Icelandic Chickens

[NotAFarm]

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[Jake Levi]

Lots of uncertainty going around, I may have to rehome my flock, small, but family,

I cant get a clear reading of what is necessary health wise to take them into Canada and then back into the US at the Alaskan border.

My vet has gotten 3 different regs for the US and 2 for Canada, so they are rechecking.

If, I cant, I will rehome them to somewhere here in MI, and get eggs from Michelle or someone else in AK.

Right now its all a definite maybe.

I really dont like this with the calendar ticking off the days.

 

[karimw]

Lots of uncertainty going around, I may have to rehome my flock, small, but family,

I cant get a clear reading of what is necessary health wise to take them into Canada and then back into the US at the Alaskan border.

My vet has gotten 3 different regs for the US and 2 for Canada, so they are rechecking.

If, I cant, I will rehome them to somewhere here in MI, and get eggs from Michelle or someone else in AK.

Right now its all a definite maybe.

I really dont like this with the calendar ticking off the days.

I hope every thing works out for you, Jake!

 

[The Sheriff]

Yep sure looks like a male to me. I played with the color/lightness but it still looks like a male to me. Let me know if you want to try again!

Mary

Kathy, That little guy is a chip on the ol' Diablo block!! I need to get some new pics of my juvies and better individual pics of the Easter hatch chicks that are with mommas.

Shawn, My prayer is for safe travels to all your participants and some great weather. You've done a fantastic job of promoting your Chickenstock!

Mary, Those are some beautiful hens!! I'm still waiting to see if my one Isbar from the Easter Hatchalong is male/female. I fear that I have a cockerel at the moment. At almost four weeks, it's on the left.......what do you think? The middle chick is an Icelandic, one on the right a Golden Campine.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Other Mary...........sorry that Isbar is a cockerel. I hatched 2 Isbars originally and they were both boys. Then I hatched 5 more (1 died) and all 4 are cockerels. I give up.

Mahonri..........good luck with the broody.

Jake........hope you get it all sorted out.

 

[The Sheriff]

I have hatched Isbars girls!

Sorry Kelly and Mary.

I confirmed this morning that both cream legbars that Raven is mothering are females. That is a

. That makes my flock one roo and nine pullets so I am happy. I still have two eggs in the incubator but they don't seem to be doing much. Of all the females , only one that I hatched from eBay eggs is not crested. That's pretty good.

 

[The Sheriff]

Gosh Jake that is a bummer. When we traveled to Canada in our motorhome they actually searched it. They were looking for lettuce and chicken. The eating kind. I hope you get it worked out. You will probably be told one thing, then get there to be told another and have to find homes for your birds before crossing the border. Why can't someone come up with definitive answer? How hard is that?

 

[The Sheriff]

Kathy. Make sure you keep your doors locked.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

Kathy. Make sure you keep your doors locked.

Jake, good luck with your endeavors.

 

[Ravie]

Hi guys,

My first Icelandics (from Sheriff Mary) are almost done hatching. Out of the 21 that made it to lockdown, I will have 20. So, not bad. They are an assortment of pretty colors, but I really like the chocolate brown ones! I've never seen an all-brown chick with no striping before. Adorable. I'm also amazed at how fluffy their necks are. They all look like they have crazy hair-dos.

Mary, I know about your feathering issue (I've read about it here and on your site. Would I see it in day-old chicks, or would I have to wait a few weeks to know if any of mine will have it as adults?. I realize it's recessive, so if I don't "see" it in this group, it doesn't mean I won't see it in the next generation.