RIR are from a hatchery. I plan to keep them for another year or so and when I replace them will start with a heritage line that I can replace as needed from. I do have two that have gone broody though. They have a couple of icie eggs under them as I have no other roosters other than Ickes and...
I currently have 7 Icelandic hens and 3 Roos. Just hatched my first batch from these and have 6 chicks about 10 days old all doing well. I have two more batches in the incubator. 14 developing in batch two that should hatch tomorrow although one has already started. Batch 3 has 34 eggs and...
So far 5 have hatched and movement still in two of the eight that were left after the candling. Second batch should start to hatch the 24th. 15 developing well in that batch. 36 eggs ready to set for test batch 3 tomorrow. Here is a pic of a few from batch 1.
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I have had Icelandics since last September. I got hatching eggs from Dave at Whippoorwill farms. I will have to work on some pics in the next few days.
So far so good. Put 13 eggs in the incubator a week ago and 8 are fertile and developing as hoped. Already starting to collect for my next test hatch. Going to need another incubator. Love these birds. So much variety. Being part Scandinvian perhaps I'm a bit bias but great chickens either way.
Been here a while and just now posting. Been learning and enjoying my flock. I have 16 RIR chickens and 10 Icelanics. Icelandics started laying about a month ago and the test hatch batch went in today. Live near Lincoln, Nebraska. Cross your fingers for me as I hope some hatch.