A Bielefelder Thread !

[DesertChic]

Thank you Sylvester They weren't too bad to do. I used a folded blanket and laid them on their sides inside the blanket with only their head sticking out. I used end-cutters(dikes) to trim with and 100 grit sandpaper to smooth them up.

Very nicely done! They look great!

 

[DesertChic]

Some of my babies:












Having a sweet meats squash snack~

Gorgeous birds!

 

[treefarmer42]

Another snowy morning here in PA. Quick question. Will the sex-link trait pass from a Biel rooster to a Wyandotte hen ? Meaning will the Wyandotte hen's chicks have the sex-link visible ?
Thank you

 

[DMRippy]

Another snowy morning here in PA. Quick question. Will the sex-link trait pass from a Biel rooster to a Wyandotte hen ? Meaning will the Wyandotte hen's chicks have the sex-link visible ?
Thank you

No probably not. All the chicks from a Bielefelder will be barred and probably would not be sexable at hatch. What kind of wyandotte?

 

[DesertChic]

My Biel chicks are closing in on 3 weeks old now and I have to say, they are SMART little birds. I've kept them in the same brooder in the same room under the same circumstances as all the other chicks I've raised and these guys are figuring things out much faster than any of my other chicks have. They began perching on the edge of the brooder nearly a full week before any of my other breeds, figured out how to reach the top of my furniture (how in the heck did you get all the way up there???), and nearly all of them, when they find themselves on the floor instead of perched on their intended target, hop to the door and call out to me. They don't run away when I show up and just hop onto my hand so I can put them back on the brooder edge. And several of them already seem to have learned their names. I'm just blown away.

 

[Odelia]

My Biel chicks are closing in on 3 weeks old now and I have to say, they are SMART little birds. I've kept them in the same brooder in the same room under the same circumstances as all the other chicks I've raised and these guys are figuring things out much faster than any of my other chicks have. They began perching on the edge of the brooder nearly a full week before any of my other breeds, figured out how to reach the top of my furniture (how in the heck did you get all the way up there???), and nearly all of them, when they find themselves on the floor instead of perched on their intended target, hop to the door and call out to me. They don't run away when I show up and just hop onto my hand so I can put them back on the brooder edge. And several of them already seem to have learned their names. I'm just blown away.

I always put a cover on my brooder so they don't do this. I don't enjoy all of the poop that lands outside of the brooder box.

 

[Chickielady]

Gorgeous birds!

Thanks.
I have had to trim cushion fluff to get fertillity~~~~~~~~~their so super fluffy butts !

 

[Chickielady]

We are going to have to do some trading again Missy! I have 2 pullets that just started to lay. I put the new roo in yesterday and will be checking fertility soon. AND don't forget the Cuckoos......

The Cuckoos I have this year are fantastic...such an improvement in tail set !!!
I just posted on the Cuckoo Marans thread.
How are ya ?
How's the winter go ?
Howz all your projects ?

 

[treefarmer42]

No probably not. All the chicks from a Bielefelder will be barred and probably would not be sexable at hatch. What kind of wyandotte?

Thank you for your reply. They are pure Silver lace Wyandotte.

 

[DMRippy]

The silver from the hens will give you sexlinked silver cockerel.