Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[cressrb]

Thanks. I ordered 2 SFH's, 2 Isbar and 2 Cream Legbars from Greenfire. THey sent me 4 xtra! and all made it inspite of a delay in shipping.
I am having difficulty sorting what I have. I think the two black and one gray are Isbars and I think I spot 3 Legbars and the lighter and
brighter colored must be SFH's and I think there are four! I will send a collective pic and hope you can make out what I have.
Isaw a black SFH much like what I think is my Isbar - thus my confusion. Tis a mystery....
the light one in the middle is so pretty, he/she just glows. Any ideas?

 

[KYTinpusher]

Thanks. I ordered 2 SFH's, 2 Isbar and 2 Cream Legbars from Greenfire. THey sent me 4 xtra! and all made it inspite of a delay in shipping.
I am having difficulty sorting what I have. I think the two black and one gray are Isbars and I think I spot 3 Legbars and the lighter and
brighter colored must be SFH's and I think there are four! I will send a collective pic and hope you can make out what I have.
Isaw a black SFH much like what I think is my Isbar - thus my confusion. Tis a mystery....
the light one in the middle is so pretty, he/she just glows. Any ideas?

Adorable!

I see GFF is still not marking their chicks as to breed

Your 2 blacks look like Isbars and maybe the blue. Only time will tell for sure. The ones with eye liner are most likely legbars. The light one looks like SFH. If you post pics as they feather out, we will be happy to help you figure out for sure.

 

[Ashdoes]

Your Creams will have dark eyeliner, and the V on their head. It's very easy to see with chicks.

 

[jvanstyn]

The Brinsea is worth the money if you can afford it. It just works and works perfectly. It nails the temperature and humidity perfectly. No fiddling with anything. The only time you have to do anything with it is at lockdown time when you take it out of its turning cradle and increase the humidity. Be forewarned though if you have a dry house in winter though. The wick won't be able to keep up and humidity pump will start dripping water off the wick into the incubator and onto the eggs. What I do in winter time to solve this problem is I put the incubator in my bathroom with a slow cooker filled with water to increase the room humidity in the bathroom. This way, the wick can keep up when you lock down the eggs.

I keep Swedish Flower Hens exclusively.

 

[jvanstyn]

So, we hatched 3 black and white chicks, one all black with dark red in her face and back and one red chipmunk looking chick. Very cute, active little buggers. They move around a lot faster than the Cochin chicks.
Obviously I need a new incubator. I babysat this thing for the full 21 days, and had to constantly adjust it. What a waste of money these things are...prob be getting a Brinsea, if I can look past the cost. I wish there was a magic trick to the Hovabator, I just haven't figured it out.

The Brinsea is worth the money if you can afford it. It just works and works perfectly. It nails the temperature and humidity perfectly. No fiddling with anything. The only time you have to do anything with it is at lockdown time when you take it out of its turning cradle and increase the humidity. Be forewarned if you have a dry house in winter though. The wick won't be able to keep up and humidity pump will start dripping water off the wick into the incubator and onto the eggs. What I do in winter time to solve this problem is I put the incubator in my bathroom with a slow cooker filled with water to increase the room humidity in the bathroom. This way, the wick can keep up when you lock down the eggs.

I keep Swedish Flower Hens exclusively.

 

[Ashdoes]

[COLOR=A52A2A]The Brinsea is worth the money if you can afford it. It just works and works perfectly. It nails the temperature and humidity perfectly. No fiddling with anything. The only time you have to do anything with it is at lockdown time when you take it out of its turning cradle and increase the humidity. Be forewarned though if you have a dry house in winter though. The wick won't be able to keep up and humidity pump will start dripping water off the wick into the incubator and onto the eggs. What I do in winter time to solve this problem is I put the incubator in my bathroom with a slow cooker filled with water to increase the room humidity in the bathroom. This way, the wick can keep up when you lock down the eggs.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=A52A2A]I keep Swedish Flower Hens exclusively.[/COLOR]

Yeah, my husband is disappointed with how much the Hovabator mucked up these last eggs. I'm just waiting for the Brinseas to be back in stock. We actually have a hen going broody right now, so I ordered another half dozen SFH eggs for her to sit on.
Thanks for the tips about the humidity.

 

[KYTinpusher]

The Brinsea is worth the money if you can afford it. It just works and works perfectly. It nails the temperature and humidity perfectly. No fiddling with anything. The only time you have to do anything with it is at lockdown time when you take it out of its turning cradle and increase the humidity. Be forewarned though if you have a dry house in winter though. The wick won't be able to keep up and humidity pump will start dripping water off the wick into the incubator and onto the eggs. What I do in winter time to solve this problem is I put the incubator in my bathroom with a slow cooker filled with water to increase the room humidity in the bathroom. This way, the wick can keep up when you lock down the eggs.

I keep Swedish Flower Hens exclusively.

I have 2 Brinseas and I agree that they are worth the extra. The way I look at it, if you are going to be buying and hatching eggs, you are going to pay the money in the long run - either for a good incubator or multiple purchases of eggs that won't hatch in a cheap incubator. My Brinseas have paid for themselves in eggs hatched.

 

[jvanstyn]

Yeah, my husband is disappointed with how much the Hovabator mucked up these last eggs. I'm just waiting for the Brinseas to be back in stock. We actually have a hen going broody right now, so I ordered another half dozen SFH eggs for her to sit on.
Thanks for the tips about the humidity.

Oh man, what a bummer! I played hell getting my Brinseas for the same problem - out of stock - . I'm real disappointed to hear that, after years, that is still a problem. I have been fortunate enough to have two Swedish Flower Hen hens that go broody and haven't actually used my Brinseas for over a year. They love mothering and I don't like taking that away from the girls. I like for them to have as fulfilling lives as possible.

I just had a broody hen who's eggs failed to hatch - this is the first time I've had this happen to me -. I went to Mt. Healthy Hatchery (I live less than two miles away from Mt. Healthy Hatchery in Cincinnati, OH) and purchased 6 Americana day-old chickens and put them under her in her nesting box. The next day, she was out with her new family clucking away and as happy as can be. I felt that after sitting on those eggs for over 26 days that she would have been broken hearted and if that happened, and I would have had a broken heart with her. These babies also never get pasty butt when they're mothered by a loving hen.

I love watching a hen mothering baby chicks. They always seem so happy and contented with life during this time in their lives. It's like they declare, "Ah. My life is fulfilled. Live is good."

 

[jvanstyn]

I have 2 Brinseas and I agree that they are worth the extra. The way I look at it, if you are going to be buying and hatching eggs, you are going to pay the money in the long run - either for a good incubator or multiple purchases of eggs that won't hatch in a cheap incubator. My Brinseas have paid for themselves in eggs hatched.

I whole heartedly agree. BTW how close to Cincinnati are you?

 

[KYTinpusher]

Quote: About an hour south. Do you know where the Kentucky Speedway is?