Mary Lukka has come through again !! To me she is the poster girl for the ideal Icelandic Hen !
and I am thinking as they develop that I have two who are going to look like her, and as blessings happen both are two of the tamest, along with the silver (Blue) who come to sit on my lap, or head , when I sit down with them. Not that the others arnt tame, even the roos come up now and will eat off a spoon(left over catfood) in my hand. Plus Blau and Isison bring the rest of the flock when I come out.
Interesting observation as I have been watching them the past severdays as they range out and about, their feed consumption has dropped in half, and , when I finally let them out this morn at 730 we had had a heavy T-storm with lightning, and after I let them out another cloudburst came, instead of running back to the chicken house they dove into the tall grass behind the house, then came out after, shook themselves and went about ranging. Instinct works well for them !! I can see in both of these why they were able to survive on remote Icelandic farms for so long.
Henk I appreciate your input big time, I am trying to get up to speed on poultry genetics, but the colors are brand new to me having had monochromatic chickens all of my life. Thanks for your input, and the others, I suspect you folks were/are game fanciers.
Life is good, and with Icelandic Chickens and Pack Goats better !
