A Bielefelder Thread !

[Lenarta]

Are Bielefelders recognized by the APA?? Just wondering.

A breed can't be an APA breed until someone has bred them in the US for at least 5 years, always breeding true, but that's only the first loop we have to jump thruogh! So they're not *officially* a registered breed yet.
Shoot. There are over 500 pges left. Sorry, you've probably had your question answered a million times over!

 

[Graytalon]

I think we found out what the yellow one (with gray on his back and wings) is. He has five toes on his feathery feet. Someone posted a photo here of a Salmon Faverolle (no idea how to spell it). It looks just like him. He's a fun one. We've had some small amount of poking but it hasn't continued more than a day. I'm hoping they will end up compatible.

 

[heatherbeast]

So... many... posts...

Just wanted to drop in to introduce myself and Oppenheimer, who was a free chick from Murray McMurray last year. He's currently about 9 months old. Photo-dump!!

 

[TSP]

Oppenheimer is a beauty. My roo is coming up on his second birthday and just seems to keep growing. My son named him Cogburn. He is about the calmest brute of a roo ever.
A question for the Bielefelder faithful:
how often have you had a hen go broody? One of my 2 year olds is currently sitting on a nest of 8 eggs. I thought she’d been eaten while free ranging only to find her 10 days later on a nest made in my straw supply about 5’ up off the ground. I didn’t even think my pudgy hens could get up there! I’m going to let her hatch them if we make it that far.

 

[cfonts]

There's a park near where I live that is full of wild chickens. There was one rooster in particular that always stood out and I always wondered what breed he was! I'm almost certain that he is a bielefelder or at least part bielefelder!!!

 

[Mtn Homestead]

Hello! I'm new here and looking into Bielefelders for our homestead here in north Idaho. They look like a very promising dual-purpose breed from what I can find online. I'd like to know about how old Biels have to get to weigh in the 5 lb range. I've found a couple weights for 12 & 13 week Biels from much earlier in this thread that lead me to believe they might average 5 lbs live weight at about 18 weeks, but I'd like to know from someone who has them if possible!

Does anyone have 16-20 week weight averages for Bielefelders? Thanks!

 

[Faraday40]

Hello! I'm new here and looking into Bielefelders for our homestead here in north Idaho. They look like a very promising dual-purpose breed from what I can find online. I'd like to know about how old Biels have to get to weigh in the 5 lb range. I've found a couple weights for 12 & 13 week Biels from much earlier in this thread that lead me to believe they might average 5 lbs live weight at about 18 weeks, but I'd like to know from someone who has them if possible!

Does anyone have 16-20 week weight averages for Bielefelders? Thanks!

Hopefully, someone can answer your specific question. I've not had any for few years now, but I remember they ate and grew a lot in those 1st 5 months. After that their growth and food consumption slowed down.

Bieles did well in cold- not the heat. Depending time of year when they reach maturity will dramatically affect the number of months it takes to lay that 1st egg. Several spring-hatched chicks took 10+ months to lay their 1st egg. (reached maturity when the days were growing shorter). .... but my September hatched Bieles started laying regularly end of February - March.

 

[Faraday40]

I've got a friend's Bielefelder eggs in my incubator right now. I plan to keep one, so hope to add some cute chick pics next week.

 

[Mtn Homestead]

Hopefully, someone can answer your specific question. I've not had any for few years now, but I remember they ate and grew a lot in those 1st 5 months. After that their growth and food consumption slowed down.

Bieles did well in cold- not the heat. Depending time of year when they reach maturity will dramatically affect the number of months it takes to lay that 1st egg. Several spring-hatched chicks took 10+ months to lay their 1st egg. (reached maturity when the days were growing shorter). .... but my September hatched Bieles started laying regularly end of February - March.

We're planning to order chicks end of August/early September, so that's encouraging info. Thanks!

 

[Clayton 1974]

Really liking the comb on this young Bielefelder cockerel.