Icelandic Chickens

[NotAFarm]

Kathleen, congrats on all the new babies!

Maldwin, welcome and yay for the eggs!

I've got my fingers crossed for your hatch.

I'm setting another batch of Icees today. 23 eggs total, so almost a full house. I calibrated my thermometer (stupid me for assuming it was correct) and found it was a little off. Hopefully this hatch does better than the last few.

Red, What kind of incubator are you using?

 

[RedIII]

Mary, it's a Brinsea Octo 20 that I just got a few weeks ago.

 

[NotAFarm]

Was that the one you were using for the Easter HAL? I thought the Brinsea incubators were the "set and forget" kind. I hope this new batch do well for you!

 

[RedIII]

Yep, I'm still learning how to use it, though. And thanks! I'm determined to get a good hatch, no matter how long it takes

 

[mlm Mike]

Here is last year Icelandic hatches enjoying a little hillside on a rainy day. I'm going to start gathering eggs from them to hatch for the Cinco de Mayo Hatch A Long.

 

[drumstick diva]

Gee Mike, I see we have the same kind of grass- was supposed to be some Kentucky Blue grass etc, I think we go Kentucky straw instead.

 

[drumstick diva]

Mary how come your grass has little tinges of green to it. We've had some warm days even one 72, and now rain and still no green spots.

But the maple trees in the area are starting to grow those wormy looking little blossoms(?) that clog up the gutters. Actually everything a Maple puts out clogs the gutters.
Our neighbors tree in his backyard fills the gutters from behind. The people across the street have 4 in a row that aim for the front gutters.

I am NOT a Maple fan.

 

[mlm Mike]

Diva, that's actually out in part of the pasture, just pasture grasses and weeds. It will green up, we've received enough rain, now we need the sunshine.

 

[drumstick diva]

Mike, pasture to you - that's what my front lawn looks like - no joke!! oh, oh, I just noticed the neighbors around us have genuine green showing on their lawns.

 

[mlm Mike]

It'll all be green soon. Then it'll need to be cut.