Surviving Minnesota!

[jerryse]

I would love an Icelandic, but wouldn't want the comb for frostbite, are you going to try and breed the comb to cushion comb maybe? I think a bird called an icelandic should have a cusion comb,

I will use him in my auto sexing project to make cushion combs . Pea + Rose = cushion . He most likely carries single comb also .

 

[holm25]

They were bred in Iceland by an older lady whos flock fended for them selves and had a shed and a few scraps from her kitchen each day.

 

[jerryse]

Anyone try the Swedish Hedemora breed up there ?

 

[Bogtown Chick]

LOL. I have never heard of that one Jerryse, myself.

Holm...you are a little chicken encyclopedia....

 

[jerryse]

http://www.raising-chickens.org/Hedemora-Chicken.html Here is a link looks like I misspelled it .

 

[jerryse]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/414844/hedemora-thread Another link

 

[Cluckies]

Anyone try the Swedish Hedimora breed up there .

Those look really interesting, also, upon reading about those, I ran into these also from Sweden...

Bjurholmshöna with photos
google translate, no photos

found on the Hedemora thread here

I may have to one day get some of these, when they start selling them and the price comes down in a few years, My Grandma's last name was Bjurstrom and my Grandpa's (and mine until I got married) last name was Holm...Very fun!

I think @holm25 will need some as well!

 

[jerryse]

Another thought . Pin cherries . Mom used to make pin cherry jelly . Really good . I may have to plant some . I wonder if anyone ever tried to cross these with sour cherries . The romance series from Canada and Nortstar from University of Minnesota seem to use foreign species for hardiness .

 

[Cluckies]

Another thought . Pin cherries . Mom used to make pin cherry jelly . Really good . I may have to plant some . I wonder if anyone ever tried to cross these with sour cherries . The romance series from Canada and Nortstar from University of Minnesota seem to use foreign species for hardiness .

Well, you got me there, i've not heard of a pin cherry... ground cherries, yes, very tasty. Pin cherries? sorry, nope...

 

[holm25]

Those look really interesting, also, upon reading about those, I ran into these also from Sweden...

[COLOR=333333]Bjurholmshöna[/COLOR] with photos
google translate, no photos

found on the Hedemora thread here

I may have to one day get some of these, when they start selling them and the price comes down in a few years, My Grandma's last name was Bjurstrom and my Grandpa's (and mine until I got married) last name was Holm...Very fun!

I think @holm25
 will need some as well!    

Awesome!! My last name is Holm!! I have heard the last name Bjurstrom somewhere!