A Bielefelder Thread !

[Coop de Grass]

@UberchicRanch I am so sorry for your loss, Huntress was beautiful. My two Bielefelder hens are very empathetic. They would sit with me after my foot surgery - It made the inability to walk a much happier experience. They always came to check on me and hang out. The Wyandottes showed up but as soon as the treats were gone, they skedaddled.

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It sounds like Huntress had a good friend in Birchie. Huntress cannot be replaced, but perhaps another Biele hen may carry on in her tradition.

 

[UberchicRanch]

@Coop de Grass - that's amazing!! Thank you for sharing your story!!! I've been amazed by the level of their compassion. We have some eggs in the incubator and hope we might find one with Huntress characteristics - which would mean Huntress II !!!

 

[Coop de Grass]

@Coop de Grass - that's amazing!! Thank you for sharing your story!!! I've been amazed by the level of their compassion. We have some eggs in the incubator and hope we might find one with Huntress characteristics - which would mean Huntress II !!!

I have a Biele hen and a roo that hatched 10 weeks ago. It will be a long wait for eggs, but it will be worth it. The cockerel, Kaiser, as in Kaiser roll, is friendlier that the pullet, named Apfel Strudel!

Hope you get Huntress II! How long do you have until the hatch?

 

[UberchicRanch]

I have a Biele hen and a roo that hatched 10 weeks ago. It will be a long wait for eggs, but it will be worth it. The cockerel, Kaiser, as in Kaiser roll, is friendlier that the pullet, named Apfel Strudel!

Hope you get Huntress II! How long do you have until the hatch?

We're looking at 11 days left to go! Funny we haven't given any German names yet.

 

[scandiafowl]

We're looking at 11 days left to go!  Funny we haven't given any German names yet.

Hildegard
Waldtraut
Marliese
Siegfried
Wilhelmina

Names picked out for my gals. And of course:

Edith ( Grandmother 1)
Elisabeth ( Grandmother 2)
Walter ( Grandfather 1)
Wilhelm ( Grandfather 2)

 

[jbkirk]

@jbkirk No kidding - there's a standard on how many points? That's a new one on me. Where are you citing this from?

4-6 points on a roo. below is a copy and paste from facebook group: Bielefelder Poultry Fanciers

Collin is trying to decipher the german into English.

in the files of this group is a pdf file called: rassebeschreibung.pdf (this pdf file is in german.)


Bielefelder SOP

Collin M Abler·Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Bielefelder characteristic chicken

Origin:
Greater Bielefelder came to its own in the 70s of the 20th century.

Importance:
Fast Growing, weather tough, featuring colored chicken with significant egg production brown, large
eggs. Daun color of day-old chicks: Stopcock ocher (a pale brownish yellow color) yellow with light
brown back stripe and white Sperber(Sparrow Hawk) spot on the head. Henn Chick light brown with
rich dark brown back stripe and small Sperber(Sparrow Hawk) spot on the head.

Overall impression:
Big Chicken with straight and long topline and tail blunt angle; less made as moderate; possible no legs
showing.

Breed Hahn (Rooster):
Hull: roller-shaped extension; worn horizontally.
Neck: slightly curved; vigorously; with full curtain.
Back: Long; horizontally.
Shoulders: broad,not prominent; well rounded.
Wings: medium in size; tightly closed; snugly worn; at the bow slightly arched.
Saddle: broad; laterally rounded; full curtain; without cushion formation.
Tail: carried at an obtuse angle; Feathers wide; covered by the medium-long pruning.
Chest: deep and wide; slightly bulging with good rounding.
Belly: full; wide; widely protruding.
Head: excessively large.
Face: unbefiedert; bright red.
Crest: easy; 4-6, up to half of the comb blade, cut spikes; Crest flag not lying.
Wattles: oval; corresponding in size to the relationship with the comb.
Ear flap: elongate; medium-sized; red.
Eyes: orange.
Beak: strong; medium; yellowish horn color.
Leg: short; hidden for the most part in the side feathers.
Legs: medium; unbefiedert; yellow.
Toes: straight; good spread.
Plumage: moderately wide spring; slight leg cushion formation allowed.

Breed hen:
Equivalent to the rooster to the contingent by gender differences. Great emphasis is placed on a deep,
broad and slightly bulging chest. Wide, full, very pronounced belly. The long and horizontally carried
back is at an obtuse angle on the tail. In laying hens a faded yellow of runs and a slightly surrounding
crest flag are allowed.

Gross errors breed:
Triangular or high geschossener (very closed), lighter and thinner hull;short or hollow round back; flat,
highly worn chest; Ball cock; to high position; WHITE IN EAR FLAPS; not sufficiently pronounced
abdomen in the female.

Color strokes:
Sperber(Sparrow Hawk) characteristics:
HAHN(Rooster): cervical and saturated same slope, upper back, shoulders and elytra (Wing) tired
reddish yellow with light gray Sperberung (Barred). Light gray tint allowed in the back.Secondaries
cuckoo gray, white and yellow-brown. Chest and abdomen yellow to light reddish with brighter
Sperberung(Barred), lighter gray tinge not faulty. The tail is cuckoo gray, brown tinge is permitted.
HEN: Approximately lightened rust-colored coat partridge feathers with fluffy Sperber(Sparrow Hawk)
drawing which may occur on the wing covers as bright Tupfung. Narrow goldiger feather edge allows.
Neck hackle gold color with stem strokes, which are easily broken by phantom light gray Sperberung.
Breast color reddish yellow.
Severe faults: HAHN (Rooster): gray cuckoo chest and tummy and missing yellow tint in the jacket
plumage; sooty neck hackle; white wings; one or more pure white crescents.HEN: Stark pronounced
gray shade in the jacket plumage; black head; black color retention in the thoracic, abdominal and
back area; other than reddish yellow breast color.

Silver characteristic Sperber(Sparrow Hawk):
HAHN (Rooster): head, neck and saturated same slope silver white with an embedded gray, hawk-like
drawing in the infield of the springs. Back, shoulders and wing coverts silvery white with more or less
concealed gray Sperberung(Barred).Feathers, primaries and secondaries inner webs of the spring size
corresponding with unclear, gross Sperberung(Barred). Secondaries on the outside banner silver white,
the wing triangle forming. The larger wing coverts (binding) dark gray cuckoo, partly with white
outseam.Chest, legs, belly and tail in the alternation of light and dark gray slightly arched, without
sharp demarcation, cuckoo.
HEN: Head and neck hackle silver white, dark neck permitted with dark gray hawk drawing
featherweight infield. Breast salmon to reddish yellow, white spots for the time being permitted to
individual feathers. Body plumage in the alternation of light and dark gray slightly arched, without
sharp demarcation, cuckoo and some with lighter gray trickling. Narrow silvery feather edge allows.
Swing and tail feathers a bit darker, with unclear, gross Sperberung(Barred).
Severe faults: HAHN(Rooster): Yellow tinge; missing Sperberung(Barred) in the ears; Rust on elytra.
HEN: brown deposits on the head and in the jacket plumage; Rust in the wings;missing Sperberung
(Barred) the neck hackle; black mind.

Weights: Hahn( Rooster)3-4 kg(6-9lbs), hen from 2.5 to 3.25 kg.(5-7lbs)
Hatching eggs Weight: 60 g.
Skin color of the eggs: Brown.
Sperber also possibly meaning Gray
Ring sizes: Hahn (Rooster) 22, Henne(hen)20th

 

[kris86AR]

Any thoughts or experience on tagging birds with wing bands?

 

[DesertChic]

One of my Biel hens took ill last night and remains so this morning. My brain has been going full-speed all night trying to figure out what's wrong. Right now I'm thinking it's either a sour crop, or she's egg bound, as this girls has always had some issues with laying eggs. I'm gearing up to check for sour crop, but if that's not it.....

Right now I'm just really grateful for two new Biel chicks and two NN/Biel chicks, three of which are pullets.

 

[Saris]

One of my Biel hens took ill last night and remains so this morning. My brain has been going full-speed all night trying to figure out what's wrong. Right now I'm thinking it's either a sour crop, or she's egg bound, as this girls has always had some issues with laying eggs. I'm gearing up to check for sour crop, but if that's not it.....

Right now I'm just really grateful for two new Biel chicks and two NN/Biel chicks, three of which are pullets.

I hope she pulls through. Check for buggies too. I'm hearing that it's gonna be a bad year for them.

 

[Bridebeliever]

I hope she pulls through. Check for buggies too. I'm hearing that it's gonna be a bad year for them.

Oh I'm expecting the worst! Bugs are SO bad already! We've had three over 85 degree days in a row...in Western Washington...unheard of in April!