Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[insanity]

Just locked down 11 SFH (shipped) and 1 leghorn x EE.

. Hope this goes well.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Coveting.

Are you VA girls going to do any shipping?

 

[Bulldogma]

Coveting.

Are you VA girls going to do any shipping?

Do you Indiana ladies do any incubating? LOL - I so wish I could find someone coming up your way to bring you some babies! I don't want to ship them because I don't want to risk any losses. I need to check with UShip...

(Or you need to plan a Virginia is for Chicken Lovers vacation!)

 

[ki4got]

MAYBE... a lot of if's need to come together.

and if I do, it will likely be youngsters not new chicks...

 

[lawatt]

quick question: how early do SFH chicks start showing mottling or flowering in their feathers? i have hatched some "swedish crosses" (SFH x isbar), which at three weeks still just look blue/black/splash -- so am curious as to when i might expect mottling to appear, if it's going to?

thanks!

 

[5moore]

Ive tried to find all the opinions on hatching sfh, but this is a big thread! Lol. What has everyone found to be the best for humidity?

 

[Bulldogma]

I have seen different time frames for different chicks... but usually by 8 weeks there should be some definite mottling coming in. Many get it earlier, but some flowers are late bloomers.

 

[Bulldogma]

Ive tried to find all the opinions on hatching sfh, but this is a big thread! Lol. What has everyone found to be the best for humidity?

Hopefully Ki4got will chime in, but most folks do well with dry incubation (around 30% humidity up until lockdown) and then boost to about 65%.
(Please correct me if I'm off here, y'all!)

 

[5moore]

Do all the chicks look like the penguin then change?

 

[lawatt]

I have seen different time frames for different chicks... but usually by 8 weeks there should be some definite mottling coming in. Many get it earlier, but some flowers are late bloomers.

thanks very much!! i'll post photos of these crosses if/when their flowers turn up...