2 cockerels... Vacker and Dweezil... and 4 pullets... Dharma, Serenity, Harmony and Willow (the runt).

Vacker


Dharma


Harmony


Willow and Dweezil


Serenity

 

[ki4got]

reminds, me, my own chicklets are starting to become identifiable. (but I stink at names LOL)

I have 3 older ones (9/16/13 hatch), 2 from kytinpusher and 1 from Leigh. from kytinpusher, my 'penguin' is crested (possibly pullet) and the cockerel, well he's definitely a he... is likely to be a mille. the one from leigh is also possibly pullet, and looking, well, greyish-tannish colored without any mottling, but her front is solid white...

of the younger ones (10/13/13 hatch), I've got 4 from wildhorseannie and 4 from leigh growing out... i'd have to check band numbers to know who's is who's for sure, but 3 are blonde/red/splash-ish, 1 penguin (definitely Annie's) and the other 4 are varying shades of blue/dk blue/black mille. one is crested. don't remember if she has crested, but if not, then this one's leigh's, since Sorenson is crested. also in that group are 2 of my mille fleur cochin babies, who blend in beautifully, except the fuzzy feet stick out, so they can't camo entirely. LOL

no pics yet either, but i'll get there eventually.

 

[HaplessRunner]

Yeah. It looks to be colder and wetter than what I'm used to here in Oklahoma. But the outdoor activities and scenery are beautiful. We shall see how it goes. Sounds like a depressed area right now and I worry about getting myself a job. It gets harder when you are a bit older. They deny it of course.

Well, I do have some experience from living in Oregon for a while. I had a project that lasted from August 1987 until March 1988. We had moved from south Georgia to a little town called Clatskanie along the Columbia river. That summer there was a drought that extended the good weather though the end of September. Then the normal weather patterns took over. You essentially have continuous rolling fronts from the Pacific Ocean that go through the northwest with misty to heavier rain. They get what they call "sun breaks", that is the sun will break out for 10-15 minutes and the rain will recommence. The sun breaks again and the rain comes again. My wife learned that if you want to go for a picnic; just pack and go and either eat in the car or wait for the sun breaks. Because if the sun breaks happen, by the time you load the car, it will be raining again. LOL - a lot of wisdom can be had from the mouth of a four year old. After 5-6 weeks off the normal weather patterns, my oldest son came to his mother one November morning and asked a simple question, "Mommy, does it ever sun here?"

Weather out there is also very altitude dependent. Depending on the strength of the front and temperatures, the freezing line moves up and down the mountains. In my commute to work, I would frequently drive from an above freezing temp over a mountain which was well below freezing down to above freezing again. This makes for lots of black ice. They also do not have sand for the icy roads out there. Rather, they use crushed rock. So after the winter, it is not uncommon for folks to replace windshields especially if you end up driving behind logging trucks.

While all this sounds depressing, we really had a great time in Oregon and Washington. We drove all over the northwest to Crater Lake NP, Mount St Helens, etc. We even drove the entire Oregon coast from Astoria, OR all the way to Eureka, CA and back on two different occasions. The northwest is truly spectacularly beautiful, just amazing geography and country. Just like anywhere you go, you adapt.

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

Thought I would share a few pics.

 

[CackleJoy]

Hello! One of our hens has been sitting on six eggs and so far three have hatched! One's a Favorelle-- they're all doing great!

Love the markings on the little

 

[ki4got]

Well... my Gunnar kids are 20 weeks old... figured it was time for some pics...
Some were more cooperative than others... Dweezil was NOT in a photogenic mood today and he's usually so inquisitive... go figure.
So... 2 cockerels... Vacker and Dweezil... and 4 pullets... Dharma, Serenity, Harmony and Willow (the runt).

Vacker


Dharma


Harmony


Willow and Dweezil


Serenity

have you read Leigh's article about her 'gynandromorph' (think I got that right) aka her 'shim'? wondering if your runt may be similarly affected...

be interesting to see, since they quite possibly have the same parents.

 

[RedRidge]

I haven't... was it on here? I missed it, but would be very curious...