A Bielefelder Thread !

[Red Banks]

DesertChic..... I think you were right about the Biel part but I still think Sunny is a pullet. She is 3 weeks old.

 

[Faraday40]

DesertChic..... I think you were right about the Biel part but I still think Sunny is a pullet. She is 3 weeks old.

That's one very cute chick!

 

[Red Banks]

Quote: What do you think she is? Possible combinations are Biel, Cream Legbar, Ameraucana. Cheeks - Ameraucana? Body by Biel? LOL Green and Yellow legs! She is an Easter Egger! She is the first chick ever from my eggs. A woman got eating eggs and incubated them. This is the only chick that hatched. Keep your fingers crossed for a pullet so I can keep her, she is very sweet.

 

[Faraday40]

From those combos I would guess Ameraucana (color of the legs give that away) & Bielefelder or Legbar. Both have similar colored feather patterns, so it would depend on size.

 

[DesertChic]

No sign of her...... I have to put on some serious clothing and go thru the woods, filled with sticker vines and bushes, snakes, swamp, etc. The last time I lost one hen I found a pile of feathers across a small creek that feeds the lake. My Biels are very big hens and I have over 60 8 week olds out there. It is odd the predator got her unless it was a big one. Bobcat or coyote during the day I would guess.... but why didn't it come back for seconds?

And you're sure she didn't turn broody and find a nice hiding place in which to hatch some chicks?

 

[DesertChic]

DesertChic..... I think you were right about the Biel part but I still think Sunny is a pullet. She is 3 weeks old.

What a sweet, kind face! I have to admit, nearly every chick I've ever had with a "soft eye" like that turned out to be a pullet. One turned out to be an exceptionally docile, affectionate cockerel, but he also had only one testicle.

 

[Red Banks]

Quote: No that is what I hope.... but everyone here says Biels don't go broody. I did see one hen wondering around in the grown up part of the back forty a few days ago, I will try to find her. They can roam my 20 acres, my neighbor's many acres, my sister's 30 if they really wanted to hide. They are usually in a five-acre area around my house. No...... I take that back, they are usually on my porch leaving evidence of their presence everywhere!

 

[Red Banks]

From those combos I would guess Ameraucana (color of the legs give that away) & Bielefelder or Legbar. Both have similar colored feather patterns, so it would depend on size.

Looking at the tail I am going with Biel. I can't wait to see her face when she is a little older!

 

[Coop de Grass]

Yesterday one of my hens walked to a water bucket that I had just emptied to clean. I went on with my work and she kept walking between the water bucket and me. I put down what I was doing and filled the bucket for her. It is I that is highly trainable and each knows exactly how to get what they need and want from me.

It is so true! And we all do it!

 

[Coop de Grass]

Sending some Good Hatching Vibes your way!

Bielefelders are a great breed. I was hoping to keep & breed some, but it just didn't work out. For now I'm happy to have hatched one pullet.

We still have our spunky Cookie (nickname: the Bantam Menace). We also added another bantam- a sebright named Trouble. Those 2 add a lot of fun to the flock, but nothing beats the big lap birds when you want chicken cuddles.

@Faraday40 Your Cuddles was a jewel of a hen. Looks like she liked to pose. Hugs to you, and many thanks for your kind words.