A Bielefelder Thread !

[Cody A]

Thank you Desertchic and everyone else for the input and advice. I trimmed the beaks on the girls as much as I could. One I got into the quick just a tiny bit and drew blood but no big issue.
I may have the birds swapped around in the photos. They're hard to tell each other apart.

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[Sylvester017]

Thank you Desertchic and everyone else for the input and advice. I trimmed the beaks on the girls as much as I could. One I got into the quick just a tiny bit and drew blood but no big issue.
I may have the birds swapped around in the photos. They're hard to tell each other apart.

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You did a very nice and humane job on your girls. Were they squirmy while you filed? My DH always holds our hens whenever I do maintenance so I have 2 free hands to do filing, shampooing, blow drying, medication, or whatever. Our hens are pretty mellow from all our handling but you never know what might suddenly spook them for no reason. All our girls have fun pecking at my DH's rings when he holds them.

 

[DMRippy]

Does anyone know of a source to order barley seed for fodder? I'm finding it difficult to locate locally.

There is a fodder thread.

 

[DMRippy]

Some of my babies:












Having a sweet meats squash snack~

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......

 

[DMRippy]

Hi, just wondering what color skin a bielefelder should have?

Yellow.

 

[Cody A]

You did a very nice and humane job on your girls. Were they squirmy while you filed? My DH always holds our hens whenever I do maintenance so I have 2 free hands to do filing, shampooing, blow drying, medication, or whatever. Our hens are pretty mellow from all our handling but you never know what might suddenly spook them for no reason. All our girls have fun pecking at my DH's rings when he holds them.

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.

 

[Sylvester017]

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 nice job. I don't think I ever saw such long hooked beaks.

My indoor juvies in quarantine would get very slightly long upper beaks but then someone suggested I put bricks or blocks in the kennel and I noticed the birds will use them to scrape and trim their own beaks. Once outdoors my free-range hens all seem to have proper beaks and toenails naturally filed down.

 

[n3kms]

Southeastern Tennessee area.  The local co-ops say they can't get any Barley until late summer, and shipping quotes from online places are pretty expensive.

I buy from bulknaturalfoods.com. They buy grains and other things and deliver to certain peoples home over a lot of Tennessee and parts of Kentucky then you go pick up your order. Check the website and see if they deliver near you.

 

[Dull Hoe Farm]

I've never seen this before. But upon an initial viewing, it looks like it may be what I need to start a fodder system. Thanks!

 

[n3kms]

I was glad when I found them. I think they are great. I get organic chicken feed from them too.