Icelandic Chickens

[NotAFarm]

Jake, The flock had eaten all the low hanging berries and I had moved that outdoor table over there to put a food dish under during a rain a week or so ago. Gola and her hatchmate Gaela took advantage of the "extra height" to reach the higher goodies.
We've had rain the last two days as well. We are forecast for some more today but tomorrow and Sunday are looking good for outside work. Since today is November 1st....

......I'll be watching for you to post soon about your new camera!

 

[drumstick diva]

'Other Mary,' was your Halloween rained out also? Bummer.

 

[coldupnorth]

We've had rain/drizzle/sleet/snow and lots of fog; a little of something each day starting this past Monday. Just a hard drizzle/rain last night, so the trick-or-treaters were not too deterred. We need to get our "chicken barn" done, but hard to get it done in the muck. Yuck!

 

[RedIII]

We've had some rain (probably what you'd call "sprinkles" in other parts of the country) The weather hasn't been too bad yet, just chilly some mornings. It's overcast today, and the weather channels are calling for snow on the valley floor Monday, but this is Utah.......it's impossible to accurately predict the weather more than a day and a half out

Re the berries - I like watching my birds jump to get the higher berries. It's especially fun when the turkeys get involved

 

[NotAFarm]

'Other Mary,' was your Halloween rained out also? Bummer.

We live between two towns (one calls itself a city but with 2400 pop. I think town is a better description). The larger town (City of Amboy) had a Halloween parade and activities on Sunday and had Trick-or-Treating that evening. Great call on their part since the weather Sunday was superb for everything. We live in the country so no Trick-or-Treaters come to our house......

....none in the twelve years we've lived here....it's easier for them to go into town and cover more houses in less time.

 

[coldupnorth]

Got some pictures of my younger Icelandics. Many of them look identical to their mothers, except some of the mottled ones.


This is Hraun (molten lava) and his girls: Birta (bright) and Lilja (lily) are the whites, Eydis (very mottled one meaning good fortune), Harpa (other mottled one meaning harp or lyra) and Hekla (with the silver neck meaning volcano cloak). They are all single comb, though some of their combs are quite small. Birta and Lilja's are not small.

Harpa standing pretty! I love the sweet sounds she makes. She's quite vocal.


Hekla has a very put-together look with her beautiful crest and smooth feathering.

These are chicks I got from this group. It will be interesting to see how they feather out.

 

[coldupnorth]

This is the only rosecomb that I've hatched so far. I will be keeping him with his little group of girls. He doesn't have a name yet, so I need to figure that out soon.

Here are 3 of his 4 girls. Snaedis (white-snow goddess), Pordis (gold-Thor Goddess), Briet (front mottled - beautiful). Missing in the picture is the other white named Soley (sun island). Someone has been picking feathers from the back of Briet and the younger little cockerel I have in this pen. When the chicken barn is done, they will get much better accommodations than they have right now. They are in a smaller grow out pen that I usually use for younger ones.

 

[coldupnorth]

These are the two cockerals that will not be staying and will need to find homes or the freezer. They are both beautiful, but I can't keep them all.


He is the youngest male I have and certainly hasn't completely feathered out yet. He is very sweet and always come to me.

This is my little older boy who is beautiful, but I think he already got a little frostbite because of the excess of moisture we've had paired with below freezing temps and a temporary pen till the chicken barn is build. He is in a pen with a bunch of Appenzeller Spitzhaubens for now because he is easy going and the other more dominant cockerals were picking on him. He does fine with my 2 year old Spitzhauben Roo.

 

[NotAFarm]

Laurie, WOW, what a great looking flock! My favorite is your un-named cockerel. His mottling looks like giant snowflakes!

It is great he has a rose comb so he can be part of your breeding flock. Do you know who his parents are? You have a great variety of color in your pullets/hens and I'm looking forward to your future pictures of the chicks as they grow!

 

[Myrth]

Pretty birds!