Icelandic Chickens

[kathyinmo]

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Wyoming is the state with the smallest population of only 532,668 people as of 2008. Even though they have the smallest population, they are the 10th largest state by area. Yup, sounds like you have plenty of room there! My husband works on the railroad, and travels. He says the population is so small because nobody wants to live there.

He hates to work there. Do you like it there? I have never visited your state. I moved south to avoid the severe Iowa winter weather. I do not like the severe heat of this summer in Missouri though! Maybe I should reconsider locations.

 

[Feike]

Do you live in a city or nearbye the city, or do you like the outdoors?
If you like the outdoors every season has it's beauty, Winters are tough, summers are dry and hot, my favorite season in Wyoming is spring the mountains and fields are green, snow in the mountains and it smells like wild flowers and wild sage.
I love it as long I can be with my family and with my pets which are also family.
If you have family far away and you don't do things in the outdoors like climbing/hunting/hiking/fishing/rafting etc etc. and only ae here for your work 99% of the population doesn't like Wyoming.

 

[kathyinmo]

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I am not the hiking, hunting, and climbing type, for sure. Although, I am pretty good at trapping coons.

I forgot to say, WELCOME to this thread! How rude of me. So glad you are here. If you are interested in joining us in the preservation effort of the Icelandics, just let us know!

 

[kathyinmo]

I have to find a really special name for this little brat. I have a white chick that looks just like Snow. The little brat flew out of the pen. That is a 5 foot fence, and she is just a baby! Well, I was busy and figured I would go get her out of the other pen in a few minutes, as I was filling feed trays. I went out to get her and she had already wandered WAY over to the Orp pen! That is a long long ways away. So, I quickly went into the Orp pen to get her. She then found a small opening UNDER the back of the coop and went there. Oh, did I tell you it rained here, and is a muddy mess? Yes, it rained...... I then went inside to get the flashlight. I came back out and I could see a little white wing feather in a small hole from the front of the coop. So, she was moving around under the coop, front to back, back to front, and so on. OMG, I was frantic. How would I ever get her out of there? HA.... I stuck a small piece of a board in the little opening and trapped the little brat. FINALLY, muddy and wet and smelling like chicken poop, I got her. Did I win this one?

OK, name this brat. Open for suggestions.

 

[Jake Levi]

Brat sounds like it is.

Or to be nice, Wanderer, or, The Viking.

WY is a great state, my kind of place !

The Grand Teton National Park is incredible.

I am looking over Wa and part of Id the next six mos. for outdoors activities. I hike, camp, bow hunt, and have goats to be packgoats. So Wy and places like it are gold to me. The country life for me !!

Michelle I guess you need to tell Mary to put you on her list for more eggs !!

As of today, The Contessa has laid 16 eggs, with one of them a tiny little strawberry sized one, all the others were just nice pullet size and growing in size daily, smalls working towards medium. I changed them all over to a layer grower ration. I am expecting more to start laying next month and Oct.

 

[NotAFarm]

Hi Everyone!

Kathy, I second Jake's nomination of "Brat" as an appropriate name for the little one! And, great job on reducing the coon population around you.......but don't let up now.....there will always be more!

Welcome, Feike!! Icelandics would be a great breed for you and your family. Let us know when you'll be ready to try them!!

We did barn renovation this past weekend and now I can get the pullets moved back over to the now bigger main coop section with the nest boxes. My only white Java started laying and my very first brood of Icelandics were hatched with her!!

I should be seeing eggs from the four pullets that are her age soon and from the six that are 3 weeks younger (Easter Hatchalong group) shortly after that!!!

I also found a local family at our 4-H fair that have Icelandic sheep that are interested in adding some more Icelandics to their existing Lyle Behl stock.

Spreading the wealth.....................

 

[LarryPQ]

Princess Beyonce?

 

[Feike]

"if you like it why don't you put a ring on it" or I.Y.L.I.W.D.Y.P.A.R.O.I pronounced Illy Diparoi still a weird name for a chicken.

Would love to have some Icelandic Chicks if shipping is possible I don't have an incubator yet...
Does anybody have like 3 or 5 chicks they would like to part of?

 

[Happy Chooks]

Kathy.........I've been to Wyoming and it's beautiful there, but very windy. The first time we visited in May (it's usually warm in May, right?). We stuck out like sore thumbs. We went into town in our pants, sweatshirts AND COATS - and we were still freezing, that wind just goes right through you. (in MAY!) The "locals" were in shorts and t-shirts.

 

[LarryPQ]

I want to move my Icelandics into their own pen ASAP---but the coop and run is still a mess. WIth the rain and the temps the flies, mites, lice, and ants are out of control. I want to get a tiller and deep-till the coops and run---but the DH said I have to wait until he can give me the truck.

Apparently I have "trashed" my mini-van. (HELLO? The kids and the never-ending supply of Cheetos and melty crayons did that.)


ANYWAY-- The Icelandics mostly hang out in the old meatie pen, which I can easily seperate from the main run. There is a playhouse coop in there, but the Icelandics prefer to roost ON TOP of it instead of inside.

SO: I either have to cover part of that portion of the pen, or start re-training them to sleep in the coop. Should I just lock all the chickens in the coop for a few days? It is kinda hot to do that, even with a bus-stop coop. I was thinking about installng a partial cover over there, but am afraid they'll just jump on top of that, and try to get out.