Icelandic Chickens

[thebirdguy]

Wow...I'm finally caught up... I'm back from my job interview in Seattle, I think it went pretty well but will hear back in a week or two.. After I am approved by the Regional office, I will have one more interview for the local position.. Job would start in August..

I was hoping to find an icelandic chick or two when I got home but no such luck.. I can't see any pips either but also can't see anything but the front top of the eggs.. Today is day 21.. There were three that looked good and 3 maybes when I went to lockdown.. so hopefully they'll be hatching soon!! I did get one Narangansett with two more pipped this morning..

Got to finish my Nella brooder today so I can move the older chicks to it.. I'll take a couple of pictures and show you my modifications...

Have a great day everyone!!!

 

[The Sheriff]

Perhaps I may need to rename the place Buck, Run, 'n Faint!

Never a dull moment!

Louise rides a donkey!

Oops...

Here's Thelma with her attempt at donkey riding. She used the picnic table to mount and dismount her ride.

Good perspective on emu size. Jack is 14.1 hands.

 

[NotAFarm]

Mary, It's so cool to see all the animals sharing space and getting along! The emus are really getting big fast!

 

[Jake Levi]

Hey Mary

you got the starts of a circus act there ! Go for it!

I saw some kids a year or so ago that were actually doing this with mini horses and the mini goats, cute, the little horses would sorta canter around a circle and the goats hopped up and off, sorta. They were cute, two little horses and 3 goats.

Hows the temperaments on the Emus coming?

I am told that they are better then Rheas. Do you know about this?

 

[Jake Levi]

Nope, for sure not counting unhatched chicks, but you have hatched way more of these then I have this year, I am going to be testing these 'bators with much more accurate thermometers then I had this spring.

I have hatched a lot of chicks with this model in other years, and three years ago two sets with one of these so go figure.

 

[LarryPQ]

I always love your pictures, Mary!

 

[Jake Levi]

Icelandic Volcano is Erupting Again


Scientists: Iceland's Grimsvotn volcano erupting
By GUDJON HELGASON, Associated Press Gudjon Helgason, Associated Press
8 mins ago

.REYKJAVIK, Iceland – Iceland's most active volcano has started erupting, scientists said Saturday — just over a year after another eruption on the North Atlantic island shut down European air traffic for days.

Iceland's Meteorological Office confirmed that an eruption had begun at the Grimsvotn volcano, accompanied by a series of small earthquakes. Smoke could be seen rising from the volcano, which lies under the uninhabited Vatnajokull glacier in southeast Iceland.

A no fly zone has been designated for 120 nautical miles (220 kilometers) in all directions from the eruption. Isavia, the company that operates and develops all airport facilities and air navigation services in Iceland, described this as standard procedure around eruptions.

"The plume of smoke has reached jet flying altitude and plans have been made for planes flying through Icelandic air control space to fly southwardly tonight," said Hjordis Gudmundsdottir, the spokeswoman for Isavia.

Grimsvotn last erupted in 2004. Scientists have been expecting a new eruption and have said previously that this volcano's eruption will likely be small and should not lead to the air travel chaos caused in April 2010 by ash from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano.

History shows that previous eruptions in Grimsvotn have not had much influence on flight traffic — unlike the massive disruption caused last year.

Pall Einarsson, geophysicist at the University of Iceland, said last year's eruption was a rare event.

"The ash in Eyjafjallajokull was persistent or unremitting and fine-grained," Einarsson said. "The ash in Grimsvotn is more coarse and not as likely to cause danger as it falls to the ground faster and doesn't stay as long in the air as in the Eyjafjallajokull eruption."

A plane from the Icelandic Coast Guard carrying experts from the University of Iceland will fly over the volcano and evaluate the situation.

One eyewitness, Bolli Valgardsson, said the plume rose quickly several thousand feet (meters) into the air.

Sparsely populated Iceland is one of the world's most volcanically active countries and eruptions are frequent.

Eruptions often cause local flooding from melting glacier ice, but rarely cause deaths.

Last year's Eyjafjallajokul eruption left some 10 million air travelers stranded worldwide after winds pushed the ash cloud toward some of the world's busiest airspace and led most northern European countries to ground all planes for five days.

Whether widespread disruption occurs again will depend on how long the eruption lasts, how high the ash plume rises and which way the wind blows.

In November, melted glacial ice began pouring from Grimsvotn, signaling a possible eruption. That was a false alarm but scientists have been monitoring the volcano closely ever since.

The volcano also erupted in 1998, 1996 and 1993. The eruptions have lasted between a day and several weeks.

 

[Mahonri]

LOVE your pics Mary, I can't believe how big the Emu's have gotten.

Had a broody hatch out five Ameraucanas today... I think that's the last of my 2011 chicks.

Now I've got to start selling and rehoming some of my bigger birds.

 

[kathyinmo]

I was gonna say that, too, Mahonri! WOW, those Emus have really grown!

Love your pictures, Mary! BUT, I gotta say ..... that fainting goat makes me nervous. Oh my gosh, how can they do that????

I hatched 11 Wheaten - Blue Wheaten Ameraucanas 10 days ago. Today I am hatching Orps, projects, Barred Rocks, Delawares, and a few Icelandics. I also need to sell some chicks or grow-outs to make more room.

Decisions, decisions! Who to sell, who to keep????

 

[Jake Levi]

I like the goats, their colors, size, but, not the fainting part.

Would sooner have deer or Llamas/apacas. Dont have time for all of them

I am still trying to find out more about the emus, hardiness, mature temperament etc, the jury is still out

, a jack and jennet I can see. They are real characters, smart, I just like them.