Chicken Breed Focus - Isbar (Blue Isbar)

[Hamiam]

What age do isbars begin laying?

I’ve been told 4 1/2-5 months.

 

[Norwegian Chicken]

What age do isbars begin laying?

I hatched mine May 3-5 and had the first egg today (October 6). Small and dark olive green.

 

[Birdsong 82]

I’ve been looking into isbars. I keep reading there good in the cold... what about the heat. That’s more of a worry where I live

 

[Norwegian Chicken]

Hmm, not sure what heat in Virginia is like. High humidity? We had the warmest summer on record here in Norway (yet it rarely got over 32 ºC, with usually low humidity). As long as they had shade and water they were fine with it. But, above 28C they got a lot less active and started holding their wings out. I guess dark feathered birds can get hot quite quickly if there's no shade to hide in?

 

[Birdsong 82]

Most of my birds hold wings out and pant when it’s over 85 F or so. They have many areas of shade and add frozen water bottles to water. Even use a small kiddie pool for them to cool thier feet but summer here usually in 90’s but extreme humidity makes heat index over 100 often. Fahrenheit

 

[Birdsong 82]

Most of my birds hold wings out and pant when it’s over 85 F or so. They have many areas of shade and add frozen water bottles to water. Even use a small kiddie pool for them to cool thier feet but summer here usually in 90’s but extreme humidity makes heat index over 100 often. Fahrenheit

 

[Birdsong 82]

Most of my birds hold wings out and pant when it’s over 85 F or so. They have many areas of shade and add frozen water bottles to water. Even use a small kiddie pool for them to cool thier feet but summer here usually in 90’s but extreme humidity makes heat index over 100 often. Fahrenheit

 

[Norwegian Chicken]

I have no experience with temperatures like that, sorry!

 

[Birdsong 82]

I have no experience with temperatures like that, sorry!

Sometimes I wish I didn’t. Lol. Thanks though

 

[FlomatonsFlocks]

Good to have a dust bathing spot for them too. In the sun and the shade. They use it to cool down as well