Icelandic Chickens

[The Sheriff]

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You most likely won't see any other updated information until they are delivered. That has been my experience with Priority Mail. Express Mail is a little bit better. Happy hatching! I hope.

 

[rsf31tmp]

had an Icelandic roo in my hands today, but I backed off because I have no hens for him. He was quite handsom! From Lyle's stock, just like my Auburn Java's.

 

[Teach97]

I have Warden eggs in my bator!!!

They arrived in perfect condition! Sat overnight and got popped into the bator as soon as I got to school with "Ice" written on top so nothing happens to them! The kids are excited to see what happens...they have already started asking about the babies and what will happen with them...they know the Ice are all mine!!!

 

[kathyinmo]

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YAY ! ! ! Just wait til they start hatching! It is just soooo exciting getting such a variety!

 

[The Sheriff]

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I might know where you could get some hatching eggs...

 

[donnie]

thats what i find interesting about the icelandics , is that there is a variety of colors and such , and yet they are a pure breed

 

[greatergraceoffbg]

I am having a new chicken experience. I have a baby that hatched a few days ago, He has his heat lamp, is eating well, has two other older but smaller chicks to have company with, he cuddles with them at times, eats and drinks more than most, but as soon as I leave his line of sight he starts cheeping desperately. I only realized today that his little cries were really desperate, he was standing with his eyes closed almost screaming, when I went and picked him up he stopped. A few minutes later i put him down, he started right up again. I started letting the children hold him, and he LOVES them! Shane who is sixteen was sitting in the recliner with the baby chick trying to scoot under his chin, finally it got under his collar and went to sleep for about 30 minutes. Shane has named him Bubba. I am sitting here as I write with Bubba sound asleep under a wash rag on my chest. I learned that chickens dream! He makes the most adorable little chirtling sounds and then an occasional cheep and then his head just falls and then it rises again with a new round of cheeps or more chortling very low noises. needless to say I LOVE this baby, as does everyone.

Andy in Fredericksburg

 

[The Sheriff]

Ok, so I have had a dilemma. I promised my incubators to HappyChooks so she can separate some of the waaaaaay too many eggs she has in her bator at time of hatch. She wants to separate the hatchlings by breeder. Sounds fine right? I won't need the bators anyway because I don't want any more Icelandics at this point with 42 birds, mostly young ones, plus 12 babies, and 14 eggs on lockdown.

Then a few days later I realize I have mistakenly identified my blue Ameraucana as a hen and he is really a roo. Then I crack one of the blue eggs and realize it is fertile! OMG, those will be a cross of blue roo over wheaten hen. The next day my Welsummer lays her first egg. Then I see the blue Ameraucana roo mate with her. OMG, their offspring will be olive eggers! So I con Kelly into setting three blue eggs from the fridge, two fresh blue ones, and two Wellsummer eggs for me in her bator. Probably won't hatch but I have to try.

In the meantime the girls have kept on laying and I have been keeping the eggs on the counter in a basket. I just couldn't bring myself to refrigerate them, I want to incubate them! But a promise is a promise and I don't really want to incubate again anyway. So, I mull auctioning the eggs as "test eggs." But they may not even be fertile! But, just look at how gorgeous they are.

So I resign myself that these eggs will suffer the fate of so many that came before them, an egg-in-a-hole for DH's breakfast. A tragic waste.

Tonight, without hope for my eggs I go down to the Icelandic coop to lock it for the night. I open the door and see this, the beautiful sight of Lukka's rear end sticking out the backside of my roll out nest box. I suddenly realize she was there every time I visited the coop today. OMG, she's broody! Guess who's getting six Ameraucana and six olive eggers under her tomorrow? I may even take the plastic nest pad out and give that girl some straw!

 

[thebirdguy]

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YEA for Lukka!!!

 

[Camelot Farms]

Hubby is going to start the planning of the new Icelandic Coop and Run. He mentioned 60ftx20ft