Icelandic Chickens

[EledaWV]

Ussery, sorry, edited to add source. Is this not a good system?

 

[mlm Mike]

Ussery, sorry, edited to add source. Is this not a good system?

Thanks for adding the link and last name. The system seems fine.

 

[Happy Chooks]

If you need snow to shovel you can have mine. Actually 6 inches of powder is not a problem but the "pretty" wears off fast when traffic over the powder compresses it to ICE.

Sounds awful. I hate driving in snow, but we're in the mountains, so you slide. Flat and snow, and I'm good. Ice = BAD.

 

[NotAFarm]

It was -9F this morning and is currently 15F. I got 7 eggs today, 6 Icelandics and one German New Hampshire. Gotta love 'em!!

 

[mlm Mike]

It was -9F this morning and is currently 15F. I got 7 eggs today, 6 Icelandics and one German New Hampshire. Gotta love 'em!!

It's a balmy 18* this morning. And I believe enough snow fell overnight to scoop or plow.

 

[RedIII]

30* here! Where's my sunscreen? And we're more than happy to take any unwanted snow. We need it in our reservoirs. Well, I'm happy, anyway. Can't say that my neighbors will be.

Hey, is Trouble the same hen that tried to commandeer the tractor a few months back? Hahaha.

Who here uses NO artificial light on their hens through winter, and still gets eggs? Just curious.

 

[mlm Mike]

30* here! Where's my sunscreen?

And we're more than happy to take any unwanted snow. We need it in our reservoirs. Well, I'm happy, anyway. Can't say that my neighbors will be.

Hey, is Trouble the same hen that tried to commandeer the tractor a few months back? Hahaha.

Who here uses NO artificial light on their hens through winter, and still gets eggs? Just curious.

Yes, Trouble is the one that attempted to take the tractor to town. I do not use artificial light and am getting eggs, less than normal. It could mainly be the pullets laying though.

 

[NotAFarm]

No supplemental light here. My six pullets started laying at 5-6 months (turned that the end of December) without adding light and I have two Icelandic hens that have started back laying since a late summer molt (and one German New Hampshire hen).

 

[RedIII]

Hmm :/ I think I am a lousy chicken keeper, then. None of my girls have laid in months, not even my BR or my Wyandottes. I want to move their pen to a different spot. The neighbors have a nasty dog right there that's always barking and trying to get through the fence. I'm hoping they'll lay again without that stress. I miss my little torpedo eggs.

 

[NotAFarm]

Hmm

I think I am a lousy chicken keeper, then. None of my girls have laid in months, not even my BR or my Wyandottes. I want to move their pen to a different spot. The neighbors have a nasty dog right there that's always barking and trying to get through the fence. I'm hoping they'll lay again without that stress. I miss my little torpedo eggs.

Nope, not a lousy chicken keeper, each flock is different......but those dogs are probably not helping. Stress will make a difference in quantity of eggs. What do your nests look like? Are they close to where the dogs are?