Icelandic Chickens

[Mahonri]

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the videos and the eggloo nest!

 

[NotAFarm]

I also really do realize, in hindsight, that my use of the term "strain" was incorrect. But I'm still fairly new to chickens in general and it was just an honest misuse of jargon. I really DO realize how important it is to keep the Icelandic's genes pure, we humans have screwed up so MANY things on our planet trying to "improve" them. It is truly vital to protect one of the few that are still pure. Honestly, all I did was have a giggle at Mary's colorful descriptive abilities and wanted to share it with the group and not be a complete lurker, lol.

griffonkid02, Welcome

and I'm glad you're no long a "complete lurker"!! I, too, have found threads here on BYC that are "years in the making" and find it hard not to comment on something that happened months/years ago without it sounding out of place, even when quoting the comment. I understand where you're coming from! The Sheriff has a way of pulling you in with her writing and you just want to join the fun. I'm looking forward to hearing more from you now that you're no longer in lurker status!!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Mary - sorry I wasn't wrong. That's some serious stink eye too.

Mahonri - don't bother entering for the Eggloo. It's mine all mine.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Griffinkid.......welcome!

 

[RingedTeal]

Welcome Griffenkid02

 

[griffinkid02]

Thank you. I really AM going to have to find my correct breed thread (Nankin Bantams, if there really is one) eventually. I'm going to be involved with efforts to preserve and improve that breed to the point that we can get an official standard approved. That and they are beautiful as well as "people birds" and great mothers. I'm starting with them so that they can help me start with other kinds. And by "other" I'm eyeballing those icelandics now, lol. I think it would be a lot of fun to work with a bird that was "hands off" as far as manipulating the breeding and genes, after starting with a breed that requires careful culling and manipulation to help establish a standard.

 

[griffinkid02]

P.S. For anyone that may not know what I'm talking about the Nankin is one of the oldest knows Bantam breeds. It was once found on almost every farm in the UK and many throughout the US. It was used in creating many of the most popular bantam breeds today, like the seabright. But with the ornimental fever that struck and everyone trying out the fancier bantams the Nankin was thought to be extinct until about 50 or so years ago. It's numbers are so low now that many shows do not recognize them and those that do often have entries in the single digits. I'm sad to see how common this type of story is among our oldest and, often, healthiest heritage breeds. It really excites me to be part of a preservation effort of these animals. Maybe once I get a barn full of golden hued broody hens I can put 'em to work hatching eggs to save their cousins.

 

[RingedTeal]

I heard about the Nankins and was looking in to get some just never could find any.

-Geremiah

 

[griffinkid02]

Yeah I had almost given up on it. Mine come from the Queen of Nankins Mary Ann Harper in South Carolina. Hang on and I'll send you the info for the Nankin Club of America, sadly they don't have a website, but they DO have an idea of who the closest breeders are. There is also a lady named Deborah in Alabama that sells nankin eggs on eBay. I'll try to get her contact info. Now, I will stop plugging a different breed in the icelandic's thread, these beautiful guys deserve our UNDIVIDED attention

 

[RingedTeal]

Double post.