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I know exactly what you mean about the broody hens over the incubator. We have a couple of old cochin hens here that don't lay much anymore but they do like to set eggs. I wish one of them had been broody when I needed to set my Icelandic and SFH eggs. It works out so much better when mother...

Yes , the Icelandics with vaulted skulls were from our own birds and entirely my fault but we have remedied that problem now , me thinks , by cutting the crested rooster out. And you may have raised a point in that it may have just been the rooster at fault and may have nothing at all to do with...

Actually this was our first hatch of Swedes but our third hatch of Icelandics. Our first hatch of Icees were via the mail and and we set them with a clutch of our own Delaware eggs. The Delaware hatch was par for excellent as usual and the Icees ... not so much but all were healthy. It was when...

I know and I dislike that practice with the white hot intensity of a thousand suns .... My wife says I shouldn't hate. My post was just to warn the folks who care but didn't know the risk. It appears not to be so common a problem as I was worried it might be and it seems that most folks are...

You are surely right about the possibility of problems arising due to the jostling eggs get during shipping. Some outfits , who shall remain nameless to protect the innocent , apparently play football with egg packages to break the monotony at times. Also , there are no doubt problems that occur...

KaldakurFarm , the Icelandic chicks that we unfortunately hatched with vaulted skull were from matings of hens with small to maybe medium crests and the roo we put over them in that first cross had even a smaller crest. None of which have vaulted skull. The SFH chicks who were deformed came from...

Thank you , Not a Farm , for your response. It gave me a smile straight away this morning and I have been looking forward to telling you how much I appreciated reading your note. I will have to admit that I am prone to becoming impassioned about animals and issues that I care about and though I...

Not a Farm , I respect your position and opinions and I would agree with the majority of what you and Sigrid have to say about the overall issue of the Icelandic chickens. We will be doing our part to keep the Icelandic breed pure and thriving here in Montana and we hope that many others across...

This is an a drawing of a vaulted skull above and normal skull below. I copied this from a 2009 BYC post.

Here is just one of several images I have found in a quick search on line. This is a Polish chicken I believe.

I will have to look up other references to the vaulted skull deformities in Icelandic chickens so I can post it for those who care to learn but I know from personal experience that it does occur in both Icelandic chickens and Swedish Flower hens. It may be the case that the crested gene is a...

Maybe I should have started a new thread but I thought it wouldn't hurt to chuck this into the mix here. Maybe some of you will have an idea for a better location. I would like to warn all those who do not know about the skull deformities caused by breeding crested to crested Icelandics. We have...

Than you for your thoughts and comments NotAFarm . We look forward to learning the quirks of these birds as they grow and develop. We have a clutch of Delaware hatched just a day or so before the Icelandics and we have also noticed some differences. Aside from the trill the Icelandics started...

Thank you for the tip and though I can't recall the exact sound we will be watching that one close to see if he turns out to be a roo. That one has green legs , yellow toenails and what looks like a pea or rose comb so it would make a dandy roo.

Our small hatch of 6 Icelandics is doing well and growing feathers already. I was wondering if anyone has noticed any of their Icelandic chicks making a trill ? My wife said that one had made a funny sound yesterday morning and then when I came in from the shop at lunch I checked on them and...

Our first 5 Icelandics ! What a motley crue and another drying in the incubator.

4 HATCHED SO FAR ! And 2 more pipping this morning. I can't tell you what a relief it is ... No , wait. I imagine a lot of poultry keepers who hatch at home have that same anguish and worry. I suppose it's akin to the feeling we have when our kids are finally born and they have all their toes...

Congratulations on your Icelandic hatch ! What a dandy batch of color they are. The Ameracauna are lovely too. Our clutch of Icelandics from Whippoorwill Farms is just starting to pip. We have 3 on the way and they are singing the hatch peep as I type this. After seeing your pics deputychicken21...

I think we are bang on the same temps and humidity as you so I hope we do as well. At last check you had 6 and ??? How goes the hatch ?

That's exciting news ! We are even more excited now. Unfortunately , 7 of our 18 were not viable after candling but we are still pumped about the impending hatch. Might we ask what temp you maintained and what humidity ?