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First Bielefelder egg! The other breed of the same age have been laying for weeks before these late bloomers. Sapphire Gems: 17 weeks and 20 weeks Rhode Island Reds: 17 weeks and 19 weeks Easter Egger: 18 weeks Barred Rocks: 20 weeks Leghorn: 22 weeks (seems very late--later than Sapphire Gem...

It free online, created by a very gracious lady named Lisa Steele at FreshEggsDaily. https://www.fresheggsdaily.blog/2017/01/free-customizable-printable-egg.html I printed each month and keep it on a clipboard to mark when I collect the eggs, then enter it in to the chart online. I love it! At...

Well, my Bieles will be 26 weeks tomorrow and still haven't laid! One especially is very red in the comb, wattles and around the eyes, but no eggs yet. Any day now, I'm hoping... My other girls of the same age started in July, August, and September and have been laying steadily. Here's when the...

Thanks! Yes, TheMoonshiner did answer me over in the general forum....: "What color Leghorn? No way of knowing production for sure. I'd imagine pretty decent. Better then a Biel but not as well as a pure Leghorn." So, looks like I'm getting a general consensus, which is helpful to decide...

Does anyone know what type of chicken a Bielefelder rooster crossed with a Leghorn would produce? Color? Egg production?

What was very strange about my two Bielefelder pullets was that at 12 weeks, they weighed 1.6 lbs as opposed to my Barred Rocks of the same age who weighed 2.7 lbs! I guess they are just slow growers? But they caught up....Now at 23 weeks they are bigger than my Barred Rocks.

My Bielefelders are 23 weeks tomorrow, and one is already climbing into the nest box! I will keep you posted as soon as she lays. Ingrid is the blond, Isolde the redhead... Their feathers in a bit of sunset light...

The Bielefelders, though touted as a calm and friendly breed, still need to be handled from birth or they will be scared and aloof. I bought two 12-week-old pullets with my rooster, and they are scared of me still, two months later of daily gentle acclimation. I've been soft and slow, never...

Thanks! Yes, I think he's quite happy with his harem of 12 girls and all the free-ranging they could want, protected by a coyote-hating German Shepherd! And me? It's balm to my soul watching them enjoy life.... Bielefelders, RIRs, Blue-Laced Red Wyandottes, Barred Rocks, Sapphire Gems...

After falling in love with the looks and acclaimed friendliness of this breed, I drove 6 hours round trip to buy a one-year-old rooster and two 12-week-old pullets. He's the most beautiful, majestic guy--sweet, selfless, watchful, and gentlemanly with the twelve girls, who all cozy to him. At...