Icelandic Chicken

     The Icelandic is a landrace breed of Chickens from Iceland. It’s an old breed that has been on the island since at least the 9^th century, where it was raised by Norse settlers.

     Icelandics are medium-sized birds which are not firmly standardized in appearance. They have red faces, white earlobes (red earlobes occasionally occur), and bright-yellow legs. Icelandic chickens also possess a wide range of plumage colors, skin coloration and comb types, and some of them have head crests too. Although they sometimes look totally different, all of them share the same amount of hardiness and the ability of disease-resistance.

     Icelandics are active chickens that enjoy foraging and lay well even in the winter. The hens are very good layers of medium-sized creamy-white eggs (around 200 eggs per year). They tend to go broody too, and make excellent mothers.