Shetland Hens

[glendor787]

Good day to all,
Any of you raising Shetland Gens? I got 3, first time with the breed. Mine got short tails. Just curious about personal experience with the breed.

 

[centrarchid]

I bet the have similar origin to the Icelandic Chicken with addition of what Spanish are reputed to have brought.

 

[dayth]

I received 9 Shetlands from Greenfire earlier this year about about 3 had little to no tail. Pic is of best tailless 'roo.

 

[Cedarmont Chickens]

It is my understanding that the Shetland Hens probably originated from Araucanas that came over to Ireland from Chile. That might explain the short tail.

 

[Araucana Nest]

I will be working with Shetlands this spring, along with Araucana and Cream Legbar.

 

[Newyorkrita]

Are they large Fowl or more of a bantam size?

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

I had no clue this was a breed!

 

[Newyorkrita]

Seem to be new at GreenFire Farms.

 

[sjango]

Anymore pictures of Shetlands anyone has ordered? The ones on their website look to have pink shanks, but all these ones all seem to have dark shanks. Also there seems to be a wide variety of colors on the website but all of these ones look black/mahogany. Curious to see if anyone has gotten anything different.

 

[Newyorkrita]

Anymore pictures of Shetlands anyone has ordered? The ones on their website look to have pink shanks, but all these ones all seem to have dark shanks. Also there seems to be a wide variety of colors on the website but all of these ones look black/mahogany. Curious to see if anyone has gotten anything different.

Good point.
They are rather pricey but I guess that is normal when newly imported.