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What do you mean by "over and over again"? That I posted here before?
What do you mean by "over and over again"? That I posted here before?
Icelandic Chickens
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Thanks! By "not breeding true," do you mean that they can pass along a whole different body type to their offspring? Like the parent generation may be slender and graceful, but the offspring could be stout and clumsy?
They reproduce the same body type wise and with egg color. However, their physical coloring is very different. They can have crests or no crests. Clean shanks or feathered shanks. Most of this is covered in the article I posted.
Thanks! By "not breeding true," do you mean that they can pass along a whole different body type to their offspring? Like the parent generation may be slender and graceful, but the offspring could be stout and clumsy?
They reproduce the same body type wise and with egg color. However, their physical coloring is very different. They can have crests or no crests. Clean shanks or feathered shanks. Most of this is covered in the article I posted.
Gresh as Chooks said, read the first few pages, all of your questions are answered there, dont keep reinventing the wheel, if you wont invest even that much time in doing your own homework then this breed is not for you. Forget them and go on to a new modern breed.
This is not an add water and stir breed. Its not for you.
This is not an add water and stir breed. Its not for you.
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Unbelievable.
Getting the same thing in my PM box with a different name. Why do people who don't care for landrace fowl come on the threads and trash them? People who enjoy landrace fowl don't go on the SOP recognized threads and trash their SOP birds. Makes no sense to me. The term "mutt" and "hodgepodge of crossbred mutts" as in the PM I received, are uncalled for, rude and quite frankly, ignorant.
So, as we have done in the past, not arguing with them is the way to go. We have no obligation to do research for these people and attempt to educate them. It was my own personal research and resulting passion for these wonderfully different chickens that made me stop at nothing to get them. Everyday they amaze me in their ability to avoid predators, find their own food, take care of their offspring, live in harmony with one another, and delight everyone who passes by with their beauty. Mutts? No. Pure Icelandic Landrace chickens? Yes.
Go compare your chickens to a drawing in a book.
Getting the same thing in my PM box with a different name. Why do people who don't care for landrace fowl come on the threads and trash them? People who enjoy landrace fowl don't go on the SOP recognized threads and trash their SOP birds. Makes no sense to me. The term "mutt" and "hodgepodge of crossbred mutts" as in the PM I received, are uncalled for, rude and quite frankly, ignorant.
So, as we have done in the past, not arguing with them is the way to go. We have no obligation to do research for these people and attempt to educate them. It was my own personal research and resulting passion for these wonderfully different chickens that made me stop at nothing to get them. Everyday they amaze me in their ability to avoid predators, find their own food, take care of their offspring, live in harmony with one another, and delight everyone who passes by with their beauty. Mutts? No. Pure Icelandic Landrace chickens? Yes.
Go compare your chickens to a drawing in a book.
Xs2 what she said !
Anyone who cant look through a couple pages from the beginning of the thread has no business looking further at this breed.
Life is good and Icelandic Chickens make it better !
Anyone who cant look through a couple pages from the beginning of the thread has no business looking further at this breed.
Life is good and Icelandic Chickens make it better !
I have an update on the crash test dummies. Actually it's a teaser update, as I don't have the pictures with me. 2 have feathered legs. I is just a couple feathers as I've seen some of you post before. The other has a fur strip running down her leg. it looks kinda cool. Not feathered like a normal feathered shank breed (ie: FBCM, Silkie, Brahma, etc.) just a little solid stripe of feather like she missed a spot while shaving
I'm planning on using my broody Icelandic as bator #1 for the New Year's Day hatch and on New Years Day we are seperating the mixed layer flock from the Icey's so we can have pure Icelandics for the Easter hatch. By then I will be filling up the bator AND under broodies, and looking forward to a Viking population EXPLOSION
I'm planning on using my broody Icelandic as bator #1 for the New Year's Day hatch and on New Years Day we are seperating the mixed layer flock from the Icey's so we can have pure Icelandics for the Easter hatch. By then I will be filling up the bator AND under broodies, and looking forward to a Viking population EXPLOSION
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I love the differences and they are so significantly different, it is just awesome and amazing to watch and enjoy. Their beauty defies description, their foraging skills are unbeatable, even in the cold, under several inches (or over a foot) of snow, their roosting habits are histerical. Every day is a holiday with these wonderful birds in my barn.
I'm so glad I decided to click on this thread and read it through. I just Love Love LOVE these birds.
I love the differences and they are so significantly different, it is just awesome and amazing to watch and enjoy. Their beauty defies description, their foraging skills are unbeatable, even in the cold, under several inches (or over a foot) of snow, their roosting habits are histerical. Every day is a holiday with these wonderful birds in my barn.
I'm so glad I decided to click on this thread and read it through. I just Love Love LOVE these birds.
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I love the differences and they are so significantly different, it is just awesome and amazing to watch and enjoy. Their beauty defies description, their foraging skills are unbeatable, even in the cold, under several inches (or over a foot) of snow, their roosting habits are histerical. Every day is a holiday with these wonderful birds in my barn.
I'm so glad I decided to click on this thread and read it through. I just Love Love LOVE these birds.
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My sister-in-law is taking pictures of my Icelandics now, and I will post pictures when she emails them to me.
I love the differences and they are so significantly different, it is just awesome and amazing to watch and enjoy. Their beauty defies description, their foraging skills are unbeatable, even in the cold, under several inches (or over a foot) of snow, their roosting habits are histerical. Every day is a holiday with these wonderful birds in my barn.
I'm so glad I decided to click on this thread and read it through. I just Love Love LOVE these birds.
x2!
My sister-in-law is taking pictures of my Icelandics now, and I will post pictures when she emails them to me.
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My sister-in-law is taking pictures of my Icelandics now, and I will post pictures when she emails them to me.
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My sister-in-law is taking pictures of my Icelandics now, and I will post pictures when she emails them to me.
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Hi Michelle! Nice to see you back. You must not be able to drag yourself out of that beautiful barn long enough to post!
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