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Viking chickens are a breed of chicken from Iceland. These chickens were brought to Iceland by the Vikings in the 9th century AD and were found on most farms for centuries. Indeed, one of their Icelandic names -- Íslenska landnámshænan -- means "Icelandic hen of the settlers." With the advent of the commercial type chickens, by the 1950s the Icelandic breed was nearly extinct. All the birds now existing (less than 3,000) are descended from a very small group of fowl saved in the 1970s.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Monday, August 9, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
new addition built for the Icelandics!!!
We have to build an addition to the existing coop
to keep the Icelandics separate for breeding purposes...
to keep the Icelandics separate for breeding purposes...
my daughter Helen painted the sign...
we called the addition to the coop "The Westfjords" because it
is on the west side of the existing coop, My Great Grandparents
emigrated from Ísafjörður, in the Westfjords, Iceland to Canada in 1893
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
5 baby Icelandic Chickens!!
all five of them are in the brooder now...
eating, drinking and playing!!!
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eating, drinking and playing!!!
click this link to view my MyPhotoAlbum :: iceland2010's MyPhotoAlbum Gallery :: growing quickly!Friday, July 9, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
today is day 20
One egg has "pipped"! and 4 hours later it has HATCHED!!!
gorgeous little Viking chicken! if it's a boy, his name will be "Erik",
and if it's a girl, she will be called "Erika"!
Friday, July 2, 2010
reviewing the eggs
Tom and I candled the eggs tonight and saw that 6 of them were not developing properly, or at all... they needed to be disposed of!
14 left! keep your fingers crossed!!!
14 left! keep your fingers crossed!!!
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Saturday - day 8
I candled the eggs today...
Tom made a home-made candling device out of a galvanized flower pot.
He drilled a hole in the bottom, and I glued some felt on it...
Obviously this isn't an egg... the eggs looked good, at least the majority do, there are a couple of "suspect" eggs...
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Nervous Wreck!
watching the eggs constantly! worried about temperature fluctuations! o_O
set the incubator on Sophie's crate that is in my office (Sophie's bedroom)
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a view inside the incubator!
Friday, June 18, 2010
Eggs Are Fine!
All 20 of the eggs are fine!They are now in the incubator at 100°F and humidity at around 40-50%
Thursday, June 17, 2010
leaving Iceland! National Day - June 17th
Jóhanna Harðardóttir, who I bought the eggs from...the rune signifies "Protection" for the trip to Canada!
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Viking festival 2010 - Hafnarfjördur, Iceland
Viking festival 2010 at the Fjörukráin-Hótel Víking in Hafnarfjördur, Iceland. They decided to sell "Íslenka landnámshænanegg" - free range eggs from Viking hens!!!
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