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Spatch is gorgeous. He's got a lot more color than my Biel roos. Where did you get him?

that head spot is concerning, but the eyeliner is very dark and distinct. I would cautiously say pullet. The males are generally lighter overall than the pullets. It's hard to see much in the picture you posted, but that is another clue you can consider. Autosexing breeds need to be bred...

I got 8 from Omega Hills, 4 male, 4 female and 2 more pullets from a hatchery. We lost one of the pullets recently. I don't know from which group.

I don't know yet. I'll find out this summer. I culled an extra rooster last month at almost 1 year old. He weighed 6.1 lbs and dressed out at 3.75. After a lifetime of supermarket cornish X chicken it is a challenge to adjust my expectations for how big and meaty a chicken should be.

Someone wanted sexed chicks, and the only autosexing or sex linked cross I have is bielefelders, so I also have an incubator full of bielefelder eggs. I'll keep any extra pullets for my flock, and eat the cockerels in a couple months.

Ya, I didn't think the referenced rooster's legs looked particularly big either, so I was wondering if I was misunderstanding big vs. normal legs in this breed. Or I just don't have a good eye for that.

"Big legs"?

The pullets did fine. I have one black australorp hen who may lose a few points. Looks like my two best boys may lose a few points, and some wattle, but everyone seems to be healthy otherwise. I'm just keeping an eye on them to see if they heal up or lose a few bits.

2 of my 4 bielefelder boys got some significant frostbite on the combs and wattles in that recent cold snap, but everyone seems to be doing ok now. I do free range my mixed flock of 25, but they go through a bit less than a 50 lb bag of feed in a week. 10 chickens are about 20mo. The other...

I could be mistaken, but my understanding is that you should have some sexing, but you would be unable to tell with some male offspring. With a heterozygous roo, and a barred hen, only half the male offspring will show the spot from double barring. So 3/4 of the chicks would look the same and...

https://m.facebook.com/groups/568022023401911/permalink/1729973763873392/ Let me know if that doesn't work, I can try doing it differently

My wife told me of a recent post in one of the Facebook bielefelder groups from someone near Pittsburgh. I don't have FB, but I can ask my wife to find it for you if you'd like.

I have also been considering adding bielefelders. How are they as far as predator awareness and free-ranging / foraging? They seem to have good coloration for survival, but I have neighbors who have lost chickens to hawks and I would like to avoid that. My current flock is in a run with aviary...