Icelandic Chickens

[Jake Levi]

Deb you have some stunning youngsters there, I am really looking forward to seeing more pics as they mature,

and fwiw I would be very interested in a creasted feather legged rooster !

 

[karimw]

I took some updated pictures of the eight chicks (5 boys/3 girls). I still need to shrink them down, but wanted to post a couple of shots of the hairdoos!


Deb

I love her!!!!

I never realized how much the crests would appeal to me.....maybe it's a product of graduating high school in '88 when the girls had Big Bang Poofs or the bangs were flipped up

the 80s music was awesome but the styles/fads were really bad

So that's what it is! I miss the big hair

Deb you have some stunning youngsters there,

X100!

 

[RedIII]

Oh noes! I came home from work today and spent a little while supervising the chickens while they ranged, since they've been stuck in the run until the turkeys get moved. I haven't been able to spend much time with my chickens since I started a new job last month, and it gets dark right around when I come home.

Well, anyway, I put one of the cockerels out with the ladies, since he's healed enough that he's okay. I was walking up to the house and caught sight of someone doing their manly thing with my Icelandic pullet, Flekka. It was my mom's BR cockerel! Dangit! I was afraid he was going to do this to me. That dodo-brained Icee cockerel has never shown any interest in the Icee pullets - he always goes for the big girls. This BR is deformed and has never seemed to care about courting or mating, but I knew he might be sneaking around when I wasn't looking.

So now I have to separate all three of my pullets until March, and they're going to hate me for it. Awww man, I was really looking forward to collecting eggs in a couple of weeks!

 

[drumstick diva]

Wonder if Conan and Trump are icelandic that would explain their hairdo

 

[NotAFarm]

Wonder if Conan and Trump are icelandic that would explain their hairdo

They do have that "orangish, looks like it needs to be tamed" hair don't they?!

 

[Happy Chooks]

forgot my phone cord to download the pics but will leave you with these two crested ones till tomorrow

Cute - looks like 2 boys in the picture on the right.

Those are near perfect ! Just what I want !! Can I buy her eggs??? For the next year?

I don't have an Icelandic Rooster Jake, so eggs are out of the question. If I didn't love her so, I'd send her to you.

I took some updated pictures of the eight chicks (5 boys/3 girls). I still need to shrink them down, but wanted to post a couple of shots of the hairdoos!


Deb

That girl is going to be stunning!

 

[joyous]

So excited I just set eggs from mary(not a farm)s line that originated from Sigrid thordorson and behl lines with my sand hills that came from lyle behls line! I have three breeding pens and they are all so gorgeous I can't wait to see what I get!

 

[NotAFarm]

So excited I just set eggs from mary(not a farm)s line that originated from Sigrid thordorson and behl lines with my sand hills that came from lyle behls line! I have three breeding pens and they are all so gorgeous I can't wait to see what I get!

Hi Joy!!!

Long time no see! ........and we can't wait to see some pics of your flock.......and new chicks when they arrive!

 

[joyous]

Hi mary! Glad to be back and able to concentrate on my chicks again! They have wintered fabulously, these tough little birds! You must have a new grand baby by now? Congrats, pictures to come of my flock! What do you have cooking?

 

[NotAFarm]

So glad to see you back with us!

No incubating for me until March 20. I will be setting my first eggs on the first day of Spring this year.....maybe I'll make it a tradition. Any earlier and I have to have chicks inside the house and the DH frowns on that.

I'll be letting the Icelandics finish some of what I start in the incubator if they go broody during that time. I hope that will keep numbers I have to have in the garage brooder to a minimum..........plus I love to watch the hens with the chicks!