Recent content by deputychicken21

You are correct, I didn't word that correctly. I realized that after I posted lol

Sorry to hear about your cancellation. There are many reputable dealers out there but most are booked up already. All of my eggs and birds come from Whippoorwill Farms. David Grote is an honest man and has some beautiful birds. There is a group on Facebook" Icelandic chickens". Thee is a list on...

Nice one!! You are right they always have some where to go.

The 4th and 5th pics are pullets. I have two more that won't stand still long enough to photo. lol Going to try again tomorrow.

Hello all Haven't checked in in a while hope all is well. I ended up with 6 roosters and 4 pullets. All of the roosters are beautiful. Im making arrangements to keep them all but if any of you are around Ozark Alabama ill give you one for free.

Ill never have enough!! :)

Thanks for the info! Thats exactly what I needed to know. I want to make sure I keep the most diversity in my flock as possible. So far I haven't found any undeniable traits with the Icelandics. Only problem I have is that I don't have enough of them lol.

Hey gang I have a breeding question. I'm close separating my Icelandic's in to breeding groups. Does color matter in the pairs? Example - If I group a black female with a black male will the chicks be black or a variety of colors like the rest of the flock? I think Im correct in saying there...

Thank you. Im proud of these fellas

Here are some new pics. You know its kinda hard to take pics of chickens THEY WONT STAND STILL!! Im sure this is a rooster he is already trying to crow.

Well I decided to put the chick down. The problem got worse, guess there was to much brain damage, it just kept moving its head back and forth like Stevie Wonder and could not eat or drink on its own.On a positive note the rest of the flock is doing great. The chicks are really starting to...

I want to say thank you for all your help your diagnosis was spot on. I found nutri- drench at TSC and started her on it. Unfortunately it seems there was too much brain damage no matter what I did it could not function on its own so I decided to put it to down. After becoming so attached I...

Hello I keep chickens as pets and for eggs and have been real lucky not to have to cull to many. I recently tried to rehabilitate a chick that was having problems, I decided the chick would not be able to have a productive life so it was time to cull it, unfortunately I had become real...

Thanks for the info on the cup. She has the proper amount of toes lol that pic just looks funny. I can hold her up and she's fine but she pushes off and knocks herself over every time.