Icelandic Chickens

[The Sheriff]

As it turns out Jake I am so glad I held back these three chicks. One of my recipients said the PO called to report that all of the chicks in her box arrived dead. They were a day old only, had a heat pack and Grogel and were in an approved chick shipping box. I am so sick right now about this. The chick boxes aren't labeled but the clerk said they had stickers to go on the box in the back. She put them with the other live shipments. I wonder if they got put in the unheated cargo area of the plane. I haven't heard from the other chick recipient or from the person I shipped a juvenile to. Whatever happened, it has made me doubt I will ship chicks again. Those poor sweet babies.

 

[Orangina]

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That's so great you shipped Icelandics out to Dilly! I had to do a double take when I read that...I fish out of there in the summer and always love driving past their house and seeing their birds out in the big pen. There's not a lot of livestock out there, shoot there's not a lot out there period! Not counting the Great Outdoors, mind you.

Sorry about the chicks Mary. So sad.

 

[Jake Levi]

Thats terrible Mary !!

I am so sorry, for you

the recipient and the chicks !

It was 19 here this morn, and yesterday both, for sure I wont be receiving any baby chicks until April, or even later. These last three will have feathers those babies didnt. That will make all of the difference.

I am thinking that the only way to protect ourselves from the PO handlers is to include every possible precaution against their screw ups. 40 some eggs I received last spring, got 7 chicks, one died a day later. Both incubators later went through two test cycles and are within a degree. So I am saying it was the PO handling. And that was 3 mailings. That said, its the nature of livestock, that if you havfe them, you will lose some, but this way seems totally unnecessary !

Where did the recipient call from? Mi ?

I amnot going to order any hatching eggs this year but will incubate some if I get any broody hens, I plan to make several Nella brooders this winter. Also will probably make some pens with a dog house in them for hens and their broods.

If I do sell any chickens I expect that they will be started, at least.

Life is good! And better with Icelandic Chickens and Pack Goats !

 

[Farmerboy16]

I finally got the pictures downloaded into the computer last night, but the Forum won't let me load up the pictures, only a few, and it took like 5 minutes to load 1 picture.

Resting on the roost after the trip.

More pictures will come as soon I am able to load more.

 

[The Sheriff]

Love the mottled ones Daron! I have two little mottled roos right now and a pullet. I am excited to see how they turn out.

 

[BostonBryce]

Here are the Icelandics new home for the winter and 2 other pens which I still need to build runs for. Not quite done yet, but snow is forecasted in 2 days so I am hurrying.
And a pic of both Icelandic Roo's that I have, the closer gray one just started crowing a few days ago. Kinda funny to watch him try so hard, and all that comes out is a "dooooo". out of the "cock-a-doodle-dooooo"
-Boston in Arizona

 

[Jake Levi]

Great pics !!

Quite a scenic backdrop !!

We call that gray as Blue.

Your pens are very nice, pack them up and send them on up to me in Wa.

Life is good, and better with Icelandic Chickens and Pack Goats !

 

[BostonBryce]

Ahh ok, Thanks. I am still getting up to speed on this Chicken lingo

yea it is very scenic, one of the prettiest areas of AZ I reckon.
And Thank you for the comments on the coop's... Sure are getting expensive, but they should last a long time.
Hopefully in spring I can re-make the run's bigger. Right now they are 7x8 with a 4x8 coop. It was just getting too expensive for our budget right now so I had to make it smaller than I wanted.
-Boston



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[Farmerboy16]

Here is my new coop, its not half way done, but you can get an idea what it will look like when its done. It is 20x60 feet, and will have 12 pens. 8 pens are 8x8, for up to 7 birds in each pen. 2 pens are 8x9, and one of it is for the Icelandics.

2 pens are 10x20, and are for the peafowl, turkeys, muscovys, guineas, and spare roosters. I have done it 90 percent by myself, my sister sometimes help me when she can.

I will cover the walls with leftover greenhouse plastic for protection from the wind in the winter, and will take it off in the spring.

BTW I have not spend one penny on this coop, except the chicken wire. All of the stuff came from the backyard.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Wow, I want YOUR backyard!