A Bielefelder Thread !

[DesertChic]

Here is Buster:

Buster is stunning!!! If you could clone this boy you could make a fortune on him.

 

[bluejean55girl]

Buster is stunning!!! If you could clone this boy you could make a fortune on him.

this would be where line breeding comes into play? grins

 

[Coop de Grass]

@otakalhasas My Biele hens are old enough, but no rooster! I ordered the eggs on ebay! Got 2 out of 8 eggs. Now have 1 cockerel and 1 pullet Wish I had more, but I am happy!

 

[bluejean55girl]

@otakalhasas My Biele hens are old enough, but no rooster! I ordered the eggs on ebay! Got 2 out of 8 eggs. Now have 1 cockerel and 1 pullet Wish I had more, but I am happy!

it's a start.. slow but steady, I lost first 2 batches...electric cord that came with cheep bator was useless... replaced cord and trying again. so you are ahead of me.. lol

 

[Bine]

Hi all! ... and wow... Buster is a beauty. I like birds with intensiv coloring and shining feathers.
and I realy like the Bielefelder girls with the salmon colored breast. If you look up the German Standard for silber-kennfarbig are Bielefelder with less red. This is clear to see in the girls. Where the Standard says redish-gold for the nack feather in the original Bielefelder, the silver Bielefelder is silver-white both hens have salmon colored breasts. The silver hen is a little more yellowish while the other is more redish-brown in the feathers. Everything else is the same. I don't think that someone has imported silber-kennfarbige Bielefelder in the US or Canada. This color is new and super rare in the large Birds. Most silber-kennfarbige Bielefelder I saw were Bantams and they were exact the same size as the regular Bielefelder Bantams. Well if you can count a 1.3 kg bird as a bantam for me even this small versions of the Bielefelder are big birds. My biggest rooster is not have there size.

 

[TNBielefelder]

Hi all! ... and wow... Buster is a beauty. I like birds with intensiv coloring and shining feathers.
and I realy like the Bielefelder girls with the salmon colored breast. If you look up the German Standard for silber-kennfarbig are Bielefelder with less red. This is clear to see in the girls. Where the Standard says redish-gold for the nack feather in the original Bielefelder, the silver Bielefelder is silver-white both hens have salmon colored breasts. The silver hen is a little more yellowish while the other is more redish-brown in the feathers. Everything else is the same. I don't think that someone has imported silber-kennfarbige Bielefelder in the US or Canada. This color is new and super rare in the large Birds. Most silber-kennfarbige Bielefelder I saw were Bantams and they were exact the same size as the regular Bielefelder Bantams. Well if you can count a 1.3 kg bird as a bantam for me even this small versions of the Bielefelder are big birds. My biggest rooster is not have there size.

The original Bielefelder hen in this picture has great type and tail set. Excellent picture to save as a nice example of what to breed toward. Thanks Bine

 

[otakalhasas]

The original Bielefelder hen in this picture has great type and tail set. Excellent picture to save as a nice example of what to breed toward. Thanks Bine

Just out of curiosity, which photo has the better type - left or right or both? I'm seeing a bit of a difference in length of back and tail set and/or carriage between these two hens, but that's just me (as a dog show judge, I'm tuned into the finer details which is great with a dog breed I know, but not so great with a chicken I'm just learning!).

 

[TNBielefelder]

Just out of curiosity, which photo has the better type - left or right or both? I'm seeing a bit of a difference in length of back and tail set and/or carriage between these two hens, but that's just me (as a dog show judge, I'm tuned into the finer details which is great with a dog breed I know, but not so great with a chicken I'm just learning!).

I think both of them have good type. I think the original Bielefelder which is the one on the right has a better tail set, more of the obtuse angle the German standard calls for.

 

[TNBielefelder]

Your right about the length of back as well very important in a dual purpose chicken. Also she has the correct leg length showing. And also the parallel wing line to back.

 

[otakalhasas]

Your right about the length of back as well very important in a dual purpose chicken. Also she has the correct leg length showing. And also the parallel wing line to back.

Thanks! The one on the right grabbed my eye - to me she looks more balanced. And it is great to know that "form follows function" (i.e. dual purpose) applies in chickens as well as dogs!