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The summer and early fall were fine, getting 6-9 eggs a day. I stopped getting eggs in late September and has continued since then. The stop was sudden, not tapering off like most years. Recently, I've gotten NO eggs ! Yes, they are let our of their coop to free range in the afternoon, the...

I've been getting zero egg production from my 11 Bielefelder hens for the last 3-4 months. If I get anything, it's only one or, rarely, two. They normally in the summertime lay 6-9 eggs per day. Now, it's just stopped. They're through their molt, but still no eggs, so I'm betting something's...

Thanks for your reply, lastco. I had read through the long thread last year when I first started with Bielefelders, but had forgotten all that was in it, and a search hadn't led me anywhere. I agree with all you said. I know that when my original Bieles started laying last fall, we...

Lastco, I've had a fertility problem with Biefelders as well. I set 15 eggs last month, picking out the biggest ones (2 of 3 hens), and -0- hatched. Upon cracking, none were fertile. We had not noted the infertility when eating eggs from these hens, but obviously the roo wasn't doing his job...

We currently have Sulmtalers and Bielefelders, and would like to add black double-laced Barnevelders to the stable. I'm impressed with the history of Johan van Achterberg's efforts at importing the birds, as well as the early pioneers Peace of Thyme, Fossil Rock, and others. What I'm trying...

Wildchickenmom, I agree; the bottom pic strongly appears to be a Bielefelder roo; the others don't grab me either way. It's tough to try to figure out what mix a particular chicken (especially chicks) might be, so unless you're certain what the breeder had in a given pen, you're kinda up that...