Swedish Flower Hen chicks

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Local pick up only. We do not ship birds! All orders of chicks and hatching eggs are pre-orders! Chicks are sold unsexed. When you place your order we will contact to you let you know when we are setting the eggs for your chicks and give you an anticipated hatch date. When your chicks hatch, we vaccinate them, unless requested otherwise, and reach out to you to schedule your appointment for pick up.

We update inventory weekly. Once you are notified that your birds are ready for check out, it is up to you to have their coop ready and make arrangements to pick them up by the deadline agreed upon. Should life happens and you are not able to take care of the birds you pre-ordered, we will give you credit for the amount paid up-to-date for a future purchase. Please understand we are not able to refund any orders/pre-orders. The only time, a refund applies is when we are not able to deliver the product (Ex. theft, fertility issues, hatch rate issue, fire, flock demise, bird illness, death of breeder, etc). There is a $5 fee for each bird, each day that is here past the deadline. No exceptions.

Unless requested otherwise by the buyer of a prepaid order, chicks are vaccinated against Mareks’ disease and sold unsexed Minimum purchase is required as follows:

1-3 weeks: 5 chicks

4-6 weeks: 3 chicks

A fee of $20 is added to any order that does not meet the minimum purchase requirement. This fee will be collected during pickup. Orders are filled by the order in which payment is received. Please allow up to 48 hours to hear back from us, especially if you are ordering on a Friday night or over the weekend. Appointments are scheduled for Saturdays most of the year. If you are ordering on a Saturday and expecting to pick up on the same day, please note available slots fill up quickly during the week, so sometimes, we are fully booked on Saturdays. Please wait to hear back from us before heading to our farm. We will contact you within 48 hours to schedule your pick up or anticipated pick up date, depending on the birds’ age group you purchased.

On the day of your appointment, please bring a suitable carrier for the safe transport of your pullets of the age of 6 weeks.

Feeding: We feed Non-GMO Nature’s Best Organic starter grower (this is a non-medicated feed). We provide fresh water daily with a tbs of apple cider vinegar (Brags raw and unfiltered, “with the mother”)

 Electrolytes:

If you want to make your own solution here is the recipe:

§  8 teaspoons granulated sugar

§  ½ teaspoon sea salt

§  ½ teaspoon baking soda

§  1 gallon of water

We make no guarantee that the vaccinations will protect your poultry 100% from getting the disease, but it is a good preventative step. Marek's vaccine is an injection and will not be noticeable on the chicks.

About Swedish Flower Hens

Native of Sweden and imported into the U.S in 2010, the Swedish Flower has become very popular due to its joyful appearance and temperament. The Swedish Flower comes in a variety of colors. Words can’t describe the infinity of possibilities! Every hatch is a surprise!! The base colors can range from black, blue, yellow, and red. The feather pattern is millefleur (thousand flowers), the feathers are white-tipped. The combinations are many and varied – black/white, white/red, and a pattern similar to the Speckled Sussex hen.

Birds can be crested, tasseled, or not. Our bloodlines carry both the crested and non-crested genes, so you can potentially hatch both appearance from our flock's eggs.

The rarest coloration pattern is called ‘Snow Leopard.’ Some of the white tips are replaced by black tips giving an overall picture of gold/white/black markings named after the rare Snow Leopard.

Swedish Flowers and are very friendly and social. Speaking from my own experience with this breed, it is one of my favorites in terms of temperament. They are calm, confident, and poised. The females are extremely curious and inquisitive. They love the outdoors and exploring the world around them, but they also bear confinement well.

They enjoy human interaction. They are curious and love to explore the world around them. Hens lay a decent amount of eggs per week. Egg size is large and extra-large and of cream color. 

The hens will lay anywhere between 180-200 eggs per year. They are very hardy and tolerate a wide variety of weather conditions.

The Swedish Flower Hen has not been bred to any written standard of perfection (THANK GOD!!), so they have not been recognized by the American Standard of Perfection (APA).