kittydoc
Songster
I am officially a Bielefelder owner! I purchased hatching eggs from @ChickCrazed . Most hatched on Easter Sunday. I have 7 female chicks, and 4 male chicks. The males vary in color a lot--I'll try to get the lot of them in a single photo to post later after my DH (aka "chick wrangler") gets home from work today. Is there a standard for the breed in Germany/Europe that I can view online, by any chance?
My babies hatched from medium-brown, somewhat speckled eggs. Their parents are all from the 2011 GFF imported lot and their descendants, but individual parents came from two different farms.
Later, I'd like to trade cockerels with someone who has different individuals from different breeders, at least, than I do. I know just about everyone is working with the 2011 GFF imports, but you still get some genetic diversity by using birds from different intermediate breeders/owners. I'll wait until the price drops a lot on the 2013 imports, as they inevitably will, before getting any of those.
I don't know if anyone is interested, but I am only going to keep two of the cockerels for now, leaving two available. If you are interested in them, please PM me. I am NPIP certified.
My babies hatched from medium-brown, somewhat speckled eggs. Their parents are all from the 2011 GFF imported lot and their descendants, but individual parents came from two different farms.
Later, I'd like to trade cockerels with someone who has different individuals from different breeders, at least, than I do. I know just about everyone is working with the 2011 GFF imports, but you still get some genetic diversity by using birds from different intermediate breeders/owners. I'll wait until the price drops a lot on the 2013 imports, as they inevitably will, before getting any of those.
I don't know if anyone is interested, but I am only going to keep two of the cockerels for now, leaving two available. If you are interested in them, please PM me. I am NPIP certified.