“I‚Äôve been keeping chickens for about 7 years now. I have kept about 10 different breeds over that time. I received my first SWH as a day old chick and had my broody Buff Orpington hen adopt and raise her. The Swedish Flower hen is now just under a year old. She is by far the friendliest girl I‚Äôve ever had. Exceedingly curious, she is always checking me out and flying up on to my arm or shoulder to visit while I do my chores. She is probably the most productive egg layer of all my hens now. Her eggs are a bit smaller than the others and slightly rounder than most. She is also a bit smaller bodied which in her case means she is a very good flyer. Which means I have to extend the regular 4 foot fence to keep her out of the veggie garden. She is extremely beautiful with a great personality. I highly recommend them.”
“I ordered my SFH two years ago and decided I should write about her since I read reviews all the time. I call her Flower, yeah not too original I know, and she is friendly and lays a extra large tinted egg right through the winters here in MN. She started out laying a very small egg but within one to two months the eggs were consistently extra large, even got a jumbo double yolker from her. She has a beautiful head crest with lots of flowers and a blue undercoat. I recently ordered Swedish Flower Hens from two different breeders locally but was not impressed with the quality of their flocks. The one I ordered from MPC was and is the best one by far and if this breed was APA certified, my Flower would be exhibition royalty. Although these birds are a bit spendy, they are worth every dollar spent. Excellent health, likes to free range, extra large eggs even through cold winters, friendly, and a beautiful bird to look at. All my boxes checked.”
“I ordered one SFH as part of a mixed flock back in the fall. Hazel is mostly blue gray with white flowers and some chestnut stippling on her wing tips. She is a lovely girl but more importantly super smart, predator savvy and vocal about it, and very human friendly. Of the 5 chickens in my flock she is the biggest ‚Äúlap chicken‚Äù although, it has to be her idea! Hoping she‚Äôll begin laying any day since she just turned 27 weeks and is starting to crouch.”
“She is still a beauty at 2.5 years and gives me a gorgeous, extra large tan eggs. She is the ONLY one of 12 right now that is laying through the winter and that is a plus. I'm going to order more this spring. I love her "flowers" and her head dress is too cute!”
“My little Lily, who was a yellow chick, is now seven weeks old and of the snow leopard/snow flower pattern. What a beautiful chick! She is extremely tame, sweet, very loving and calm. Since day one, she has been in solid health and easy to handle. I had high hopes for this breed and, so far, it has exceeded my expectations. What a wonderful bird and even better pet!”
“We ordered one little SFH who arrived in June and who has turned into the coolest pullet. She's always friendly (though had a bit of a bratty phase), never flighty, and will jump into our arms at the slightest hint of an invitation. After hearing that MPC uses some of the same stock as Meyer, I was worried that she'd look like their SFHs - lanky, close-feathered, big-combed, not very flowered. But nope! She's a big round grey and chestnut puffball with a conservative comb and lots and lots of little white flowers all over! Better than even the pic up there. Honestly, she looks to be the same quality as Greenfire Farms SFHs! (Though she doesn't have a crest.)
And true to her ancestors' high-latitude origins, she laid her first egg today! Little did I expect to find a beautiful tiny pink egg on this cold, grey, dark winter day in MN - but there it was. And we don't provide artificial lighting.”
“Received 2 chicks, a dark one and a beautiful honey-gold one! They have been extremely active and friendly since day 1. At just 14 days old, the golden chick is almost completely feathered out and the dark one isn‚Äôt far behind, both of them are also flying quite well. They seem miles ahead in development compared to my chicks of other breeds.”
