Swedish Flower Hens in Austin, Texas.

[KLIL]

Hello from down under Australia and welcome to BYC!
You are going to love it here.

Feel free to pop by and share your daily updates for 2019 too.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/flock-life-journeys-2019.1286370/

Lovely to meet you and hope to speak more.

 

[happy duck]

Welcome to the roost! Very happy you joined!

 

[cassie123]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[Alo]

Have you considered Liege Fighters?

 

[Alo]

Hello denisesoderlind.
Welcome to BYC
I'm wondering why you are interested in the Besse breed. I take it you are interested in roosters for meat?

Bresse, because hawks deserve the best!

 

[Alo]

The three on our right are Swedish Flower Hens.

Beautiful birds!

I don't care what everyone says about them, I want some.

Welcome home.

 

[Leahs Coop]

I'm really late here but...

 

[Alo]

I think if hawks were so bad in my neighborhood, I'd raise some Liege Fighters, use Liege hens to hatch my eggs; and set up a camera in the yard to get pictures...

And if your Swedish Flower roosters get along as well as some pictures I've seen of em...

4 or 5 Swedish Flower roos backing up a Liege Fighter, and all defending your hens against a hawk: is something I'd pay to watch!

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Hello! We have Swedish Flower Hens in Austin, Texas. We are always looking to add new hens to our flock. We also take in rescue/rehome chickens, use practical farm pratices, and kind humane treatment.
Since we are already feeding kale apples oatmeal ..grated and fresh each day along with scratch and Layena, I would be very interested in learning the Bresse method of raising roosters. Plus, our chickens are true yard birds out everyday rain or shine.
We have hawks and a hawk nest in our South Austin Suburb. A hawk has tried to grab a rooster out of my arms in the early morning after we had 2 weeks of rain. I think he must have been starving. I held on and we were unharmed. So I have hawk protection advice. We use many practices to deter the hawks.

 

[denisesoderlind]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens! We are glad you joined the flock! BYC is a helpful site providing all of the information you need to know about poultry. There is always space for members on the BYC roost!

Thank you for sharing some pictures! You have a really nice setup arranged in your backyard. Deterring hawks from the property can be quite difficult but would probably be easier to solve in a neighborhood. I would imagine the hawks are in intense hunger to actually be daring enough to swoop right near you when holding your rooster. Can you possibly keep a dog on the property to discourage them?

Hope you enjoy it here as much as we all do!

I let them out at 9 thirty after the 6 hawks in our neighbor are done feeding.