Icelandic Chickens

[Happy Chooks]

Welcome Tess!

 

[karimw]

I'm the proud owner of 24 Icies (via Lisa Richards). They're 2 1/2 weeks old and already showing some amazing colors. I haven't read all almost-2,000 pages of this thread but I'll be following it now. Wish me luck, I'm a little nervous. New mom syndrome!

That's going to be a colorful group! I have no doubt you'll love them

 

[Twister-n-Dos]

Any of you ever have an Icelandic with greenish legs?

 

[RedIII]

Any of you ever have an Icelandic with greenish legs?

One of my pullets kind of has greenish legs. They're just an oddball color. I am about to go out and feed them, so I will try and get a better look at her and her sister. But of the few other Icee's I've had, their legs are either yellow or slate.

Welcome, Tess!

Jake, sorry about your eggs

I hope more hatch for you.

You guys and your chick pictures are making me want to take another stab at collecting eggs from my flock, except this time from an outdoor pen. Which currently isn't complete

 

[NotAFarm]

Welcome Tess! What a nice looking group you have there!

Twister, I found pictures of a pullet that I have that has "willow" legs but can not post pictures, even after many tries.........so I'll just say, Yes, I've had a couple. They are a "milky looking" willow as chicks and will darken as they get older. It is just part of the treasure chest of genetic combinations that Icelandics have access to! Enjoy!

 

[Jake Levi]

Ditto on the legs, like I say, 'you never know what you're going to get', Forest Gump said it best. There are no 'off' colors in Icelandics, they all happen. And its wise not to cull at all on color, we have seen how some traits 'travel' with different colors and patterns. My advice is to keep them all. The breed survived because of its adaptability and variations. I
hope/plan to add both crests and feathered legs to mine this year.

I dont know how a breed survived for a 1,000 years with no other genetic input other then there was no culling on 'fancy points', all that mattered was survivability and production under sparse at best conditions. Remember that there was no corn in Iceland, what grain there was went to the family.

I have two Icelandic chicks in the just-hatched brooder that made it through the power outage, along with two Delawares, better then none, I have set some more this week and will for the rest of the month. Next month I hope to add some eggs to the incubator from Idaho. Diversity is flock strength.

Life is good, and better with Icelandic Chickens !

 

[Twister-n-Dos]

Congratulations on your flock TessK.

Good luck with continued hatching Jake.

Thanks for the responses on leg color. Was not considering culling for it, just found it curious and wondered if others had seen it. Willow describes it well.

RedIII, I hope your pen project goes well. I'm working on a new run for our expanding flock.

 

[rairai979]

Not the best picture, but here they are, ready for bed last night. One rooster attempted to crow last night, it was pretty cool. I hope I don't have as many roosters as I think I do....I don't know how I would choose which ones to rehome, I love them all! They are about 13 weeks old now.

 

[mlm Mike]

Not the best picture, but here they are, ready for bed last night. One rooster attempted to crow last night, it was pretty cool. I hope I don't have as many roosters as I think I do....I don't know how I would choose which ones to rehome, I love them all! They are about 13 weeks old now.

Very nice! I'm no expert, but I'm counting 5 cockerels.

 

[karimw]

Very nice! I'm no expert, but I'm counting 5 cockerels.

Sorry, me too