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  1. racuda

    Icelandic Chickens

    That is fantastic! Thank you! No matter how many ways I Googled it I couldn’t find those posts. I didn't look for "anomaly" though...I'm not going to hatch any more chicks this year anyway, so I'll just keep an eye on her.
  2. racuda

    Icelandic Chickens

    I've had Icelandics for about four or five years and I remember reading a long time ago that sometimes feather problems will pop up. I thought I was immune but now I have a pullet that looks like she is going through a really bad molt. No one is feather picking her. she has looked like that...
  3. racuda

    Icelandic Chickens

    No, both roosters are different, and I only have three hens now (one died). All the hens look alike. Everything is from the eggs I got from Mary. The roosters are first generation and the hens are first and second. I have four chicks now but it is too early to tell what they will look like. I...
  4. racuda

    Icelandic Chickens

    I got my start from Mary, the Sheriff. The two roosters I have are from the original hatch. I suppose I should raise up another rooster or two, but after five years their fertility is still good. Two months ago I had 18 eggs split between a Silkie and my incubator. After two week of dedicated...
  5. racuda

    Icelandic Chickens

    I've had Icelandics for five years and have never lost one to predators. They free range and I don't lock them up at night. They roost in a coop with the door open. There are coyotes, foxes, raccoons and hawks here. I don't know why I've been so lucky. Maybe it's the dogs, a lab and a lab/chow...
  6. racuda

    Icelandic Chickens

    Here is another size comparison. A black Ameraucana, white Icelandic hen and a blue Silkie.
  7. racuda

    Icelandic Chickens

    They are in between a bantam and a standard chicken. Mine are not too skittish though. Here is Icelandic Elvis next to a bantam Cochin/Silkie cross hen. Elvis is a little bigger than my other Icelandic rooster.
  8. racuda

    Icelandic Chickens

    12 weeks.
  9. racuda

    Icelandic Chickens

    Would anyone want a really pretty Icelandic cockerel? He is 12 weeks old. I am near Asheboro NC.
  10. racuda

    Icelandic Chickens

    So both of you think that is not genetic? If so, maybe I could hatch the two dozen eggs I've collected. I had planned to wait three weeks to make sure the tail-less roo wasn't the father.
  11. racuda

    Icelandic Chickens

    Since I wasn't sure if it was genetic, and I don't need three roosters anyway so I culled him today. He is in the crock pot right now and smelling great!
  12. racuda

    Icelandic Chickens

    Here is a pic from a different angle and you can see his breast. He is eight months old. I thought he was a female for a long time. He has two brothers that developed male characteristics fairly quickly, while this one looked like the hens until he finally got hackles, saddle feathers and a...
  13. racuda

    Icelandic Chickens

    What's wrong with this rooster? He never developed a tail and he is roach backed. Is it something that can happen to any breed or just Icelandics? Here he is with his brother in the background.
  14. racuda

    Icelandic Chickens

    I ended up with three cockerels and two pullets. I love the variety of combs and crests. I have one with a single comb, one with a rose comb and one with a single comb that bends around to sit on his head at a 90 degree angle.
  15. racuda

    Icelandic Chickens

    One of mine has developed a cross beak. He doesn't have a problem eating though. Would you cull?
  16. racuda

    Icelandic Chickens

    Here are five of my chicks. The sixth one was camera shy, but she looks like she will be solid white. The one in the back is getting a little crest.
  17. racuda

    Icelandic Chickens

    These chicks are the hardest to photograph. I'm used to taking my Silkies and putting them in a photogenic spot and they pretty much just sit there, posing. These Icelandics are very different birds. I'll see what I can do tomorrow.
  18. racuda

    Icelandic Chickens

    My Icelandic chicks are four weeks old now and they are certainly little bundles of energy, more vivacious than any other breed I've had. Each chick is different and there are two comb types among the six chicks. I love the diversity. None of them appear to have abnormal feathers. Does the...
  19. racuda

    Icelandic Chickens

  20. racuda

    Icelandic Chickens

    What does this feather abnormality look like? I haven't been keeping up with this thread and didn't realize there was an "issue". I had six Icelandic chicks, out of twenty four eggs, hatch yesterday. Had I known about this I wouldn't have bought the eggs.
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