BYchickadoo
In the Brooder
- Jan 23, 2016
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Great hatch rate on the shipped eggs, chickadoo!! Making a "picture record" will help you in the future to identify what your chicks might, and I emphasize might, look like. Take pictures every two weeks for the first three months and then every month for a year. Label them and keep them so you can go back and compare them with future hatches. There is no predicting what will hatch from two pure Icelandics.....except that it will be a pure Icelandic!Special care needs to be taken to make sure you keep them from any contact that could allow crossbreeds to be hatched.
Thanks, I've read they are such a hardy breed and hatch rates are high with them. I still have the remaining two eggs in the incubator as they took, so we'll see.
That's a great idea on documenting. Will do! As far as mingling with other chickens... you are right. I am ordering leg bands for the now as I have Swedish Flowers chicks the same age! I had to set up a temporary brooder for these guys or I'd never be able to figure it out haha. So excited to watch them grow out. Thanks.