Icelandic Chickens

[Totalcolour]

I'm so sorry about your bad day Mary. I can understand though about being glad it was the one with the beak issue. And sorry too about the eggs. I also love mille fleurs

And good to hear you are getting better Dar.

Had rack of goat for Christmas dinner (don't tell Jake)

On another note:-
I GOT MY FIRST ICEE EGG TODAY!

 

[The Sheriff]

I found my girl!!!!!!!!!!!! Details in a bit. Gotta secure animals for the night.

 

[kathyinmo]

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OMG! Now I am on pins and needles. HURRY UP!

 

[Chickielady]

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My Turkeys stand up tall when a hawk is seen..besides that, they seem to have far better eyesight than the chickens do.
At their alarm I can come outside & follow their gaze up to which tree the hawk or eagle is in.
-have to remember we have very tall fir trees here.
Birds of prey can hide easily in the dense branches, 30, 60 or 90 feet up~~~~~~
I am very glad I have turkeys

 

[Chickielady]

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Congrates my dear!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Icelandics are smarter - Luna would escape every day for her morning walk and get herself back in when she was done. Of course, it didn't last long before a predator got her.

I lost a wellie girl tonight. I was going to move her to the other coop tonight too. I went in to close up and do the normal headcount and she was missing. I looked EVERYWHERE inside the coop, outside the coop, outside the run, etc. No feathers, no trace of her - just POOF gone. I really hope she's hiding, we thought we had this predator stuff taken care of. I know she was there this morning when I gave treats (leftovers from Christmas dinner - chickens eating prime rib

) but I can't recall if she was there when I fed the scratch in the afternoon.

 

[Totalcolour]

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Congrates my dear!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Robin, especially since I got them from you. Spike (Birchen boy - we call him Spike after Spike Milligan, the British writer and Comedian) is a really wonderful boy - he is so proud, strutting about, looking after everything, even to making sure the ducks are behaving! The only thing he isn't good at, is keeping the little girls inside the pasture. They found out where hubby spilled the wheelbarrow full of rabbit poop, and were having a feast of maggots. I guess he was torn between staying inside with the other 18 girls, or going out to be with the little three. The 18 inside won!

I'm going to wait until spring before trying to hatch any eggs. Wait until they are a bit older and the eggs are bigger.

Question:

The other rooster, Beau, he keeps his distance from Spike, who is obviously top Chicken here. Will Beau get any chance of breeding or will Spike just keep him away from the girls? So far, every time Beaus gets close, Spike is after him. Just want to know so I know which is the male parent. Whether or not to keep them separate, give him a few girls of his own.

 

[Totalcolour]

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Maybe she's just out hiding somewhere, like Mary's chicken. Perhaps she'll come back tomorrow. Sometimes, mine go AWOL for a day or so and then miraculously return.

 

[Happy Chooks]

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Maybe she's just out hiding somewhere, like Mary's chicken. Perhaps she'll come back tomorrow. Sometimes, mine go AWOL for a day or so and then miraculously return.

I hope I find her tomorrow.

 

[kathyinmo]

Awww, Kelly, darn it! I sure hope you find your Wellie girl.