Icelandic Chickens

[amiles]

There so cute!! It's amazing how long the breed survived in such a remote region as Iceland. It's funny that the Vikings and people like that had this breed. It should be a real big effort to keep these heritage breeds alive.

 

[debs_flock]

I've got a girl sitting right now on so many eggs she can't quite cover them, so I'm not sure. It came from me being busy with the Fair. DH was in charge of gathering the eggs and he won't reach under a hen, so she just kept growing her collection. I have no idea how many will hatch, because the date range could be huge on the clutch. Her flock mates just keep adding to her pile. I'm going to have to go out and check them out today. She of course is in the most inaccessible spot in the coop.

Of course the same is true in the silkie pen, the serama pen, the SPPR pen, the Iowa Blue pen, the bantam BR pen,,,,,,,,,,and there are four broodies in the egg flock (half the layers almost).

 

[NotAFarm]

I've got a girl sitting right now on so many eggs she can't quite cover them, so I'm not sure. It came from me being busy with the Fair. DH was in charge of gathering the eggs and he won't reach under a hen, so she just kept growing her collection. I have no idea how many will hatch, because the date range could be huge on the clutch. Her flock mates just keep adding to her pile. I'm going to have to go out and check them out today. She of course is in the most inaccessible spot in the coop.

Of course the same is true in the silkie pen, the serama pen, the SPPR pen, the Iowa Blue pen, the bantam BR pen,,,,,,,,,,and there are four broodies in the egg flock (half the layers almost).

Good help is sooo hard to find!

Better candle and get the incubator ready!

......but if those hens had known what you were doing at the Fair, I'm sure they would have been more cooperative. How many total did you hatch there? How many total ribbons did you bring home?

 

[debs_flock]

Quote: I hatched around 80 chicks at the hatchery at the Fair.

We did do well.........

...........at coop out they said they had run out of ribbons and would mail the rest to us after they did the printing.

 

[Jake Levi]

Mary I'll take all of the pullets in the clutch ! My blue wheaten rooster is developing very nice, but I have no crests in my little flock, and need more blue.

 

[mlm Mike]

Congratulations Deb. That is a very nice collection of ribbons!

 

[RedIII]

I have Icees hatching this weekend! Already have one hatched and two pipped in a friend's incubator. The hatched chick is white

 

[NotAFarm]

Congrats, Deb!!
80 chicks!!

Did you bring them all home?!


Jake, Come get 'em!


Red,

for many more!

Mike, How's your Icelandic flock? Haven't seen any pictures lately.

 

[mlm Mike]

Congrats, Deb!!
80 chicks!!

Did you bring them all home?!


Jake, Come get 'em!


Red,

for many more!

Mike, How's your Icelandic flock? Haven't seen any pictures lately.

My flock is still too small. Need to get rid of the SFH or the RC RIR. No recent pictures, they are confined to a run now,other than 1 broody in the goat barn (with one whole egg

) and a rooster that goes on his daily rounds. They were just ruining to much hay. Next year I think we are going to buy/build a chicken tractor and put them out in the pasture, maybe they'll forget about the goat barn. Thanks for asking.

 

[debs_flock]

80 chicks!!

Did you bring them all home?!

Mostly, there was a family there with a grandmother raising a couple of her grandkids and several foster kids. Every kid had birds entered and they were all feed store birds. Every single bird (about ten) were DQ'd for being "utility" or just flat out crossbred. I gave them some chicks to raise for next year.

The rest were brought home every few days each time their brooders were over crowded.

I brought home a few eggs I picked up at the show, you never know if the hen was in with a roo or if it was the same breed. I only had one hatch (yesterday), but it's the one I really wanted. it doesn't even have to be showable, I just wanted one as a pet.

A bantam modern game! They are just so odd they are cool and very friendly. It's feet are a bit curled

, so it currently is wearing boots and getting Poly-vi-sol.

Hopefully it will be fine and as a singleton chick, it should be VERY people oriented.

The macaw egg is due to hatch on Sunday