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Hello Bielefelder friends!![]()
I finally have photos of the 7 chicks that hatched yesterday. They are all from my Bielefelder roo, Kaiser. He is a precocious 19 weeks old.
The hens are: Bielefelder, Buff Orpington, Silver Lace Wyandotte, and Black Australorp.
I think that these three are the Bielefelder Black Australorp crosses. Based on coloration and also the eggshells. Do you think that the white head spot means they are males?
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This one is definitely from my Buff Orpington! She also hatched from the smallest egg, which is the one from Buffy. She has a small dark spot on her head.
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I think that these two are from my Silver Lace Wyandottes. They have the chipmunk stripes, are grey with a hint of warmer color on their undersides. Any thoughts about sex?
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Possible Beile/Beile??? The egg didn't seem to be large enough.
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Quote: Such cute babies. I had 10 hatch on Friday. They look like the Biel/Black Australorp here. Mine are Marans Hens and either Bielefelder or Cream Legbar Roo. Everyone of them have a white spot. I was hoping that the blacker chicks were pullets and the grayer ones were cockerels like Cuckoo Marans. I will have to wait and see. Yours are so so cute!
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Yours are totally cute! They look exactly like mine. Are they Black Copper Marans? I wonder how they relate to the Australorp?Such cute babies. I had 10 hatch on Friday. They look like the Biel/Black Australorp here. Mine are Marans Hens and either Bielefelder or Cream Legbar Roo. Everyone of them have a white spot. I was hoping that the blacker chicks were pullets and the grayer ones were cockerels like Cuckoo Marans. I will have to wait and see. Yours are so so cute!
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I hope it goes well!! Let me know if you want more eggs in the future, I think my Bieles will mature before my Ams so I should be able to get a few batches of pure eggs later in the summer. (I can even separate out the Ams to make sure.)Waaaay back in this thread there was a translation and a link to one in English.
I have my first fertility test hatch in the incubator now. I have 1 rooster and two pullets.
Quote: Congrats on your first hatch! Well done! My eggs were from Black Copper, Blue and Black Marans Hens. I see the chipmunk striping too, very faintly in the right light. These are my second batch from a broody hen. The first batch were under two hens and that did not work out well. They hatched the eggs and then were terrible mothers. They went into a scratching frenzy killing three chicks so I took them away from them and gave them to a neighbor. I haven't incubated any eggs yet. That is next on the agenda. Love your pictures!