Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[ashtree]

I have 6 beautiful SFH babies running around the brooder now Thanks @KYTinpusher for the great eggs! I'm super excited to watch these chicks grow

 

[gimmie birdies]

on a diff note- this egg produced this chick...


which became this hen

which produced this egg.


first one.

Whoops I am sorry this is swedish flower hens.... well enjoy anyway!

 

[Melabella]

I have 6 beautiful SFH babies running around the brooder now Thanks @KYTinpusher for the great eggs! I'm super excited to watch these chicks grow

Yeah!!!! Congratulations AshT. I MUST see some pictures. Immedietly!!
I have one out with the remaining 5 pipped. I am sure I'll be going to bed late since the 5 th chich just pipped now! First little hatchling delicious!

 

[Leahs Mom]

@Melabella

How are the rest coming? And...what part of the country are you in? Just wondering how your weather is for these new little ones during winter...

 

[Bulldogma]

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I have 6 beautiful SFH babies running around the brooder now

Thanks @KYTinpusher for the great eggs! I'm super excited to watch these chicks grow

Hooray!!

Yeah!!!! Congratulations AshT. I MUST see some pictures. Immedietly!!
I have one out with the remaining 5 pipped. I am sure I'll be going to bed late since the 5 th chich just pipped now! First little hatchling delicious!

Precious baby!!

 

[ashtree]

Here's 1 of my cuties

Little guy was already trying to clean up the crumbs on the rug. Love this breed!

 

[gimmie birdies]

I hatched one like that a while back! good job!

 

[Melabella]

@Melabella


How are the rest coming?  And...what part of the country are you in?  Just wondering how your weather is for these new little ones during winter...

Hi LM,

I have three new little ones and three eggs remaining with pips. I'm starting to worry a bit as I don't hear any more chirping or movement near the pips. I'm hoping they are just resting up for the breakout. I live in upstate NY, 90 miles north of NYC. The chicks I've been hatching I keep in my dining room for 2 weeks them as it's getting chilly, I will move them out to the heated tack room in the barn for a few more weeks then to the grow out stall with their Brinsea EcoGlow. This is my last hatch for this year....... I think. LoL

 

[gimmie birdies]

yeah I went on a 1 year and ten month straight hatching spree which ended this month. Pheww!

 

[Alpine Chicken]

@Melabella

How are the rest coming? And...what part of the country are you in? Just wondering how your weather is for these new little ones during winter...

This is an issue for me, too, since we have below freezing for a few months in winter. I probably shouldn´t have put any eggs in the bator, but I don´t have a very good Boy-Girl-Ratio yet. I limited myself to just 10, and probably not all of them will hatch. Since I don´t have heating in the coop, though, I´ll probably have to end up keeping them inside most of the winter. What do the rest of you do that hatch chicks at this time of year? Until I got SFH I limited myself to spring and early summer for hatching, but of course with these guys it was hard to contain myself...