five more are coming!

Here's more on Swede's from the Greenfire Farms website:
At 2:35 in the afternoon of June 17, 2010, a jumbo jet from Stockholm landed at JFK airport in New York carrying in its vast metal belly a most unusual cargo: 15 Swedish flower hens. This breed, for more than half a millenium isolated in small villages in Sweden, had made the leap across the Atlantic for the first time as part of Greenfire Farms’ ongoing program of introducing rare chickens to America. Until now, very few people in the world (including most Swedes) have ever had the opportunity to see living examples of this breed, let alone the ability to own and raise them.
Swedish flower hens emerged as a landrace several hundred years ago, the product of a now forgotten mix of primitive breeds that were brought to Sweden by settlers and conquerors. As a landrace, this breed was not intentionally created by a breeder carefully selecting birds as part of a structured breeding program. Rather, this breed was created through natural selection and random pairings as the breed adapted to the climate and conditions of the Sydskånska Plain in southern Sweden...Read the rest at GFF
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Yay! Exciting!
jealous! those birds look so awesome, and I love that you are helping their numbers increase! I'd love to hear your experiences with their personalities...
JENNA,
THESE BIRDS ARE REALLY DIFFERENT JUST LIKE YOUR CAF BLOG WHICH CONTINUES TO MAKE IT A GREAT READ!!
CHEERS WITH A HEALTH DRINK, &
RONNIE VERY HAPPY X SEAT WEAVER
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They are really pretty! What are their eggs like, color-wise, I mean?
How exciting! They look quite a bit like the Mille Fleur bantams...look forward to reading how they adapt and your experiences with them! Good luck ;)
Jenna you could sell the feathers/hack, etc to fly fishermen who tie their own flies. You probably know how costly that material can be!
I heard there's a trend of feathers in hair, again. Thanks to Steve Tyler on American Idol, feathers are selling on ebay for HUNDREDS!
Wow! who knew you could spend so much on a pair of chicks? I guess youre going to have to be alot more vigulant on protecting them from all the things that have killer previous birds, its a big deal to loose a rare bird worth $200+ than a common chick for $1.99.
That site has amazing birds, if they send you a rooster your money problems could be over breeding these. So pretty too!
they are a barter, so I am not paying cash for them, or they would not be here!
Hey Jenna, I clicked on the Greenfire Farms ad in your sidebar but it's linked to the Critter Cages site. Oops!
They will make a beautiful addition to CAF.
These sound really interesting. I am assuming you will keep them separate from the rest of the chickens so they breed pure asuming of course that you are also getting a roo. The chicks could help pay the mortgage.
I like the fact that you have choosen a swedish breed! I can't wait to see some photos of the new ones.
I saw three of these chickens wandering around at Skansen in Stockholm when I was there last summer. Didn't know the breed name till now. They are lovely birds.
I am assuming you will maintain them separate in the relaxation belonging to the chickens so they breed pure asuming obviously that you just are also obtaining a roo
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