Mary you forgot to have chocolate at the ready - enough of that and you won't need the psych meds.
Icelandic Chickens
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You are right, of course! How could she have forgotten the chocolate?!
You are right, of course! How could she have forgotten the chocolate?!
and with chocolate & psych meds she could get extra emu eggs and extra bators!!!
... the possibilities are endless....
... the possibilities are endless....
A possibility of the eggs arriving today, if not then Monday is the day. Then the countdown !! Pray that at least one is a little Mattie !
We had 24" of snow from thurs through yesterday eve, tis the season, cooled down overnight, low teens, Tis the Season ! All critters fed and well,
Mr Decker does indeed need educating, but, I doubt that it will happen. He considers himself THE authority even though he is clueless about agriculture in Iceland. Daron you are far kinder as regards him then I am.
Tomorrow my Icelandics make their big move, to a bigger and brighter place !
Life is good, and better with Icelandic Chickens and Pack Goats !
We had 24" of snow from thurs through yesterday eve, tis the season, cooled down overnight, low teens, Tis the Season ! All critters fed and well,
Mr Decker does indeed need educating, but, I doubt that it will happen. He considers himself THE authority even though he is clueless about agriculture in Iceland. Daron you are far kinder as regards him then I am.
Tomorrow my Icelandics make their big move, to a bigger and brighter place !
Life is good, and better with Icelandic Chickens and Pack Goats !
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They are gorgeous!! WOW
Yes, they are gorgeous, and fascinating, the more you find out about them the more unique they are seen to be. It is really amazing !
Do you have chickens now?
24 inches of snow, Jake? Oh, good grief! That is a whole lotta snow! I am so happy we moved south, just to escape the snow shoveling! Of course, last year we got hit a couple times; though that was out of the ordinary.
Speaking of weather..... this wind has been howling here for days! It wears me out to work in the wind. Course, everything wears me out in my old age.
Speaking of weather..... this wind has been howling here for days! It wears me out to work in the wind. Course, everything wears me out in my old age.
This the response I woke up to find:
Note: this is AFTER he read the story I quoted from Kathy & sent to him on the Icelandic's origin.
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I fail to see the connection between a randomly bred chicken from Iceland and an exhibition of Standard bred chickens. We have hundreds of varieties of standard bred chickens here in the united states that would seem to me to be more important if one is into preservation. Unless of course you were born in Iceland. I raise Mottled Javas which is a pretty rare breed. We have a hundred plus more breeds and varieties that need help. I looked at the pictures and what you have genetically in the Icelandics is a randomly bred blue red chicken of European background. I have seen flocks of Minor Blues which are a breed or strain or landrace if you care that are American fighting chickens that are randomly bred in the blue red color and the colors are pretty much the same as your Icelandics. You may make money because of the rarity but I believe that you are hurting not helping Standard bred poultry in the US by raising them.
As you can see from this discourse I am not high on the preservationists who just multiply birds mostly without culling for breed type and other attributes. Everyone is welcome to their own life and pursuits so please pretty much ignore the ramblings of this old Standard bred poultry-man.
Brian Decker
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He still fails to see that #1-------THEY ARE CHICKENS
#2-------We as members of the Washington Feather Fanciers take it upon ourselves to both educate & help the general public and all poultry raisers/breeders of new developements, new medications, feeds & diseases and new breeds, techniques in breeding/feeding/housing &hatching of all poultry.
#3-------Even if they were chickens from the MOON, they should be studied, displayed & researched.........and cherished.
But, oh well.
As he stated, he is an old standard breed man.
I bet he detests Silkies, Marans & any other 'new' foreign breed.
he seems to be into Standards such as American breeds only.
What a small world that would be.
OK, I am outta here, got work to do, and so far, I am doing OK walking braced with no crutches!!!!!!!!!
Note: this is AFTER he read the story I quoted from Kathy & sent to him on the Icelandic's origin.
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I fail to see the connection between a randomly bred chicken from Iceland and an exhibition of Standard bred chickens. We have hundreds of varieties of standard bred chickens here in the united states that would seem to me to be more important if one is into preservation. Unless of course you were born in Iceland. I raise Mottled Javas which is a pretty rare breed. We have a hundred plus more breeds and varieties that need help. I looked at the pictures and what you have genetically in the Icelandics is a randomly bred blue red chicken of European background. I have seen flocks of Minor Blues which are a breed or strain or landrace if you care that are American fighting chickens that are randomly bred in the blue red color and the colors are pretty much the same as your Icelandics. You may make money because of the rarity but I believe that you are hurting not helping Standard bred poultry in the US by raising them.
As you can see from this discourse I am not high on the preservationists who just multiply birds mostly without culling for breed type and other attributes. Everyone is welcome to their own life and pursuits so please pretty much ignore the ramblings of this old Standard bred poultry-man.
Brian Decker
"
He still fails to see that #1-------THEY ARE CHICKENS
#2-------We as members of the Washington Feather Fanciers take it upon ourselves to both educate & help the general public and all poultry raisers/breeders of new developements, new medications, feeds & diseases and new breeds, techniques in breeding/feeding/housing &hatching of all poultry.
#3-------Even if they were chickens from the MOON, they should be studied, displayed & researched.........and cherished.
But, oh well.
As he stated, he is an old standard breed man.
I bet he detests Silkies, Marans & any other 'new' foreign breed.
he seems to be into Standards such as American breeds only.
What a small world that would be.
OK, I am outta here, got work to do, and so far, I am doing OK walking braced with no crutches!!!!!!!!!
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Wind makes me nervous, hearing it blowing & blowing non stop just makes me nervous.
I relax after it stops.
And outside, the wind goes right through your coat & clothes.
Cold is tolerable, but wind can shove the cold right down your neck.....
Mary I love the Elvis idea!
And Priscilla & Lisa marie.
here I thought you had been hatching Emus forever...
Wind makes me nervous, hearing it blowing & blowing non stop just makes me nervous.
I relax after it stops.
And outside, the wind goes right through your coat & clothes.
Cold is tolerable, but wind can shove the cold right down your neck.....
Mary I love the Elvis idea!
And Priscilla & Lisa marie.
here I thought you had been hatching Emus forever...
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