Mary..... I hope the little guy makes it.
Ryan..... Sorry you didn't have a great hatch.
Ryan..... Sorry you didn't have a great hatch.
Icelandic Chickens
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My fences are only four feet high and they Icelandics stay in without having their wings clipped, with one exception.
They like to wander and explore and will find ways to go through fences but I really haven't had an issue with them going over. Hopefully I didn't just jinx myself.
Yeah, but Stella is only half Icelandic, so she doesn't count.
How do you know I was referring to Stella?
My fences are only four feet high and they Icelandics stay in without having their wings clipped, with one exception.
Yeah, but Stella is only half Icelandic, so she doesn't count.
How do you know I was referring to Stella?
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Yup, the last chick that hatched(around 6:00PM) was a bantam from my own eggs. Currently no more pips and I doubt there will be anymore. I got 6 EEs out of 11(but the mothers are three and a half years old), 2 bantam out of 2, and 3 Wyandotte x EE out of 4, and 4 Icelandic out of 24.
Yup, the last chick that hatched(around 6:00PM) was a bantam from my own eggs. Currently no more pips and I doubt there will be anymore. I got 6 EEs out of 11(but the mothers are three and a half years old), 2 bantam out of 2, and 3 Wyandotte x EE out of 4, and 4 Icelandic out of 24.
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Oh, and I think all the Icelandics are going to make it!
Well DW started asking me when I would start selling some of the older hens and pullets. She keeps looking at the incubator...
I'll start Craig's listing them in June... I'll sell most of my wheatens so I can stick with blue & splash wheatens.
But this is one wheaten that I think I'll keep...
My wife says these chicks are the most beautiful she's ever seen. WE'LL turn her to the chicken math side eventually!
I'll start Craig's listing them in June... I'll sell most of my wheatens so I can stick with blue & splash wheatens.
But this is one wheaten that I think I'll keep...
My wife says these chicks are the most beautiful she's ever seen. WE'LL turn her to the chicken math side eventually!
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Really pretty crew Mahonri!
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Thanks... I was going to give a few Icelandics away to my neighbor, but now I'm thinking of letting him have these 10 chicks instead... but he'll have to give back the mama!
Thanks... I was going to give a few Icelandics away to my neighbor, but now I'm thinking of letting him have these 10 chicks instead... but he'll have to give back the mama!
OK, I am now hooked. The Icelandic juvies that I got from Cheryl are so cute! I let them and the Splash Marans Juveniles out of lock-in today after a week, and they just stayed in the run, exploring and dust-bathing, coming to see whatever I threw in from my gardening weed-pulling, winter-garden thinning expedition today. I took a picture that I then spazzed and deleted, of the three with my lead RIR hen, who is very tolerant of newcomers to the flock. And then, the young one Cheryl thinks is a pullet, flew up on my shoulder when I went in to close the chickens in for the night! She was so cute! Then her brother wanted up and I was suddenly a perch! Too funny.
Mary, I love the comb-over lil' dude. Hope he makes it!
Dawn
Mary, I love the comb-over lil' dude. Hope he makes it!
Dawn
Dawn,
Do you have an incubator? Just wondering ..... cuz when you realize you have 3 males, you are probably gonna want some females. Eggs to hatch, or chicks? Which do you prefer?
Do you have an incubator? Just wondering ..... cuz when you realize you have 3 males, you are probably gonna want some females. Eggs to hatch, or chicks? Which do you prefer?
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My fences are only four feet high and they Icelandics stay in without having their wings clipped, with one exception.
They like to wander and explore and will find ways to go through fences but I really haven't had an issue with them going over. Hopefully I didn't just jinx myself.
Thanks for all this info, I am liking this breed the more I read & learn about them.
My fences are only four feet high and they Icelandics stay in without having their wings clipped, with one exception.
Thanks for all this info, I am liking this breed the more I read & learn about them.
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