Icelandic Chickens
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Hi Kathy
Yes, I read through it, what I dont think was considered is the climate/humidity of the places with successful leg feathering, the Ptarmigan live in a low humidity climate, and as pointed out the feathers are not hard ,
The Swedish Hedemora has soft feathering one coat is described as almost hair like, and their combs are very small which to me is a definite advantage.
there is a lot more involved then just feathering present or absent, type of feathering and the climate/humidity is a major factor. Of course if the chickens arnt free ranging then any kind of feather should help. With the isolation of the Icelandic I dont think there was a lot of opportunity for other genes to get a trial, I am curious why the feathered legs are present , if they wernt working, or just not enough of a hindrance to die out, or good enough to be a natural selection factor?
Its all a puzzlement to me. It will be very interesting to me to see how these work out.
Life is good, and better with Icelandics !
Yes, I read through it, what I dont think was considered is the climate/humidity of the places with successful leg feathering, the Ptarmigan live in a low humidity climate, and as pointed out the feathers are not hard ,
The Swedish Hedemora has soft feathering one coat is described as almost hair like, and their combs are very small which to me is a definite advantage.
there is a lot more involved then just feathering present or absent, type of feathering and the climate/humidity is a major factor. Of course if the chickens arnt free ranging then any kind of feather should help. With the isolation of the Icelandic I dont think there was a lot of opportunity for other genes to get a trial, I am curious why the feathered legs are present , if they wernt working, or just not enough of a hindrance to die out, or good enough to be a natural selection factor?
Its all a puzzlement to me. It will be very interesting to me to see how these work out.
Life is good, and better with Icelandics !
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She's gorgeous Dar! What kind of chicks is she raising?
The six of them came from a Revolutionmama grab bag.
I got one White crested Blue Cuckoo polish, (hope it's a pullet!)
One black sumatra and then I still have no clue on the other four
I'm thinking two Red Sussex and two Buff Sussex. Both rare in the US
She's gorgeous Dar! What kind of chicks is she raising?
The six of them came from a Revolutionmama grab bag.
I got one White crested Blue Cuckoo polish, (hope it's a pullet!)
One black sumatra and then I still have no clue on the other four
I'm thinking two Red Sussex and two Buff Sussex. Both rare in the US
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Mary - you sure you aren't just trying to get out of cooking?
hope you're feeling better soon.
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