A Bielefelder Thread !

[cutipatooti]

I have bielefelder eggs hatching today. They are from someone on this thread who had the origional line imported from GFF. I recently had to give up all my chickens and am starting again and Bielefelders were the chickens at the top of my list. I had bielefelders before direct from GFF second line. I noticed that the eggs I got that were from the first line were about 10 grams less then the ones I got from the second imported line. Has anyone else noticed that?

 

[cutipatooti]

Also what percent protien do you feed to your bielefelder chicks?

 

[Mrs. K]

I am just feeding regular chick starter feed to my 50% B chicks. This time of year, they have been out hunting a lot of bugs too, but the chicks are growing fast.

 

[Mrs. K]

I have spoke with some breeders of other breeds such as black cooper Marans and Blue Jersey Giants and have got some new information concerning the process of getting the Bielefelder recognized by the APA. We will need 5 dedicated breeders all who must be APA members to breed toward a standard for 5 years. This will be a very long process and we would need to work together and document everything. Please think this over long and hard and private message me if your interested. You may want to check the dues for APA membership to see if your on board. Thanks

A couple of questions:

How big of set up would you have to have? What number of birds?

What are the dues of APA?

What documentation? forms?

I have just gotten an adult rooster that fits the general SOP pretty well, but I have not studied it. I am impressed with the breed, love his chicks, like his mannerisms. And I have been thinking about branching out into a more serious level of breeding.

Mrs K

 

[DesertChic]

I have bielefelder eggs hatching today. They are from someone on this thread who had the origional line imported from GFF. I recently had to give up all my chickens and am starting again and Bielefelders were the chickens at the top of my list. I had bielefelders before direct from GFF second line. I noticed that the eggs I got that were from the first line were about 10 grams less then the ones I got from the second imported line. Has anyone else noticed that?

Also what percent protien do you feed to your bielefelder chicks?

First, CONGRATULATIONS on your hatch! I'm confident you will love this breed as much as I do. They're incredibly sweet, surprisingly quiet, and downright beautiful birds.

I can't personally comment to eggs size as this is my first flock and has just begun laying, but my Biels hatched from a variety of egg sizes.

As far as the feed is concerned, I know everyone has a different philosophy so I'll simply share what I've done. All of my hatchlings, irrespective of breed, are fed a high protein ration of 20 - 26% for the first month of their life, fermented after they're a week old. I've found that this lends itself to more rapid feathering and greater vitality in the young birds. Thereafter they receive 20-18% grower fermented feed plus fresh vegetation. At around 20 weeks I switch them to a standard 16% layer mash...still fermented...with occasional treats of black oil sunflower seeds and free access to oyster shell plus whatever they find while free-ranging. My birds did really well on this and the extra cockerels that I butchered were surprisingly meaty at just 20 weeks.

 

[TNBielefelder]

A couple of questions:

How big of set up would you have to have? What number of birds?

What are the dues of APA?

What documentation? forms?

I have just gotten an adult rooster that fits the general SOP pretty well, but I have not studied it. I am impressed with the breed, love his chicks, like his mannerisms. And I have been thinking about branching out into a more serious level of breeding.

Mrs K

The number of birds and size of set up does not matter. As far as the APA dues are concerned you can just look on their website. American Poultry Association. You would need to be detailed as you could with your program even document with pictures.

 

[TNBielefelder]

Mrs. k I would love to see a picture of your Rooster that meets the Standard. May even be interested in buying some Male chicks to find my next rooster. Could you post a picture?

 

[eyralis]

Hi folks! Do you know if bantam Bielfelders exist in the US? I’ve seen them in Europe but haven’t yet found a source here...

 

[Bine]

I don't think, that the bantam version is availible in the US or Canada.

 

[TNBielefelder]

I don't think, that the bantam version is availible in the US or Canada. 

Bine send me a nice Rooster