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UPDATE: To those interested, that F1 hen is in fact confirmed today to be an F1 cockerel...About a week ago I noticed some of its tail feathers growing longer and then BAM! she is now a he. So, I will be breeding him to a purebred hen come springtime. I was confused as to why the autosexing...

I crossed my Biele with a Barred Rock mix, not Partridge Rock mix. Even so, they are wonderful birds to cross. The mixes have all been super sweet.

Update again. Nearing 4 months old now. The pullet has outgrown all the purebred Bielefelder hens, both same age and older than herself. Her feathers are a bit roughed up here from cockerels trying to get at her, but her shape is better than I thought it would be for an F1 pullet. I have...

Update on the F1s. Sadly, one of the cockerels was killed by a dog. The remaining cockerel has developed a single comb, so he is now excluded from breeding of F2s. The pullet is growing beyond expectations. She has a nice pea comb, excellent barring, no muffs and is huge. She is much larger than...

Some more pictures of the F1s. I ended up with 2 cockerels and 1 pullet.

Update: My F1s have hatched! This is Biele Roo x Barred Hen. Autosexing appears to have been successful! I'm looking forwards to seeing how they grow.

This is the barred EE hen who I'm going to cross with this purebred Bielefelder rooster. x And this is another barred EE rooster who I'm going to cross with a purebred Bielefelder hen. x

Do Partridge Chantecler hens have a barring gene? If not, would I do Biele roo x Partridge Chantecler hen (F1) and then breed back any resulting barred hens to a Biele roo to re-establish the auto-sexing?

Do the crele chanteclers auto-sex? I want to retain that ability because it is so useful as a small-scale farmer. I'm considering a pea-combed variety because that is the only barred hen I have to mix with my Bieles in an attempt to retain the auto-sexing. If that makes sense?

Wow, they look almost exactly like a small-combed Bielefelder! Just much darker.

Pardon my ignorance, but how does one breed for walnut rather than pea? Is it a mix of recessive straight and dominant pea genetics? I don't mind the exact type of comb as long as it is small, but I would prefer to make it the standard so I don't have to worry about any straight combs cropping...

I hope I am understanding you correctly. I do desire to keep the gold colouring, but I suppose it isn't as important as achieving a homozygous pea-comb. So, in an attempt obtain both, I would breed Biele roo to Barred pea-comb hen (F1) and then take resulting pea-combed hens and breed back to...

I've been discussing this project on another forum and you're the first to mention that! I didn't realize that would be an issue. So far the plan I had created with the help of the other forum was to create 2 different lines by crossing a Bielefelder roo over the aforementioned hen (F1) and...

She is black/white barred with a pea-comb, muffs and a small beard, yellow legs. I haven't a picture of her, but I can get one. I'll post a picture of all the birds I'm interested in using here.

I've tried so many different things, that's why I'm now resorting to the most difficult by playing with genetics lol I'm thinking it would be auto-sexing due to the hen only having a single barring gene, while the roo has double barring on top of a lighter body colour which makes males blonde...

Hello, I currently raise purebred Bielefelders in the Adirondacks of Upstate NY. This is the first and only breed of single-combed rooster I've ever worked with (I have single-combed hens, but their combs are super small). It gets really cold here and so far have had terrible luck with...