← All breeds Swedish Flower Hen Swedish Flower Hen breed profile: Cream/tinted eggs, single comb, yellow legs, large, good layer.
Standard at a glance This is an approximate profile for a rarer or variable breed. Check it against your own standard.
Eggs
Comb Single comb
Feather pattern Mottled feathers
Legs Yellow
Skin Yellow Size, laying and temperament
Frame height large
Egg production good layer
Broodiness sometimes broody
Docility calm
Bone density medium
Foraging skill excellent forager
Cold hardiness very cold-hardy On the app's 1 to 5 scale. Load this breed as a goal and every bird you score is matched against it.
Crosses with Swedish Flower Hen What a Swedish Flower Hen hen throws with a rooster of each breed. Open one for both directions and the full genetics.
× Ameraucana Green eggs, pea comb × Araucana Green eggs, pea comb × Barred Plymouth Rock Brown eggs, single comb × Bielefelder Brown eggs, single comb × Black Australorp Brown eggs, single comb × Black Copper Marans Brown eggs, single comb × Blue Andalusian Cream/tinted eggs, single comb × Buff Orpington Brown eggs, single comb × Cochin Brown eggs, single comb × Delaware Brown eggs, single comb × Dominique Brown eggs, rose comb × Easter Egger Green or Cream/tinted eggs, pea comb × Faverolles Cream/tinted eggs, single comb × Golden Comet Brown eggs, single comb × ISA Brown Brown eggs, single comb × Jersey Giant Brown eggs, single comb × Legbar Green eggs, single comb × Light Brahma Brown eggs, pea comb × New Hampshire Brown eggs, single comb × Olive Egger Olive or Brown eggs, pea comb × Polish Cream/tinted eggs, single comb × Rhode Island Red Brown eggs, single comb × Silkie Cream/tinted eggs, single comb × Silver-Laced Wyandotte Brown eggs, rose comb × Speckled Sussex Cream/tinted eggs, single comb × Welsummer Brown eggs, single comb × White Leghorn Cream/tinted eggs, single comb Now with your own birds Load the Swedish Flower Hen standard as your breeding goal in one tap. Add your flock, set a breeding goal, and the pairing engine ranks every hen and rooster you own against it. Free for up to 15 birds.
Sources Breed standards and profiles The Livestock Conservancy: breed pages and the "Pick a Breed" comparison chart (egg colour, rate of lay, broodiness, temperament, foraging, cold hardiness) Oklahoma State University, Breeds of Livestock: chickens (comb, skin and shank colour, egg colour, weights, origin) University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension A2880, Chicken Breeds and Varieties (egg colour, skin colour, comb, class and use) American Poultry Association, recognised breeds and varieties (which breeds and varieties are standardised) The Poultry Club of Great Britain, breed pages (British and rare breeds) Checked September 2026. Hybrids and breeds no reference covers are marked approximate. Egg colour on these pages follows one rule: Brown is any shade a buyer would call brown; Cream/tinted is off-white.