Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[Knock Kneed Hen]

Hold old are they TRUE5?

 

[KYTinpusher]

I just thought I would check in and see if any of you could play the guessing game with me on what my SFH kids are. I just had an obvious cockerel with a larger red comb I sold and I didn't put any others in with him because none of them had the same obvious characteristic. So maybe if you all more experienced with this breed could give it a go and tell me what gender your leaning towards that would be great! I would appreciate it! Here are my SF kids.

Kid #1 - boy, but doesn't look pure, unless it is a cream based like Bulldogma's pullet

kid #2 - boy

kid #3 - girl

kid #4 - leaning toward boy

Kid #5 - leaning toward boy

The crested boys can take longer to identify. Look for wattles developing - they are a clear sign of a boy.

I'm guessing MAYBE 1 and 3 are boys possibly. I'm only hoping they arnt! #1 has the most interesting color with white, black and like a creamy brown in the mix. #5 has a lot of blue. I do see some green sheen on a few black tail feathers on a couple of them. I will know for sure in a couple months for sure! These all I hatched and were purchased from a breeder in NW Arkansas. I don't think she is on the BYC.

Very pretty, BTW!

 

[ki4got]

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lockdown I go 55-65 and DRY for the first 18-19 days.

 

[TRUE5]

Hold old are they TRUE5?

They are about 7 weeks old. They hatched Feb. 13th.
Oh BOY! I will have a bunch of boys on hand if your right! As far as I know they are all pure. #1 has a bunch of a butterscotch like brown that didn't show up in the pictures. Im contemplating on if I should keep it if it turns out to be a boy. Just so pretty!

 

[Knock Kneed Hen]

They are about 7 weeks old. They hatched Feb. 13th.
Oh BOY! I will have a bunch of boys on hand if your right! As far as I know they are all pure. #1 has a bunch of a butterscotch like brown that didn't show up in the pictures. Im contemplating on if I should keep it if it turns out to be a boy. Just so pretty!

Sorry to say, I almost agree 100% with KYT...I think they're all boys.... . Just think of what a pleasant surprise it'll be if were wrong!! LOL Hard to see the wattles in some of the pics though. Yes, if you end up with a Swedish Snow Leopard then hang onto it, or try to find a breeder that wants him.

 

[KYTinpusher]

Yes, if you end up with a Swedish Snow Leopard then hang onto it, or try to find a breeder that wants him.

If he does end up a Snow Leopard, I'll buy him!

 

[Bulldogma]

We got an EGG!!

YAH!
& Me TOO!!!
I still haven't been able to move all the birds around, but while checking on the baby goat I heard a lot of noise & noticed that the SFH pullet was trying to snuggle between the crazy-broody-mutt-pullet & the SpSux in the overly lg nest box. So I grabbed 2 cat carries, put hay in them & SpSux in 1 , SFH pullet in the other and left them be for 2 hrs. (The SpSux had been sitting on 3 eggs so I popped those in the bator to stay warm to keep all options open). Well I returned to find SFH HAD LAID in the "trap nest" which is the 1st I've been able to confirm she was even laying at all. Her egg is a very light pinkish tan sort of cream, the same color as the SpSux & BuffOrp (so we assume those two show should lay med-brown go back to hatchery stock who lay super light eggs due to Leghorn in their ancestry). Meanwhile I have a _For certain_ SFH egg and it is very very narrow on the pointy end, really easy to tell apart by SHAPE. And it went into the bator immediately, still warm from being laid!

I'm hoping the extra pointy shape clears up when she gets past her first run of pullet eggs, as I know these super pointy ones are hard to hatch.

Anyone else ever had super pointy shaped SFH eggs? & if so was it just the pullet eggs or did the hen eggs stay pointy?

I have a few that lay pointy eggs - but most of those eggs hatch just fine.

I just thought I would check in and see if any of you could play the guessing game with me on what my SFH kids are. I just had an obvious cockerel with a larger red comb I sold and I didn't put any others in with him because none of them had the same obvious characteristic. So maybe if you all more experienced with this breed could give it a go and tell me what gender your leaning towards that would be great! I would appreciate it! Here are my SF kids.

You have just joined my "best friends" club! Where are you located and would you consider selling this boy? You have a Snoleopard boy! If you would trade him for many, many eggs (or chicks if you aren't too far) I would LOVE to be able to cross this boy with my Snoleopard!

They are about 7 weeks old. They hatched Feb. 13th.
Oh BOY! I will have a bunch of boys on hand if your right! As far as I know they are all pure. #1 has a bunch of a butterscotch like brown that didn't show up in the pictures. Im contemplating on if I should keep it if it turns out to be a boy. Just so pretty!

No - you definitely don't want him. You want to send him to me...

 

[KYTinpusher]

No - you definitely don't want him. You want to send him to me...

Get in line!

 

[minihorse927]

 Get in line! 

 

[ki4got]

LOL I agree he looks like a snoleopard.

it's funny, everyone worried about humidity... I had 15 sfh eggs that I wrote down set on a wed, due for lockdown yesterday... of course, k.i.forgot strikes again, and I went to move them over tonight...

nope not gonna happen. they all HATCHED at 10% humidity thru incubation, lockdown, etc. all were 100% hatched, fluffed and one managed to get stuck under the turning rails! (which were still turning!)

so dry is IT! LOL I have 4 mille fleur bantam cochin eggs that have pipped and are talking to me loudly as I moved them to the hatcher, but none hatched yet...

and I figured out a slight mystery that had me concerned... I lost several chicks over a couple days this last week. fine at night, dead in the morning. with Tony's problems with MG/MS, I was ready to panic! and tho not a good thing, I think I did solve the problem. the bag of feed I was scooping into my FF bucket for the babies, yesterday I scooped again, to top it back up, found a HUGE lump of icky clumped molded feed buried in the bag... so I dumped the bucket of FF, started over with a fresh bag of feed and the remaining chicks all went nuts for it. so I'm hoping I didn't do any permanent damage to the ones that are still kicking. the oldest chicks are eating more straight pellets and slightly soaked pellets than the FF (due to the mess factor at that age!) rooster/meat bird pellets, not layer btw...