Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[FeyRaine]

Chipper Chicken -
From what I understand from some contacts in Sweden and Denmark, this coloration is not very common there either. It has popped up in the UK a few times.

And I have GREAT news everyone!

Drum roll please...



Magnus is now mounting and successfully breeding hens! (He was a bit of a late bloomer.)


And while we have just finished the pens on the inside of the new coop, I'm currently out of funds to erect the outdoor run portion - and I don't want to put a breeding group in a pen without an outdoor run.

Hopefully I can sell some more eggs and chicks soon and pay for the materials for a pen - because then we'll have snoleopard x snoleopard eggs!!!!!

Yah! Hope the fundage comes your was soonest! Can't wait to see what that x makes, should answer some genetic questions, although I bet it brings up as many questions as it answers ;> SFH are such fun that way.

 

[ki4got]

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actually a controlled 1 on 1 breeding with a red/black male would tell us for sure if it's the dominant dilute. if so, 50/50 of the chicks would be dilute. if all come out dark, then it's the recessive version (ig)

 

[Leahs Mom]

All this genetics talk makes me

 

[Bulldogma]

Yah! Hope the fundage comes your was soonest! Can't wait to see what that x makes, should answer some genetic questions, although I bet it brings up as many questions as it answers ;> SFH are such fun that way.

They are SO much fun!

actually a controlled 1 on 1 breeding with a red/black male would tell us for sure if it's the dominant dilute. if so, 50/50 of the chicks would be dilute. if all come out dark, then it's the recessive version (ig)

Snoleopard has been paired with Mace for a few weeks, but I haven't seen her lay an egg since the move. Just as well - she'll be with Magnus soon!

All this genetics talk makes me

 

[TheGeekySheep]

Well its only day 4 but I'm only seeing veining in 4 of my 11 eggs, surprisingly one of them was one that had a detached air cell. I won't clear anything out until day 14 but this isn't looking promising, haha. I may need to start investigating local sources for SFH eggs.

 

[Leahs Mom]

The kiddos are 13 weeks old.

Black w/band in front. She has more brown than the other black.


Here they are as little ones.







Black without band.



"Brown" (She still has snake eyes.)



Brown as a little one (kytinpusher's photo at hatch)




This is Emma. She's 1.5 yo. I think "brown" will end up looking much like Emma.

 

[subhanalah]

Here's my "black" the only girl out of the whole hatch.

I'll try to get one of her brother later.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Are all of yours crested? I could use a non-crested roo

But...I think you're too far away.

 

[subhanalah]

She was the only crested, the others were non-crested cockerels. One blue, three red (typical mille fleur)

 

[subhanalah]