Chicken Breed Focus - Bielefelder

Jasper D said:

I have a Bielefelder that I am trying to introduce to my established flock. She is taller than the other chickens and seems to be a target. I have been putting her in the coop at night and on a couple of occasion have left her in the run. She is getting pecked and picked on by the other birds. Yesterday I left her in the run and came home to find they had plucked the feathers on her back. Any help on how to get them to accept her and to integrate her would be awesome!

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What are your other breeds of chickens? Sometimes if you have a really docile Bielefelder and some other breeds of more aggressive type chickens then it takes quite a while to establish a pecking order.

I have two California Leghorns, 2 Orps and 2 Barred Rocks. They have to be the grumpiest birds around.

One of my Bielefelder pullets 2 days shy of 7 weeks. I am fairly new to chickens but researched breeds and decided on Bielefelders because they are known to be docile, good layers, fast growing, and autosexing. So far they have been true to their breed. These birds grow like weeds! They are so docile and I like knowing my pullets (4) from my cockerels (2).

I wanted these chickens SOOOO badly, but I couldn't order them online, and my local feed store did not have them.

I have some more pictures, tomorrow, I will set up the new thread that will be up until the 31st.

We have, Tony

Then we have, Al

I got a very good picture of Al again, but once again it looks to fuzzy. I have a cropped out version and the original version.

I got my bielefelders for my SAE project (supervised agricultural experience) through my local FFA chapter. I'd had an eye for the breed as soon as I started doing research for my original flock, and jumped at the chance to get them. When I received the grant money, I ordered six chicks from Cackle Hatchery, and it was probably the best decision I've ever made. I've never had chickens as loving as those guys, they were never even mean to each other. A couple girls that were kinda outcasts in the main flock moved in with the felders in their separate coop, and they welcomed them both.
Sadly none of them made it to adulthood and I never got the chance to breed them ;-; I lost all of them to predators and mystery diseases. Out of all of the chickens I've ever lost I think it hurt the most when they were all gone.

I gotta say tho, the roosters are the best boys I've ever had. Never mean to their girls and never mean to people. They'd both sit on my lap even after they'd gone through the angry teenager phase.

I dont have any of their baby pictures on this phone, but this is Ash (aka Misses Potato Head).

They're an outstanding breed, both the hens and roos. I adore mine.

I LOVE my biels. Super friendly and once they get through the pullet egg stage, the eggs are HUGE! My roosters are eye catching and probably a good ten pounds (and they are 6 months old!) Love the sex-linked feature. I'd recommend this breed to anyone!