Icelandic Chickens

[kathyinmo]

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[Hangtown Farms]

Well, shoooooot!

ebay?? maybe

 

[Hangtown Farms]

what is up with the weather out here ?? 47 and foggy and lite rain earlier...

 

[debs_flock]

My hatch of CL is finished. The numbers were going my way until the last two eggs threw off the count. I had set 12 eggs and 9 went into lockdown. They all hatched! I got 4 cockerels and 3 pullets, and the 2 "white" chicks. They are both fairly different, I'm thinking it is one of each, making my final count 5/4.

I'll post pictures later. One is much lighter, with mostly only a light shading of reddish on each side of the head, so I'm guessing male. The other has a light shading of reddish over the body, basically a light reddish overlaid chipmunk pattern, so I'm guessing female. I'll post pictures later.

I read the legbar thread yesterday whenever I had time and am currently around page 61. I'll have to find time to keep at it today between chores.

Deb

 

[Hangtown Farms]

My hatch of CL is finished. The numbers were going my way until the last two eggs threw off the count. I had set 12 eggs and 9 went into lockdown. They all hatched! I got 4 cockerels and 3 pullets, and the 2 "white" chicks. They are both fairly different, I'm thinking it is one of each, making my final count 5/4.

I'll post pictures later. One is much lighter, with mostly only a light shading of reddish on each side of the head, so I'm guessing male. The other has a light shading of reddish over the body, basically a light reddish overlaid chipmunk pattern, so I'm guessing female. I'll post pictures later.

I read the legbar thread yesterday whenever I had time and am currently around page 61. I'll have to find time to keep at it today between chores.

Deb

On a positive note you have at least 4 hens.

 

[debs_flock]

Quote: Absolutely, the hatch is totally in the realms of normal mathematically. It's just I've hatched so disproportinately many males this year, I was hoping for this hatch to go the opposite. But I'm not complaining about normal. It could be MY normal of one girl and the rest boys.

Deb

 

[debs_flock]

Oh, and the two serama eggs, one hatched sticky and I had to free it this morning. The other didn't pip and was dead in the shell. They are a difficult breed to hatch, even eggs from your own yard.

I have a BO that insisted on being broody, she is currently sitting on six serama eggs. We'll see what she can do. Now I have to decide what to do with the BA that I have to keep shoving off the nest. I really don't need two broodies in my HQ egg flock. These girls are supposed to be taking care of all the egg laying duties for eating.

Deb

 

[kathyinmo]

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[The Sheriff]

Awesome!

 

[Mahonri]

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