A Bielefelder Thread !

[chkgnt]

I'm just starting to get eggs. Out of seven hens I'm getting 1 or 2 eggs a day. Hens were born March 24th.

 

[LowerBamaMama]

Got my first Biel egg Sunday from one of my two 5mo old pullets!!! Sooooo excited!!!

Shown next to "large" store bought egg. How does this compare to y'all's age/size for first eggs?

 

[DesertChic]

Got my first Biel egg Sunday from one of my two 5mo old pullets!!! Sooooo excited!!!

Shown next to "large" store bought egg. How does this compare to y'all's age/size for first eggs?

That's awesome! My first Biel egg came in at 1.52 ounces, which I was thrilled with, but was shaped like a torpedo.

I think your girl's doing great!

 

[LowerBamaMama]

That's awesome! My first Biel egg came in at 1.52 ounces, which I was thrilled with, but was shaped like a torpedo.   I think your girl's doing great!

I have a matronly Cochin that's over a year old that a chicken friend gave me that just started laying two weeks ago and she has layed a consistent 5 days and then a day of rest since she started. The Biel layed the one egg Sunday and I'm still waiting on the next. New to all this lol I'm curious how long it'll take her to get "regular"
Compared to the Cochins medium roundish eggs, the Biel egg was very torpedo like

 

[DesertChic]

I have a matronly Cochin that's over a year old that a chicken friend gave me that just started laying two weeks ago and she has layed a consistent 5 days and then a day of rest since she started. The Biel layed the one egg Sunday and I'm still waiting on the next. New to all this lol I'm curious how long it'll take her to get "regular"
Compared to the Cochins medium roundish eggs, the Biel egg was very torpedo like

Only one of my Biels (Gidget) began laying at 24 weeks, and I'm still waiting on the other two to start, but I've been lucky when it comes to Gidget's "regularity". Since day one she has consistently laid an egg five out of seven days per week. I keep asking the other two girls when they will start earning their keep but all they'll do is lay at my feet and cluck affectionately. Charming little free-loaders.

 

[DesertChic]

Only one of my Biels (Gidget) began laying at 24 weeks, and I'm still waiting on the other two to start, but I've been lucky when it comes to Gidget's "regularity". Since day one she has consistently laid an egg five out of seven days per week. I keep asking the other two girls when they will start earning their keep but all they'll do is lay at my feet and cluck affectionately. Charming little free-loaders.

LOL! And low and behold....another of my Biel girls started laying today. It was a small egg, but I was tickled to see it. And my Biel girl, Gretel, was very proud of her accomplishment.

 

[Candy442]

We have six pullets that are nearing 27 weeks now...not one egg yet. You all will probably hear our screams across the nation when we see our first one

 

[mrosspitt]

I just got the first egg from three hens at almost 27 weeks. Not that it matters, but I find it interesting that every place selling or detailing the Bielefelder has the same copied description mentioning "they start laying at a young age." That doesn't seem like a young age to me.

 

[LowerBamaMama]

I just got the first egg from three hens at almost 27 weeks. Not that it matters, but I find it interesting that every place selling or detailing the Bielefelder  has the same copied description mentioning "they start laying at a young age."  That doesn't seem like a young age to me. 

I thought the same thing. The man I bought mine from mentioned it too. He said his didn't tend to lay particularly young.. Said it was about the same as his others.

 

[Bine]

Hm... I looked into a German Bielefelder Thread about this and most people wrote that the hens started between 26 and 32 weeks and some people said that they started to monitor the body waight of the young hens b/c sometime they look big and fluffy but struggle to put on waight on when they are in a mixed flock with other breeds.