Icelandic Chickens

[The Sheriff]

There is no warm water at the barn Kathy and I was afraid to try to clean Sticky's head. I'll bring it up to the house tomorrow and give it a shampoo and blow dry. Just too cold today. We went from 90 degrees to 60 in 2 days!

 

[Camelot Farms]

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Whew. I feel better!
With my eggs, I candle on day 4 and mark the ones that are spidery, then I candle every other day to check for spiders. After day 8, duds get tossed. Then I start candling for continuing development. LOL
Its an illness.

 

[kathyinmo]

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Well we got the 90* here the past couple days.

I do, however, prefer the heat to snow, ice, and cold!

I am sure Sticky will enjoy her day at the beauty shop tomorrow.

 

[The Sheriff]

I appreciate the "her" Kathy! Living the dream!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Hey everyone, I was gone for the weekend - good to be back. Happy Mother's Day to all you Mom's!

Jake......so sorry your hatches aren't going well. But at least you have 2 people hatching for you - you'll be swimming in chicks soon!

Mary....adorable pictures! I especially love the lavs and the olive eggers, but they are all too cute.

 

[kathyinmo]

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And, did you notice, they are all GIRLS?

 

[The Sheriff]

Thanks Kelly and welcome home. The sweetest of all these chicks are the New Hampshires. They don't make me chase them all over the brooder and they seem to like to be cuddled. Those AM's are freaks!

 

[kathyinmo]

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My Ameraucanas were always like that, too! UNTIL they reached point of lay..... now they are calm and approachable, though not at all hug-able. I got my stock from Paul Smith, and I kept asking everyone, "Are Ameraucanas always so unfriendly?" Well, MINE are! That's what I have to put up with to have blue eggs.

 

[Happy Chooks]

But it's SOOOOO worth the "attitude" to get blue eggs!

And yes, the lavs and the olive eggers hopefully WILL be all girls.

(cuz I know Mary isn't gonna keep ALL of them

)

 

[Happy Chooks]

Kathy......my best broody was an Ameraucana. She was friendly, but not cuddly - then she hatched her babies, raised them and then had a tough time reintegrating into the flock. I helped her, by taking her out of the coop (she was hiding on the roost all day and not eating) everyday. At first she would run back in, but then she started hanging out by my feet for protection. She finally reintegrated completely, but after that she was the complete lap chicken. She'd come running for me the second I went into the run, wanting to be picked up. (which I'd oblige - but if I was busy and didn't get to it right away, she'd peck at my pants to get my attention) Of course, she's the one I lost to the predator.