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Icelandic Chicken Hatching Eggs

US $50.00

Iron River, Wisconsin, United States
Jan 30th

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Selling 12+ pure Icelandic Chicken, hatching eggs. I send extra, usually up to 18, if I have them to spare. Whippoorwill Farm's Icelandic Chickens are considered by many to be one of the most colorful and genetically diverse, preservation flock of Icelandic Chickens in North America. I select hatching eggs for my customers, with the intention of providing you with as much color and genetic diversity as possible. Please feel free to visit my Facebook page, ' Icelandic Chickens of Whippoorwill Farm ' for more photos and information, you will also find a link to my website there. Our chickens are allowed a "natural" life and free-range for much of the year on our Scandinavian inspired farmstead, here in Northern WI, protected from predators by our livestock guardian dog, Freyja. I have eight years of experience raising Icelandic Chickens and do not keep other breeds of poultry on my farm to ensure the purity of my birds. I keep four distinct "lines" and my chickens are from five imports representing five preservation farms in Iceland. The U.S. Icelandic chicken lines are named after their importers and are referred to as the Behl line, Sigrid's line and Vala's line, there may be others that I'm unaware of. The Behl line birds came from Kolsholt farm, Sigrid's line from Steinum II and Sy?stu Fossum farms and Vala's lines are from Hlesey and Husatoftir farms. I have first generation Husatoftir and second generation Hlesey and Husatoftir birds from these breeders in our flock. My Sigrid and Behl line birds came directly from Lyle Behl. We are a Wisconsin Tested Flock and NPIP Certified, free of pullorum-typhoid. Considered an Old World treasure, Icelandic chickens were brought to Iceland by the Vikings in the 9th century AD and were the only chickens in Iceland for ten centuries. Indeed, one of their Icelandic names -- Islenska landnamshaenan -- means "Icelandic hen of the settlers." With the advent of the commercial type chickens, the Icelandic breed was nearly extinct by the 1950s. All the birds now existing ( around 3,000 ) are descended from a very small group of fowl saved in the 1970s. The Icelandic chicken was found to be 78% different genetically than modern chicken breeds, therefore crossing with other breeds is strongly discouraged and once crossed, the offspring and descendants from these crosses can never be considered Icelandics. Keeping them pure is the only way they can be preserved. They have been around for over a thousand years. We must be responsible keepers of this treasure. A landrace, with no set standard, Icelandic Chickens come in a variety of plumage colors, skin colors and comb types. The hens reach 3 to 3 1/2 lbs with roosters weighing 4 to 5 lbs at maturity, they lay richly flavored, medium to large, ivory or tinted colored eggs. Known for their hardiness, prolific egg laying and docile nature, Icelandic chickens are capable of foraging for much of their own food around a farm, a great asset considering the high cost of feed these days. Due to increased interest and demand for hatching eggs from our preservation flock, we are not able to offer many extras at this time. It is the end of the laying season, our hens are molting and egg production is down considerably, this may also affect fertility. Eggs can and do freeze in cold temperatures. We do a great job of packaging and customers have reported very good hatches even in the coldest temps, just be aware that this is a possibility when placing your order. Our hens will resume normal laying sometime in January, early February. Thank you all so much for your interest in our beautiful birds. .