Waterloo, IL
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- Purpose
- dual
- Egg color
- tinted
- Eggs / year
- ~180
- Hen weight
- ~5.5 lbs
- Cold hardy
- Yes
- Heat tolerant
- No
- Temperament
- calm, confident, personable
- Forages
- excellent
- Broodiness
- moderate
- NPIP stock code
- R1024
- Origin
- Sweden
Breed guide
Swedish Flower Hen
Also known as: Skansk blommehona, Swedish Flower
Swedish landrace named for its flowered plumage, white-tipped feathers over varied base colors so no two birds match. Nearly extinct by the 1970s, recovered through conservation flocks. Largest of the Swedish landrace breeds.
Keeper's notes
Cold-hardy and self-sufficient on range, which suits wet northern climates. It is a landrace, so the birds vary. Let them vary. Breeding toward a standard works against what a landrace is.
Swedish Flower Hen listings
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Where to find Swedish Flower Hen
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Regional breeders with this breed on file (4)
Red Bud, IL
Kimbolton, OH
Ashtabula, OH
Regional hatcheries that carry it (1)
Polk, OH
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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