A Bielefelder Thread !

[otakalhasas]

CONGRATS and fingers/legs/wings/feathers crossed for a healthy hatch!!!!

 

[Saris]

CONGRATS and fingers/legs/wings/feathers crossed for a healthy hatch!!!!

Thanks!!!

 

[Faraday40]

Day 7 Update!!! of 33 eggs set I have 27 with veins! 3 are clear and 3 are questionable.

That's awesome news!

 

[Faraday40]

Off topic
"Trouble" (our sebright) is now famous on BYC. I was happy & surprised to see that she was chosen as Chicken "Pic of the Week."

 

[Saris]

That's awesome news!

It is, I'm so excited.

 

[Saris]

[COLOR=333333]Off topic[/COLOR]
[COLOR=333333]"Trouble" (our sebright) is now famous on BYC.  I was happy & surprised to see that she was chosen as Chicken "Pic of the Week."[/COLOR]

Awesome, congrats!

 

[bluejean55girl]

newbie question:

I've gotten eggs to hatch from a flock that has 2 roos and 7 hens.

1. will all females look alike and all males look alike?

or could there be subtle differences in chicks due to having 2 roos as sires? (some chicks favoring one roo and some the other?)
(NOT the auto sexing part.. I understand about that.. grins)

parents are from 2013 import if that makes any difference.


2. what mating plan is good for this breed? I plan on keeping 2 roos, (not a 1 roo flock)

I do believe in line breeding

what mating plan(s) do others use?

3. just how inbred is this breed seeing as how young it is to the usa

4. about? how many actual birds/eggs were imported in 2011?

5. about? how many actual birds/eggs were imported in 2013?

I am looking forward to raising this breed and want to have a pro-active plan on how to best mate my future birds. I am studying old poultry books from the 1920's etc. on line breeding.

 

[Red Banks]

newbie question:

I've gotten eggs to hatch from a flock that has 2 roos and 7 hens.

1. will all females look alike and all males look alike?

or could there be subtle differences in chicks due to having 2 roos as sires? (some chicks favoring one roo and some the other?)

parents are from 2013 import if that makes any difference.


2. what mating plan is good for this breed? I plan on keeping 2 roos, (not a 1 roo flock)

I do believe in line breeding

what mating plan(s) do others use?

3. just how inbred is this breed seeing as how young it is to the usa

4. about? how many actual birds/eggs were imported in 2011?

5. about? how many actual birds/eggs were imported in 2013?

I am looking forward to raising this breed and want to have a pro-active plan on how to best mate my future birds. I am studying old poultry books from the 1920's etc. on line breeding.

I can't remember but I am sure the number of imports is very low. All the CLs in this country are from 11 birds. I doubt there were more Bielefelders.

 

[Faraday40]

newbie question:

I've gotten eggs to hatch from a flock that has 2 roos and 7 hens.

1. will all females look alike and all males look alike?

or could there be subtle differences in chicks due to having 2 roos as sires? (some chicks favoring one roo and some the other?)

parents are from 2013 import if that makes any difference.


2. what mating plan is good for this breed? I plan on keeping 2 roos, (not a 1 roo flock)

I do believe in line breeding

what mating plan(s) do others use?

3. just how inbred is this breed seeing as how young it is to the usa

4. about? how many actual birds/eggs were imported in 2011?

5. about? how many actual birds/eggs were imported in 2013?

I am looking forward to raising this breed and want to have a pro-active plan on how to best mate my future birds. I am studying old poultry books from the 1920's etc. on line breeding.

You will find that the male chicks have light colored fluff (often with a white head spot) & the females all have the standard chipmunk stripe. They're very easy to tell apart.

There are always exceptions, but if you have enough females, keeping two roos should not be a problem. If your males were hatched & raised together, it makes it especially easy.

This is a very rare breed in the US right now. Many people love them, so I see their popularity rising in the near future. What's not to love? (big, beautiful, docile, good layer, auto sexing,....)

 

[bluejean55girl]

You will find that the male chicks have light colored fluff (often with a white head spot) & the females all have the standard chipmunk stripe. They're very easy to tell apart.

There are always exceptions, but if you have enough females, keeping two roos should not be a problem. If your males were hatched & raised together, it makes it especially easy.

This is a very rare breed in the US right now. Many people love them, so I see their popularity rising in the near future. What's not to love? (big, beautiful, docile, good layer, auto sexing,....)

hi faraday,

sorry, I didn't make my question clear enough... grins (added to my post above to reflect my question better)

I do understand about the sexing part.. that is what attracted me to start researching this breed to start with... lol

when you have 2 roos running together in the small (7 hen) flock setting.. are you able to guess which chicks might have come from which roo? would one group of chicks resemble each other over the other group sired by the 2nd roo?