55 Flowery Hen
55 Flowery Hen Rooster and 3 hens
Two 55 Flowery Hens
55 Flowery hen Female Chick
55 Flowery Hen Male Chick

55 Flowery Hen Pullets

$69.00

55 Flowery Hen is the bell of the ball with its unique flowery plumage on display!

This unique autosexing breed was developed in Sweden, and the hens lay very large eggs for their body size. 55 Flowery Hens are truly prolific layers, and the color is a beautiful pearl white, complimenting, and standing out amongst the variety of colors we have here on the farm at Nickelbeak Hollow. For dependable consistency of laying fresh eggs for you and your family, the Fifty-Five Flowery Hen is magnificent. This wonderful breed is excellent at foraging and will happily spend most of their day scratching around for bugs and worms. The roosters are good protectors of the hens and normally not aggressive to people. This breed does sometimes need to be herded back into the coop at sundown.

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Minimum Orders:  (can include mixes of different breeds). if you do not select at least the minimum you may be contacted to add more to your order
Local Pickup: 2
Shipped: 6

Maximum Orders: (of 55 Flowery Hen only)
6 female

Shipping Costs:

We charge a flat rate of $89 for sending a box of up to 20 chicks via USPS Priority Mail. (We have been told by USPS that all live chick are shipping EXPRESS automatically but we DO NOT have control of this.) Additional charges apply to orders over 20 chicks. Heat packs, Grogel, and feed are included with the cost of shipping. Please select only the shipping option for live chicks if you are having them shipped or local pickup if you are picking them up. If you see another option it is invalid. Please order chicks separately from other shop items we cannot combine shipping methods for other items.

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Description

Breed History

Fifty-Five Flowery Hens were created in 1955 in Sweden by Father Martin Silverudd. We believe it was one of his greatest creations because the outcome is everything desired in a laying hen. Their feed to egg conversion is truly marvelous. We have found our hens lay well above the 250+ per year standard. As Father Silverudd’s first breed creation, it’s encouraging to know that he truly knew what he was doing. He also created the Silverudd’s Blue, which is another popular breed. Some of the other Silverudd chicken breeds have slid mostly into obscurity, but Fifty-Fives remain in a few commercial flocks in their native country, and their production is so outstanding it’s easy to see why. Fifty-Fives deliver on the goals initially established by Silverudd which was to create an autosexing chicken that produces eggs for the table in commercial quantities. His ability to use different varieties of leghorns to create a breed where the rooster and hen have distinctly different appearances from hatch through to maturity is a resounding success.

Appearance and Behavior

As day-old chicks the males are easily distinguishable from the females by the blonde down on the backs of their heads, and as adults the males are predominantly white while the females are adorned with a beautiful pattern which appears as flowers which gives the breed its name.

Typical weight at maturity

Roosters 5 to 6.5 lbs
Hens 4 to 5 lbs

The hens are not likely to get broody.

Notes

Nickelbeak Hollow secured breeding stock directly from the first importers of this breed into the United States and are pleased to bring this incredible layer to you.

Egg Color: white
Egg Size” jumbo
Average number of eggs per year: 250+
Gamefowl: no
Country of Origin: Sweden
Cold tolerant: yes

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