Silverudd's Blue Chick (Unsexed)

* Flat Rate Shipping Cost: 

USPS Priority 2-3 Day - $29

USPS Express 1-2 Day - $69

* This is one of our rare chicken breeds that 3 Time Olympic Gold Medalist, Kimberly Rhode had us deliver to her in 2020! 

* 3 chicks minimum for Live Arrival Guarantee. You can mix and match breeds.

* Ship Date: Chicks are shipped weekly. Your chicks will hatch & ship on one of the Mondays-Wednesdays of your "estimated ship month". 

* Select the same ship month if ordering multiple breeds. 

Heat pack(s), plenty of nest material under and/or around the chicks and professional packaging are included with the cost of shipping. Shipping cost is the same flat rate no matter how many chicks you order.

Description:

This incredibly rare chicken breed was imported into the US in 2011 from Sweden. The Swedish Isbar also called Silverudd's Blue, is one of the very few chicken breeds that lay moss green eggs. In fact, they are the only chicken breed on the planet with single combs that lay green eggs. In 2017, Feather Lover Farms acquired multiple unrelated breeding flocks by hand selecting each bird as adults for pristine genetic quality and have since then been building only the finest specimens to use in our breeding program. Our breeding pens consist of both he 1st and 2nd Swedish Isbar imports for genetic diversity. 

Isbar, pronounced "Ice-Bar", is a new breed that was created in the 1950's by a priest named Martin Silverudd. Father Silverudd, obsessed with the genetics of chickens, developed a number of different chicken breeds, including the 55 Flowery Hen, the Molilja, the Queen Sylvia and the Isbar. His goal in creating new auto-sexing chicken breeds that laid an abundant amount of unique colored eggs. He is very well respected in chicken genetic circles and his protocols are still being used today in universities and breeding programs.

Feather Lover Farms flocks of Isbar are some of the last Isbar genetics that were imported from Sweden. There are a few varieties of Isbar including a deep blue, birchen and splash blue color. With the Isbar having blue genetics, this makes auto-sexing in chicks almost impossible and we can only offer them as unsexed day-old chicks. If you are seeking only sexed chicks that will lay colored eggs, you may want to look into our Cream Legbar Chicks. Though, if you breed your own Isbar from us, you may be able to acquire the feel for the feather color tendencies in male and female chicks.

There were 2 different imports of Isbar in the US. One in 2011 and one is 2013 to help bring in healthy genetic diversity. Feather Lover Farms received hand selected high-quality flocks from both imports and are all in multiple unrelated breeding pens. With both of our imported bloodlines, they should allow you to breed your own from the chicks you receive from us for many healthy generations. Our fertility and hatch rates are unbelievably good for being such a rare breed and the hens are egg laying machines.

Isbars are cold-hardy chickens and thrive when foraging free range but can also be confined without issue. The hens can produce up to 200 green eggs a year and occasionally are known to produce speckled brown eggs, though we breed for the green egg laying capability. Isbar chickens are alert with potential predators but are calm and docile with people as ours will eat out of our hands. Whether you are seeking Isbar for being an incredibly rare breed or it's moss green eggs, the beautiful Isbar will add glamour to anyone's flock.

Isbar FAQs:

Cold Hardiness: Hardy in Winter
Heat Tolerance: Good heat tolerance
Docile: Yes
Setter/Broody: Unlikely
Personality: Lively, active, friendly and docile