Swedish Flower Hen

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Swedish Flower Hens, Sweden’s oldest and largest native chicken breed, nearly vanished in the 20th century but were saved from just a few remote villages in the 1980s. Known in Swedish as “blommehöns” (flower hens) for their stunning, wildflower-like millefleur plumage, these hardy, confident birds combine beauty with real practicality: calm and friendly temperament, excellent cold tolerance, strong free-ranging ability, and prolific laying of 180–230 large-to-jumbo cream eggs per year. Today, with a global population of around 6,000–9,000 birds, they remain rare but are cherished by small farmers and backyard keepers for their vigor, striking looks, and gentle, protective roosters—making them one of the most complete heritage breeds available.

Breed History

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 Sydskanska Plain in southern Sweden.

Swedish flower hens are the largest breed of chickens native to Sweden. Roosters can weigh as much as 8 lbs. With the commercialization of Sweden’s poultry flocks in the last half of the 20th Century, this breed almost became extinct. A couple of decades ago remnant flocks were identified in three small, rural Swedish villages and a focused effort was made to save the breed. By the late 1980s fewer than 500 birds existed in the world. Today, about a thousand Swedish flower hens live in about fifty scattered flocks, and until Greenfire Farms began working with this breed, few if any could be found outside remote villages in Sweden.

Appearance and Behavior

Swedish flower hens are called blommehuns in Swedish; literally ‘bloom hens.’ The complex and brilliant color feather patterns of the birds do, indeed, evoke the image of a tangle of wildflowers. Their full visual appeal can’t be adequately appreciated unless you witness firsthand the rich and striking colors of the birds.

Even more impressive is the personality and hardiness of this breed. They are poised and confident around people. They are independent enough to make excellent free-range birds, but seek and seem to enjoy human interaction. Swedish flower hens are relatively calm but never to the point of being inert or inattentive, they’ll calmly walk right between your legs and out the door if given the opportunity. Our experience is that they are also unusually hardy, rarely falling ill at any stage of life. Swedish flower hens display a level of vigor and mastery of their environment, always on the lookout wether it be for predators or their next snack.

Few breeds are as practical as Swedish flower hens. The roosters have a powerful upright bearing and a broad chest. The hens are prolific layers for most of the year, and they far out-produce other breeds like Orpingtons. The first ‘pullet eggs’ produced by a young Swedish flower hen can be rather small. Be patient: Within a few months the hens will be generating extra-large eggs that are perfect for the table. In fact, in 2012 we identified hens in our flocks that laid exceptionally large eggs, and we kept their offspring as breeders in 2013. Our 2013 flocks of Swedish flower hens lay, on average, the largest eggs on our farm. In 2014, we imported unrelated bloodlines of Swedish flower hens and are currently selling their offspring.

The breed is also well-adapted to colder temperatures. Occasionally, flower hens have a feathered head crest, although the woman from whom we received our first shipment of birds selected against this trait in her flock. We later were able to locate and import four crested birds from an unrelated flock, so we have the ability to produce genetically diverse chicks in both the crested and uncrested varieties and in all the colors associated with this breed: black, gray, white, and red.

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Aug 11, 2026

Swedish Flower Hen Day-Old Chick Unsexed : 4
Swedish Flower Hen (2023 Import Line) Unsexed Day-Old Chick Unsexed : 29

Aug 18, 2026

Swedish Flower Hen (2023 Import Line) Unsexed Day-Old Chick Unsexed : 12

Aug 25, 2026

Swedish Flower Hen Day-Old Chick Unsexed : 3
Swedish Flower Hen (2023 Import Line) Unsexed Day-Old Chick Unsexed : 12

Sep 01, 2026

Swedish Flower Hen (2023 Import Line) Unsexed Day-Old Chick Unsexed : 9

Sep 08, 2026

Swedish Flower Hen (2023 Import Line) Unsexed Day-Old Chick Unsexed : 9

Sep 15, 2026

Swedish Flower Hen (2023 Import Line) Unsexed Day-Old Chick Unsexed : 9

Sep 22, 2026

Swedish Flower Hen (2023 Import Line) Unsexed Day-Old Chick Unsexed : 9

Sep 29, 2026

Swedish Flower Hen (2023 Import Line) Unsexed Day-Old Chick Unsexed : 9

Swedish Flower Hen

This beautiful Swedish landrace breed possesses all the splendor and diversity of a field of wildflowers.

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Breed History

Appearance and Behavior

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Tinted

Large

150 - 200 Average Eggs Per Year

Table Breed

Sweden

Cold Hardy

Year of Import: 2012

Occasionally Broody

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Breed History

Appearance and Behavior

Breed Availability

Aug 11, 2026

Swedish Flower Hen Day-Old Chick Unsexed : 4
Swedish Flower Hen (2023 Import Line) Unsexed Day-Old Chick Unsexed : 29

Aug 18, 2026

Swedish Flower Hen (2023 Import Line) Unsexed Day-Old Chick Unsexed : 12

Aug 25, 2026

Swedish Flower Hen Day-Old Chick Unsexed : 3
Swedish Flower Hen (2023 Import Line) Unsexed Day-Old Chick Unsexed : 12

Sep 01, 2026

Swedish Flower Hen (2023 Import Line) Unsexed Day-Old Chick Unsexed : 9

Sep 08, 2026

Swedish Flower Hen (2023 Import Line) Unsexed Day-Old Chick Unsexed : 9

Sep 15, 2026

Swedish Flower Hen (2023 Import Line) Unsexed Day-Old Chick Unsexed : 9

Sep 22, 2026

Swedish Flower Hen (2023 Import Line) Unsexed Day-Old Chick Unsexed : 9

Sep 29, 2026

Swedish Flower Hen (2023 Import Line) Unsexed Day-Old Chick Unsexed : 9

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