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The Stylish Gardener

Rare Isbar Chickens

8/22/2014

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    One of the rarest breed of chickens on the homestead is the Isbar (ice-bar).  This breed hails from Sweden and was developed in the 1950's by a catholic monk.  They've only been available in the United States since 2011. 
    The birds are a smaller breed, but larger than a bantam.  The most coveted feather color is called "blue", which is in reality a shade of slate-gray. Our birds are Blue and Splash (white with large gray specks).  They love to free-range and are quiet birds, although sometimes a bit skittish.  The hens lay a beautiful green egg, and on my farm, are very broody.  They seem to have a special bond with their chicks, too.  I've often found their offspring nesting right along with the mother even after maturity. 
    Our Isbar flock is small right now, but that won't be the case for long if the broody mothers keep on hatching chicks.  We'd like to eventually make some fertile eggs available to other rare-breed chicken lovers, too.  That's further down the road for us, but right now we simply enjoy having this very rare breed roaming around the barnyard. 

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Martha Griffin
7/17/2016 09:16:22 am

I have 3 of these beautiful birds 1 roo and 2 hens. I was wondering , how old are they when they start laying? I love my babies.

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Martha
8/25/2016 11:51:38 pm

I have 2 hens and a roo. I was wondering at what age do the hens start laying ? My girls are5 mo.s. and also do your roos crow very loud? I havent heard myne crow but once or twice and not very loudley.

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S.A. Richardson
6/15/2018 09:22:32 pm

5-6 months is average most hens to start laying, and roosters vary in crowing but tend to get louder and more confident as they age...your comment was hidden and I just discovered it! Sorry for the delay!

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