Ashtabula, OH
Photo: Freyja Imsland / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)
- Purpose
- ornamental
- Egg color
- cream
- Eggs / year
- ~150
- Hen weight
- ~3.5 lbs
- Cold hardy
- Yes
- Heat tolerant
- No
- Temperament
- alert, friendly once tamed
- Forages
- excellent
- Broodiness
- moderate
- NPIP stock code
- R1064
- Origin
- Sweden
Breed guide
Swedish Black Hen
Also known as: Svart Höna, Svarthöna
A Swedish landrace carrying the same fibromelanosis gene as the Ayam Cemani, so skin, comb, bones, and meat run black. Village flocks kept them in Sweden for centuries. The first US imports arrived in 2012 and the breed stays scarce.
Keeper's notes
Centuries of Scandinavian winters built a bird that shrugs off cold our valley never sees. Good fliers and sharp-eyed foragers that roost high given the chance. Hens brood and mother well. All-black birds vanish at dusk, so count them onto the roost.
Swedish Black Hen listings
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Where to find Swedish Black Hen
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Regional breeders with this breed on file (1)
Regional hatcheries that carry it (0)
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Sourced from NPIP state directories, matched by the stock codes each participant registers. A flock may keep breeds beyond what it registers, so this list runs conservative.
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