Icelandic Chickens

[Icelander]

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LOL 50 degrees would be nice right now, insulation or not! My Icelandics seem to be handling the heat just fine too. I am losing my heavy bodied birds though, lost 2 gold laced Cochins yesterday

I'm guessing it was over 100 in their pen, though they could move somewhere cooler. The Icelandics and the Iowa Blues migrate to the most comfortable area in the barn. I did lose one cockerel to stupidity though, I found him hanging by his neck when I got home from work Friday. They like to perch on the dog's kennel and he must have slipped down and caught his head in the corner between the two panels. I fixed that area so it won't happen again, but wow. Sad deal. On the other hand, my pullet with the injured foot is doing OK. I have her in a cage in the coop so she can't be hastled but she is starting to put weight on it. Perhaps it isn't broken after all.

My Icelandics lay better in the heat than any of my other birds... but I did loose one to the heat this year. I so wish I could 'free range' them.

NotAFarm, karmw, Mahonri it is so AWESOME that the birds do so well in the heat but we would never have known that if folks like you didn't give them a chance in different environments. If I was still living in Las Vegas I don't think I would ever have thought of picking Icelandics as my breed...

 

[kathyinmo]

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[NotAFarm]

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[Farmerboy16]

Elska..... Got 6 of her eggs in my bator, and it looks like that they are all fertile!

 

[NotAFarm]

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[kathyinmo]

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[Happy Chooks]

Gosh Elska is beautiful.

 

[NotAFarm]

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[Icelander]

And she knows it.............just look at her posing like she's a super model........

She really is a beauty that girl! <3
What is that coloring called?

kathyinmo, looks like your birds have excellent instincts. Hope they stay cool tomorrow.