Olandsk Dwarf Chickens

[BerrytangleFarm]

 

[BerrytangleFarm]

Rúna is an Icelandic hen, but I couldn't resist this picture. She has a vaulted skull in addition to her crest and usually looks just like a Polish! She got wet, too

 

[mlm Mike]

Wet chicken pics, how cute. In the 40's, if it were me, I'd just give them the option. I don't ever recall seeing an Icelandic with such a big crest!

 

[BerrytangleFarm]

Everyone dried out. So funny to watch them run around in the rain searching for better bugs!

 

[BerrytangleFarm]

Surprised 'em in the coop

 

[celticgarden]

Eggs are in the incubator...well, not in this photo but you get the point 

Day 18 today!!! I only had to remove 1 egg that stalled development. I'm not counting on getting any babies as this is my first hatch ever but I'm hopeful. I started talking to the little ones last night, upped humidity and locked down. I'll bring the countryside organics grower food in from coop storage and have some ground fine for the beginning. Also the chick waterers with pebbles, everything cleaned completely. Ok, so I am excited but maintaining realistic expectations.

I have a 2nd incubator going with some eBay bantam Wyandotte eggs. Sadly I hold less hope for those. They got stalled 5 days in the mail. But you never know. I think though that if I get into breeding at all my heart will belong to the olandsks. The wyandottes were a lark, impulse buy. Ok, the whole chicken thing was impulse but I'm not getting younger, life is often serious and there's so much pleasure from something like keeping chickens, both the hard work and their antics, the pleasure of figuring out how to get the birds to thrive.

Off to prep and while I'm at it start another batch of fermented feed for my 3 month old layers. Eggs for Christmas? Who knows lol.

 

[mlm Mike]

Day 18 today!!! I only had to remove 1 egg that stalled development. I'm not counting on getting any babies as this is my first hatch ever but I'm hopeful. I started talking to the little ones last night, upped humidity and locked down. I'll bring the countryside organics grower food in from coop storage and have some ground fine for the beginning. Also the chick waterers with pebbles, everything cleaned completely. Ok, so I am excited but maintaining realistic expectations.
I have a 2nd incubator going with some eBay bantam Wyandotte eggs. Sadly I hold less hope for those. They got stalled 5 days in the mail. But you never know. I think though that if I get into breeding at all my heart will belong to the olandsks. The wyandottes were a lark, impulse buy. Ok, the whole chicken thing was impulse but I'm not getting younger, life is often serious and there's so much pleasure from something like keeping chickens, both the hard work and their antics, the pleasure of figuring out how to get the birds to thrive.
Off to prep and while I'm at it start another batch of fermented feed for my 3 month old layers. Eggs for Christmas? Who knows lol.

Good luck, hope you are posting new chick photos soon!

 

[celticgarden]

Still waiting. I have some hope left, today is day 21. I started the incubator at 99.5 and got advice to raise that temp but by then I was part way though incubation. Perhaps that has delayed hatch. Yesterday and today one egg was very actively rocking, a blip here and there from others. No noise that i could discern but the Brinsea incubator is annoyingly loud. Maybe the full moon will give them the oomph to get out. If I'm not successful this time I will try again in the Spring.

Linda

 

[Herducks]

I have not hatched OD yet, but I have had eggs hatch up to 4 days past due date. I was going to toss the night before but was too tired and lazy and decided to wait one more day. Good thing I did!

 

[celticgarden]

Just got a call from the kids at home, three are on their way out! My 12 yo daughter is sitting there watching, WOW, something more interesting than doing her homework in front of the TV, wonderful. 5 more minutes at work and I'm on my way home to watch myself!

Thanks Herducks, I already intended to wait. My oh so busy life allows me more patience than I used to have. Pics coming, hoping the little critters make it!