Icelandic Chickens

[The Sheriff]

Good job Daron!

 

[The Sheriff]

Wanna hear a sad crow? My baby Cream Legbar just started crowing a couple of days ago. Today I caught the audio. On the video you hear the Isbar in the Jail coop crow loudly then the little white Icelandic roo chases the baby legbar back in the coop and he crows. It is so high pitched!

 

[The Sheriff]

Hey Jake, when you watch the video above, picture it in your living room!

 

[kathyinmo]

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hahahaha Cute little squeal!

 

[The Sheriff]

Isn't it the sweetest thing ever. Yesterday he joined in a four way Crow-Off with that squeak. First Isi, then Little Man, then Bjorn, then baby Legbar. Michael and I were cracking up. They did about 15 rounds and he got more high pitched every time it was his turn. I so love the little growing out roos. They think they got it all going on and I just laugh at them.

Oh Kathy, since you're online, I took pictures of most recent fray baby today. What do you think? I want this out of my flock. Poor little things.

 

[kathyinmo]

I am reading all I can find about this. I am hoping to hear back from the experts. Darn it though..... It sure seems like it is autosomal recessive (both parents have to carry the gene). Just have to cull. They will not ALL pass on the gene. Just cull the ones we know carry it, is all I can think of. That is IF it is the fray gene.

 

[kathyinmo]

I was reading an online book last night about Iceland. Found something interesting there.... they have grouse (I think it was grouse) that change colors. I had to go to bed and have not finished reading it yet. Anyway, it is an old old book, before 1900. They were saying how odd it is, but so interesting. Part of their survival. Starts on page 75 at this link.......

http://books.google.com/books?id=mN...CEkQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=notes on sport&f=false

 

[The Sheriff]

Jake, I think your little roo got too close to the heat lamp yesterday and singed the feathers on his face. It wasn't like this in the morning but was by afternoon. I had two bulbs a bit low and he likes to kamikaze off the roosts. I am only guessing that is what happened but I don' know what else it could be to happen that fast. He is fine otherwise. They get a scrambled tiny bantam egg every night. I just beat the egg on a paper plate then 20 seconds in the microwave. They peck that plate clean!

 

[drumstick diva]

Mary what have you done now, I hope "Chicken and family services," isn't going to put him in a foster home. Poor baby. He needs a bandaid and some huge and kisses. What a sweet little face.

 

[The Sheriff]

Just brought him in and cleaned it with babywash and a q-tip. It definitely looks like a burn. I dressed it with antibiotic ointment and put him back in the brooder. He shouldn't be able to get at the heat lamps anymore.