Swedish Flower Hen Thread

[trailrider330]

I got them from blue house farm.

I have birds from them as well. Mine are also light cream in color. Have you compared yours to true white eggs? Or perhaps try laying them on a white piece of paper or paper towel. Perhaps then they might seem less white and a bit more cream???

 

[guardrail]

I was just speaking with saskia via email. This was the

" They lay different shades of eggs, from white to brown. I was surprised to read on the Backyard Chickens Swedish Flower threat that somebody was of the opinion that they should only lay brown eggs. I know for a fact that the Swedish Flower hens in Sweden do lay different shades of egg colors including white eggs."

I agree with a previous poster that Blue House Farm is a good breeder.

 

[minihorse927]

I was just speaking with saskia via email. This was the

" They lay different shades of eggs, from white to brown. I was surprised to read on the Backyard Chickens Swedish Flower threat that somebody was of the opinion that they should only lay brown eggs. I know for a fact that the Swedish Flower hens in Sweden do lay different shades of egg colors including white eggs."

I agree with a previous poster that Blue House Farm is a good breeder.

when I think of white I think of leghorn eggs, blinding snow white. Chalk white. Anything that is off white (tinted, cream, etc) is brown in my eyes. Just different shades.

 

[minihorse927]

Eggs from my isabel leghorns. Very, very white. Chalk white.

 

[minihorse927]

Swedish flower eggs from my hens. Some of these are such a pale cream that some people would call them white.

 

[Lamancha]

leghorn, flower, flower.
One of my girls also lays a super light egg that looks white until you compare it to a true white egg.

 

[song of joy]

Has anyone ever had a female SFH with spurs? If so, how large do they get? Are they passed on to their female offspring?

One of my SFH pullets is 10 months old and has a 0.25-inch long spur developing on each leg. She has flesh-colored legs and has always had a very pointy tail. I really wanted to set some of her eggs because she's good layer, but I don't want to perpetuate spurred females in my flock. Advice would be appreciated.

 

[minihorse927]

Has anyone ever had a female SFH with spurs?  If so, how large do they get?  Are they passed on to their female offspring?

One of my SFH pullets is 10 months old and has a 0.25-inch long spur developing on each leg.  She has flesh-colored legs and has always had a very pointy tail.  I really wanted to set some of her eggs because she's good layer, but I don't want to perpetuate spurred females in my flock.  Advice would be appreciated.  

can you get us a picture? All of mine have your typical quarter-inch spur bump but it doesn't grow.

 

[guardrail]

I just got some in the mail today. Here is one of them. I guess looking at it today I would say almost white but not quite

 

[minihorse927]

I just got some in the mail today. Here is one of them. I guess looking at it today I would say almost white but not quite

cream