Rising Mist
Swedish Flower Hen x Silverudd’s Blue Cross
Our Rising Mist hen is the result of a Swedish Flower Hen Rooster over a Silverudd’s Blue blue hen. Since mottling (the flower pattern) is recessive we weren’t terribly surprised when the little splash looking chick feathered out to white, but then she developed faint gray lacing about her neck and a hint of a diluted splash pattern. Then she laid an egg at 20 weeks on the dot and has continued laying almost daily – even in December.
Since we have a couple extra Silverudd’s Blue hens with our breeding Swedish Flower Hen rooster, we are pleased to offer this cross in 2025. All parents are sourced from Greenfire Farms, and the parent hens are black with gold lacing around the neck or splash. Pictured is the Rising Mist hen and her eggs. Egg color is expected to be pale green with occasional white or brown speckling. Feather pattern and color may differ since we are using different colored hens this year, but the birchen pattern has shown up in all of our Swedish Flower Hen crosses so far. Please note that her light green eggs have started out quite small, which we see regularly with Swedish Flower Hens and Silverudd’s Blue from Greenfire, but have steadily increased since she started laying.
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