A Bielefelder Thread !

[stryker]

Funny you should mention this. I have lots and lots of chicks right now. The amount of feed being wasted is crazy. Today I was checking out Biels on youtube and I saw the neatest water and feed setup I have ever seen. I sent it to my sister. It looks like a closet maid shelf was used but check it out. Never seen such a nice setup!

That is swift. I have a mother hen that likes to scratch at the drinker and knock it over.

 

[Red Banks]

That is swift. I have a mother hen that likes to scratch at the drinker and knock it over.

I have posted this before but it is so funny. The chicks kept turning the feeder upside down...... sometimes they were in it.

 

[scandiafowl]

Let the daily egg hunt begin!!!! She'll eventually find a nesting box, but until then you get to play a daily game. 



One of my Biel hens hatched from a pink egg, and the eggs she lays are pink at one end and graduate to a golden brown color on the other end. 

What a beautiful color.

 

[UGLYFOOT]

Any pics on cleanest and effective brooder waterers and feeders?

I use two gallon buckets with nipple waterers on the bottom, and 2" pvc elbows put in the side for the feed. There is a thread on here that shows how to make them. Just search for cheap bucket feeder. They work great!

 

[Sylvester017]

Any pics on cleanest and effective brooder waterers and feeders?

My favorite are nipple valve waterers -- whether you use a soda bottle for one nipple bottle cap for the chick brooder or a bucket or jug with side nipples or under-bucket nipples in a large coop -- they will all be great, clean, and keeps the wild birds from mooching off the chicken waterers.

• Bottle Cap Nipple Waterer These are on cacklehatchery or dunlaphatchery websites.

These are photos of the Brite Tap Nipple Valve Waterer that attaches to the spigot of a red Rubbermaid 2-gallon jug. We have 3 of these spaced around the yard for our birds. We keep one inside the coop. These can be hung or left free-standing. I happen to like the portability of these jugs and easy to carry to a cleaning station. Water stays fresh for days and days in these jugs. We add ice cubes in the summer!

 

[Chickielady]

I have posted this before but it is so funny. The chicks kept turning the feeder upside down...... sometimes they were in it.

Oh so adorable !! they a bit hungry at that age !

 

[Babybockbock]

Hello! After a ton of reaserch I think I hVe settled on this lovely breed bielefelders!...Now I am aving a hard ti.e tracking down a few Pullets, I am only looking for 3, I am in NW washington, can anyone help?

Thank you!

 

[Chickielady]

I so hope the one Bielefelder egg I have in the incubator hatches. Um, how the heck do you pronounce Bielefelder anyway? I've just been calling it the Deelyflopper egg.

Blooie you are a kick in the head !

 

[Chickielady]

Congrats! I had an interesting egg laid this morning as well, large pinkish/purple and the only new hens I've got are the two 4 month old Biels. Could one possibly be laying already?

Ooooooooooooooooooooh I want some of those !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[kris86AR]

Ooooooooooooooooooooh I want some of those !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!        

That's a hefty egg!!!!