I purchased my first 5 hens in early 2023. Bielefelders, they waited a long time before laying, it was over 6 months, but I did not do all that I could to facilitate (too many treats, not enough protein, should have let them range earlier and more often). Plus awful summers (Arkansas) that we...
Wife started doing chicken calculus, picked up some lavender Orpingtons, chocolate orpingtons, black australorps, Americana’s and silver laced wyandottes this week. Adding these 19 chicks to my year old Bielefelders (group of 5). We have plenty of acreage.
Old coop is something I put together...
I am no expert. Have 5 single beileLadies. They love fermented feed in my experience. Love a lot of things.
My birds took a long while before they started laying, but these ladies are Large! And now getting good sized brown eggs on a consistent, plentiful basis. Great temperament.
Took high...
They are inspecting. I do have a couple fake eggs with the ladies.
I have been waiting so long for eggs that I had to go check the cameras to make sure family members were not having a laugh at my expense. Was able to confirm it was the real deal from Gertrude (gave all the bielefelders...
New to chicken life. I have 5 Bielefelder hens, purchased from our local co-op in April of this year. I have read that Bielefelders can take longer before they start producing. I recently upped their protein intake with more meat scraps. Anything I can do to encourage the other hens to start...