Woodland Cottage Farm and Studio

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We are dedicated to the preservation of Icelandic Viking Chickens or Landnámshænan, and Cotton Patch Geese or The Old English Goose. We also have pied Muscovy ducks for pest control.

Icelandic chickens or “Icies” as they are fondly called, are a threatened landrace of Gallus Gallus Domesticus, chicken, suited to the farm or homestead. Their genetics have been isolated for over 1,000 years. The beauty and grace of this bird cannot be understated. Icies are a lively bunch. The roosters are respectful of humans, have up right and proud bearing posture, dance for and tidbit the hens. They have white to cream earlobes and every conceivable comb type and leg coloring is available, and have four toes. Roosters raised together should get along. Usually this year’s rooster and a junior coquerel for next year do exceptional together. The hens make wonderful mothers, have white to cream earlobes, often sport a crest and temperamentally have a wide range of personalities. The eggs are white to light cream, other colors and extra toes indicate contamination in their lineage. They are escape artists. As youngsters coquerelles and pullet can be a little skittish, swift motions will send them scattering. If the roosters are mean or aggressive to humans or hatch mates, and the hens do not make good mothers, or they have feathers on their shanks or toes, then these birds are culled from the breeding program. Usually the caretaker watches which roos the hens prefer and keeps those for breeding. These are the requirements to uphold the specifications for Landnámshænan. In the US and Canada it is advisable to ask for proof of their lineage back to the four original imports. Woodland Cottage chicks are accompanied with their lineage chart. They are “not suitable for confinement management systems, if given range to roam—whether on pasture or in woods” they are great foragers, mothers and egg layers of cream to white medium to large eggs, these birds are intelligent and aware of their surroundings. ~Livestock Conservancy https://livestockconservancy.org/index.php/heritage/internal/icelandic

We are not a hatchery, but a small cottage. We delight in being able to provide healthy, good, strong, pure, and distantly related genetics that can be traced back to the original imports lines, Hlésey, Behl, Sigrid, and Húsatóftir, to the American Continent. Icie chicks & fertile eggs are available for local pickup or shipped *overnight. “Custom Hatches” can be arranged; average time takes 1 month + 21 days, to arrange for selective breeding to ensure you get as wide a range of genetics possible. In March the first batch of eggs will be going into the incubator to start our Spring incubation.is our usual breeding. PM for scheduling and availability.

In December 2017, we’ve added, the Norman line of landrace, Cotton Patch Geese to the preservation efforts. Our geese are amorous in the month of March with eggs soon to follow. Goslings can be picked up on site. We have both saddleback (pied) and mostly grey. One of our core saddleback geese have the rare pairing of blue-eyes.

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