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post #15421 of 18449
6/4/12 at 7:30am
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Just candled my 6 Icelandic eggs again and all 6 are veining. Hats off to Isi on that one!  clap.gif

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Visit my Blog!        Everyday Miracles & Mayhem at the Buck 'n Run Ranch    Have fun at Stella's Social Club here on BYC!

 

Sheriff of The Buck 'n Run Ranch, breeding Icelandic, Cream Legbar, &  Isbar chickens, fainting goats, emus, & donkeys on five acres in northern California.  Visit my website and check it all out! 

 

 

 

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post #15422 of 18449
6/4/12 at 7:37am
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Can the gender on Icelandics be determined easily by their feathers when they're babies?

No.  Anyway, I have not been able feather sex them.

Me either.  Color patterning can help you with sex though.  But it's much trickier in Icelandics than in other breeds.

 

 

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So - what does it mean, Mary?

 

I meant feather coloring.  Males tend to be more flashy in their coloring than females.  It is harder to sex chicks this way with Icelandics though because they have a variety of color patterns.

 

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Breeding Welsummers and Barnevelders.

 

Having an Icelandic in the coop is like having a 2 year old in the house - they are into everything and don't follow the rules.

I have zero chicken willpower.

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Breeding Welsummers and Barnevelders.

 

Having an Icelandic in the coop is like having a 2 year old in the house - they are into everything and don't follow the rules.

I have zero chicken willpower.

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post #15423 of 18449
6/4/12 at 7:59am

Been gone for a litttle while but I know have 15 biddies all game\game crosses one hatched 8 squished one and I saved another the other's chicks will be a month old one the 9th.

Geremiah...

American Games,Old English Game Bantams,,and a pair of Guineas

 

"There are only two things you need in life: duct tape and WD-40. If it moves and it shouldn't, use the duct tape.If it doesn't move and it should, use the WD-40."

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Geremiah...

American Games,Old English Game Bantams,,and a pair of Guineas

 

"There are only two things you need in life: duct tape and WD-40. If it moves and it shouldn't, use the duct tape.If it doesn't move and it should, use the WD-40."

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post #15424 of 18449
6/4/12 at 8:39am
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Just candled my 6 Icelandic eggs again and all 6 are veining. Hats off to Isi on that one!  clap.gif
Mary, I am so excited for you... It is going to be exciting to watch your new flock grow...wink.png

Splash Wyandottes, Cream Legbars, Norwegian Jaerhon's, Bresse, Marans, Swedish Flower Hens, Icelandics, Isbars, Cream Brabanters, Jubilee Orpington's, Easter Eggers and the list Keeps going... Wonder whats next!! LOL

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Splash Wyandottes, Cream Legbars, Norwegian Jaerhon's, Bresse, Marans, Swedish Flower Hens, Icelandics, Isbars, Cream Brabanters, Jubilee Orpington's, Easter Eggers and the list Keeps going... Wonder whats next!! LOL

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post #15425 of 18449
6/4/12 at 9:13am
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Just candled my 6 Icelandic eggs again and all 6 are veining. Hats off to Isi on that one!  clap.gif

 

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Game warden of the crazy preserve. Inmates include: EE's, RIR, BSL, BO, SLW, Welsummer, Exchequer Leghorn, blue/black Wyandottes, BR's, Ameraucana's, and Icelandics <3 Plus an adopted brown turkey who is broody and must be part cobra, part goose :P

 

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Game warden of the crazy preserve. Inmates include: EE's, RIR, BSL, BO, SLW, Welsummer, Exchequer Leghorn, blue/black Wyandottes, BR's, Ameraucana's, and Icelandics <3 Plus an adopted brown turkey who is broody and must be part cobra, part goose :P

 

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post #15426 of 18449
6/4/12 at 11:41am

Well I am excited to say I have my first Icelandic broody!!!! yesss.gif She has been going broody for a couple days so we set 7 eggs under her this morning and moved her to the big dog carriers i use for broody pens, she came out after we got her situated and I checked on her before I came in the house and she was back on the nest, I think she will set!!!! wee.gif, I have eggs under another hen that should hatch within the next two weeks so maybe I will be able to expand my Icelandic flock this year!!!  Heres hopin for pullets!!!!!  duc.gif Congrats to those who have new babies, i have some Games and Egg layers hatched off already, hope it doesn't get hot too quick this year, so far we are getting a little rain here and there, a bit muggy but better than last year!  Have a great day! Lynn  cool.png

LIFE is too short, so stop and smell the roses each day!!!  Enjoy LIFE!!!  HAVE A GREAT DAY !!!
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LIFE is too short, so stop and smell the roses each day!!!  Enjoy LIFE!!!  HAVE A GREAT DAY !!!
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post #15427 of 18449
6/4/12 at 11:50am

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post #15428 of 18449
6/4/12 at 12:05pm
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I'm in a nice Hotel Room on Kibutz Levi near Tiberias.  They have a meat bird coop here that probably has 30,000 birds... Amazing!  Didn't get to ask if they have a layer coop.

Keeper of 26 hens,  4 PW Leghorns, 1 leghorn mix, 1 FBCMarans, 1 Australorp, 1 Buff Orpington, 2 Mama Olive Eggers w/ 15 chicks each, 1 EE, a Barred Rock, a RIR, a CQ, 1 Delaware, 1 Black Star, a Splash Ameraucana, 3 W/BW Ameraucana pullets, 5 polish, 2 Welsummers and 41 juvies of various breeds. YIKES!  Time to SELL some chickens!

 

 

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Keeper of 26 hens,  4 PW Leghorns, 1 leghorn mix, 1 FBCMarans, 1 Australorp, 1 Buff Orpington, 2 Mama Olive Eggers w/ 15 chicks each, 1 EE, a Barred Rock, a RIR, a CQ, 1 Delaware, 1 Black Star, a Splash Ameraucana, 3 W/BW Ameraucana pullets, 5 polish, 2 Welsummers and 41 juvies of various breeds. YIKES!  Time to SELL some chickens!

 

 

"With God, ALL things are possible."

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post #15429 of 18449
6/4/12 at 12:30pm

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post #15430 of 18449
6/4/12 at 12:37pm
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I'm in a nice Hotel Room on Kibutz Levi near Tiberias.  They have a meat bird coop here that probably has 30,000 birds... Amazing!  Didn't get to ask if they have a layer coop.

YAY, happy you are there, safe and sound!

I hope you are getting lots of pictures for us!


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Breeding Welsummers and Barnevelders.

 

Having an Icelandic in the coop is like having a 2 year old in the house - they are into everything and don't follow the rules.

I have zero chicken willpower.

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Breeding Welsummers and Barnevelders.

 

Having an Icelandic in the coop is like having a 2 year old in the house - they are into everything and don't follow the rules.

I have zero chicken willpower.

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