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Icelandic chickens are hardy in different climates, thrifty and make excellent farm and ranch birds. They are also adaptable enough to thrive in backyard conditions, and when raised by calm people who spend time with them, are often very friendly and trusting. They are not a modern dual purpose breed but do lay a lot of medium-sized white to pale tan eggs, and often lay over a long lifetime and during winter months. Some hens in every flock will go broody and be excellent mothers. Icelandics are medium-sized and have a small carcass weight (about 2.5 pounds for a five month old cockerel).
Icelandic chickens are alert and react quickly to danger but are not immune to predation by wild animals, hawks and dogs. A secure coop for night is a must, and good fencing and/or a livestock guard dog will help their survival. Icelandic chickens love to forage, dig in manure and compost piles, and can fly quite well, which helps them to roost as high as they are able to at night.
Icelandic chickens are not standardized in appearance, possess a wide range of plumage colors and patterns, and comb types. Some have feather crests. The Eigenda- og ræktendafélag landnámshænsna (ERL) or The Owners and Breeders Association of Landnámshænan in Iceland, has written a description of the landrace. Being a landrace, and capable of evolving to conditions it lives in, it cannot have a Standard of Perfection that a Breed has. Unlike a modern chicken breed that commonly has an inbred factor of 12%, Icelandics have proven by DNA analysis to be remarkably genetically diverse.
icelandic, chicken, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, january. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Icelandic chicken news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Icelandic chicken is a type of chicken from Iceland Called islenska haenan Icelandic pronunciation ˈistlɛnska ˈhaiːnan Icelandic chicken Haughaensni ˈhœyɣˌhainstnɪ pile chicken or landnamshaenan ˈlantˌnaumsˌhaiːnan hen of the settlers in the Icelandic language They are a landrace fowl which are rare outside their native country They have been present on the island since introduction by Norse settlers in the 9th century 1 Icelandic chickenA flock of Icelandic settler roosters and hensCountry of originIcelandTraitsSkin colorYellowEgg colorWhite to pale tanComb typeVariations of rose straight pea and combinationsClassificationIcelandic chickens are hardy in different climates thrifty and make excellent farm and ranch birds They are also adaptable enough to thrive in backyard conditions and when raised by calm people who spend time with them are often very friendly and trusting They are not a modern dual purpose breed but do lay a lot of medium sized white to pale tan eggs and often lay over a long lifetime and during winter months Some hens in every flock will go broody and be excellent mothers Icelandics are medium sized and have a small carcass weight about 2 5 pounds for a five month old cockerel Icelandic chickens are alert and react quickly to danger but are not immune to predation by wild animals hawks and dogs A secure coop for night is a must and good fencing and or a livestock guard dog will help their survival Icelandic chickens love to forage dig in manure and compost piles and can fly quite well which helps them to roost as high as they are able to at night Icelandic chickens are not standardized in appearance possess a wide range of plumage colors and patterns and comb types Some have feather crests The Eigenda og raektendafelag landnamshaensna ERL or The Owners and Breeders Association of Landnamshaenan in Iceland has written a description of the landrace Being a landrace and capable of evolving to conditions it lives in it cannot have a Standard of Perfection that a Breed has Unlike a modern chicken breed that commonly has an inbred factor of 12 Icelandics have proven by DNA analysis to be remarkably genetically diverse See also editList of chicken breeds Icelandic cattle Icelandic goat Icelandic horse Icelandic sheep Icelandic sheepdogReferences edit Ussery Harvey 2014 ICELANDIC CHICKENS An Ancient Breed for Modern Homesteads Mother Earth News 266 Ogden Publications Inc 55 59 External links editHistory of Icelandic Chicken Facebook group that acts as the North American and Icelandic club The Livestock Conservancy Icelandic Chicken page Mother Earth News article by Harvey Ussery on Icelandic Chickens Icelandic Icelandic Chicken breeder in Iceland photos nbsp This poultry article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Icelandic chicken amp oldid 1177877258, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
