Its been my experience they take a little longer to lay. I think the earliest one I had was 28 weeks. Mine have been laying quite well this winter, but we live in Georgia so the temps aren't as extreme.
One thing to remember is the daylight hours, that's the biggest factor. They require 14...
I have 7 ladies that are 7 1/2 months and 2 that are almost 9 months. The earliest a Biel female had laid for me was 26 weeks. Not sure who laid the jumbo since it's the first. All are laying large. I have all pigments of brown from here ladies, from a pale brown that looks pink to almost a...
My older Bielefelder pullets were born March 20th and have yet to lay! My little Isbar hen who is the same age has been laying for 3 weeks now! One of them has had a large red comb and wattles for a few weeks now, which is what happend before the Isbar laid. We are in North Georgia and the...
I have two Isbar roosters and two Bielefelder roosters. I would say the BIelefelders were quieter to start. I think they started around 16 weeks.
All are 24 weeks now, and try to mate the ladies daily lol.
We love our Bielefelders and cannot wait for our two older ladies to start laying, they're 17 weeks right now. We do have 8 younger ladies that are 11 weeks old as well. We love our big boys Bo and Luke, they're such good boys. Our two Isbar rooster love to do the side shuffle at us, but the...