Icelandic Chickens

[birds4me]

Hi, my name is Barb and I am new to the breed. Just got some eggs from Kim at Camelot Farms off a BYC auction. I put 7 eggs in the bator late last night! Will keep you updated as they hatch. So excited about this breed! I would love to get some more eggs to have a larger more diverse flock, so if anyone would like to pass on/sell some eggs, please PM me!

 

[Camelot Farms]

Today's staggered hatch brought 2 little ones.

Up next is 6 set to hatch 3 days from now.

The brooder is filling up quickly.

 

[Camelot Farms]

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Barb, I am so glad that you joined us and that you are so excited about the Icelandic. They will love your Northern weather.
Be sure to check in often and browse the thread for lots of good information on your new birds.

 

[greatergraceoffbg]

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Jake,

Welcome and greetings, you are just the sort of person we need to help in preservation of these Icelandic Chickens. Each person is valuable in this venture of course, but being involved in preservation activities prior, I am sure you come with an appreciation for all the dedication necessary to successfully preserve a breed. Are you considering this breed as a possibility for your large fowl heritage breed? These Icelandics are really different and really special. They are beautiful, and their genetics are a mystery in a sense. The knowledge I have of genetics in other breeds doesn't line up with these at all.

I have a few day old chick on my laptop keyboard as I write, he is grooming and trilling with happiness at being with human company.

If you decide to help preserve the Icelandics, please join us in our effort to discourage out crossing, maintain strictly separated housing and to learn all that we can about these unique birds before they are destroyed and lost forever. Thanks so much for getting on our thread here. The thread is a wonderful search tool. If you would like I will be glad to send you a lot of the more fact related segments of the thread via email. I enjoy the searching but we are really getting up there with well over 2000 posts now so it could possibly be a little overwhelming to a new person looking for some information.

Andy in Fredericksburg

 

[heritagehabitatfarms]

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WOW i am a member also but only for 3 years now...

 

[Camelot Farms]

Genetics observation

Last July 1st, I hatched 3 eggs. 1 mostly white cockerel, 1 mostly white pullet and one mostly brown pullet

To date the chicks that have hatched have been either totally yellow (assuming will turn white) or brown (Chipmunk like)

Below is a pic of the new babies. Not pictured are todays hatch: 1 yellow and 1 chipmunk

This is a pic of the parent birds on hatch day last July

Just thought it interesting that my chicks are coming in so close to the parent stock and the white roo does not seem to be coming through in the dark hens chicks.

 

[kathyinmo]

I thought this was funny. I was taking pictures of my youngest 4. Notice the 3rd chick worked her way over to snuggle beneath the 4th one. Silly chicks.

 

[AK Michelle]

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How sweet!

 

[The Sheriff]

Today I found Lukka back in the roll out nest box desperately trying to keep one little white egg from rolling away. She stayed on it all day, bless her heart. Here it is, one false move from rolling away from her forever.

Poor thing was sitting on a plastic, pokey nest pad, in a slanted backwards nest box and still managing to hold onto that egg.

She was still on it tonight so I boarded up the back so her egg wouldn't roll, replaced the plastic nest pad with soft orchard grass, and gave her five more Icelandic eggs. She was clucking happily and arranging them under her when I left. I had planned to give her non-Icelandic eggs but when she stopped sitting yesterday I put those eggs up for auction. I am glad she will be raising Icelandics because I won't have to take the babies away from her when they start crowing or laying!

Unfortunately, she chose the most popular nest box of the nine so the other three eggs today were laid on the floor directly in front of that nest box. Since I knew they were the freshest, those were the first three I slipped under her. Hopefully the rest of the girls will get over it and move on to other nest boxes. I don't want to move Lukka and her eggs right now because I have had bad luck with doing so early in the sitting. This is Lukka's third brood since I got her a year ago. Keep in mind she raises the babies forever! I am happy for her though. She's doing what she loves. Hopefully she'll still be doing it tomorrow!

 

[The Sheriff]

Great pics Kathy and Mary! That little mama chick might be kin to Lukka!