A Bielefelder Thread !

[DesertChic]

You'll want to select only nonwhite feathered offspring from him as that trait is not desirable in this color of bird.

But on a different note here are some pics of the first 2 chicks to hatch( 7m/1f = 8 total)

So cute!!!!

I just moved my 9-week old Biels to the new housing I built for them:

 

[cutipatooti]

DesertChic they are beautiful and the coop is amazing!

 

[speedy2020]

You'll want to select only nonwhite feathered offspring from him as that trait is not desirable in this color of bird.

But on a different note here are some pics of the first 2 chicks to hatch( 7m/1f = 8 total)

I will select none white and super large bird.

 

[DesertChic]

DesertChic they are beautiful and the coop is amazing!

Thank you!

 

[Ron Skekel]

DesertChic they are beautiful and the coop is amazing!

x2

 

[mrosspitt]

DesertChic,

Do they live inside full time/majority of the time?

 

[jbkirk]

WOW your coop is amazing!!!! And those chicks certainly look healthy.

 

[DesertChic]

DesertChic,

Do they live inside full time/majority of the time?

Since I just moved them to their new housing I left them inside for two days while the weather was a bit cooler but now I take them out to a mini-run during the day for fresh air, sunshine, and access to what little grass we have here. I haven't added the pop door leading outside to their home yet because we're having a landscaper come out starting this coming weekend to build some retaining walls around our property and he'll need to run his front loader near the cabin. Once they're done working, I'll add the door and a small enclosure on that side for the birds to enjoy while they're still growing out. Once they're big enough, and once I've sectioned off my garden area to protect it from hungry chickens, I'll remove the enclosure and just let them have the run of the back yard...about 1/2 an acre.

The only part of the cabin that I've completed so far is the Biel home. Right next to their pen I'll be insulating and finishing the rear wall and building another door to create a small brooder area for chicks and/or broody hens. Then I'll tackle the other end of the cabin with more insulation, walls, dividers, etc., to create breeding pens, each with their own door leading to sectioned off, enclosed runs.

A good friend of ours whom my husband and I have adopted as a surrogate father has helped me put windows in the cabin and will be helping me add yet one more along the back so I have good air flow. When he came over to install the two windows along the back of the cabin I just showed him where I wanted them and got out of the way. My husband provided him with the muscle assistance he needed for holding things, etc. while I worked on framing out the walls for the pen. It was a HUGE relief to have help for a change. I usually work on everything alone a few days per week while my husband is running our business.

This is actually my third chicken enclosure. I also have a condo that my NN Turkens have been living in:
Before it was finished...It's powder coated steel and has a roof over the entire run.

And a run & coop at the side of my house where the first flock I ever acquired still lives:

My husband and I built this one together.

I think I'm obsessed....

 

[DesertChic]

WOW your coop is amazing!!!! And those chicks certainly look healthy.

They are wonderfully healthy! I'm constantly impressed with this breed. The heat was a bit rough on them when it got to over 90 degrees here last week, but a quick hose down and they were happily running around pecking at everything they could find. And their temperament is simply perfect. My husband even loves to go into their pen and let them hop on his lap to be pet. His mother kept chickens when he was a kid and he never had an experience like this with any of their chickens. He's blown away that a cockerel...or three...will jump up on his knee and go to sleep there while he pets it.

 

[speedy2020]

They are wonderfully healthy! I'm constantly impressed with this breed. The heat was a bit rough on them when it got to over 90 degrees here last week, but a quick hose down and they were happily running around pecking at everything they could find. And their temperament is simply perfect. My husband even loves to go into their pen and let them hop on his lap to be pet. His mother kept chickens when he was a kid and he never had an experience like this with any of their chickens. He's blown away that a cockerel...or three...will jump up on his knee and go to sleep there while he pets it.

I have been raising many breeds over the years. This breed is sure calm, friendly, and quiet. I purchased the hen about 3 weeks ago and she seems laying on off so time will tell.