Bielefelder thread!!!!

[BlueBaby]

Breeze might be a good name that begins with a B.

 

[BlueBaby]

It look's like I will most likely get some local Bielefelder chick's and a dozen hatching egg's for those in a couple more week's give or take. The chick's will be 3 pullet's and a cockerel. I just got off the phone talking to her and trying to set it up.

 

[SkiboJeff]

It look's like I will most likely get some local Bielefelder chick's and a dozen hatching egg's for those in a couple more week's give or take. The chick's will be 3 pullet's and a cockerel. I just got off the phone talking to her and trying to set it up.

I live in MN and I just rehomed a beautiful Bielefelder cockerel to some folks who are going to cross him with some Welsommer hens. And I bought three more pullets to replace him. Ugh! Dang chicken marh.

 

[BlueBaby]

I live in MN and I just rehomed a beautiful Bielefelder cockerel to some folks who are going to cross him with some Welsommer hens. And I bought three more pullets to replace him. Ugh! Dang chicken marh.

I plan to get more and keep some pure one's, but in the meantime he will have the girl's of some other breed's to keep him happy. Later I can separate them when there are enough pure Bielefelder girl's for him.

 

[ChickenWhisperer101]

I have chosen Bella for the last name!!

 

[Outta Here]

At what age do Bielefelders start laying?

Well, my Bieles will be 26 weeks tomorrow and still haven't laid! One especially is very red in the comb, wattles and around the eyes, but no eggs yet. Any day now, I'm hoping...

My other girls of the same age started in July, August, and September and have been laying steadily. Here's when the other breeds started:
Sapphire Gems: 17 weeks and 20 weeks
Rhode Island Reds: 17 weeks and 19 weeks
Easter Egger: 18 weeks
Barred Rocks: 20 weeks
Leghorn: 22 weeks (seems very late--later than Sapphire Gem, EE, RIR!!)
Blue Laced Red Wyandotte: 24 weeks


I count each chicken's egg and chart like this: As you can see, my Bieles Isolde and Ingrid are the only hold-outs now!

 

[Hermits Garden]

Well, my Bieles will be 26 weeks tomorrow and still haven't laid! One especially is very red in the comb, wattles and around the eyes, but no eggs yet. Any day now, I'm hoping...

My other girls of the same age started in July, August, and September and have been laying steadily. Here's when the other breeds started:
Sapphire Gems: 17 weeks and 20 weeks
Rhode Island Reds: 17 weeks and 19 weeks
Easter Egger: 18 weeks
Barred Rocks: 20 weeks
Leghorn: 22 weeks (seems very late--later than Sapphire Gem, EE, RIR!!)
Blue Laced Red Wyandotte: 24 weeks


I count each chicken's egg and chart like this: As you can see, my Bieles Isolde and Ingrid are the only hold-outs now!
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Veelee, did you make this chart, or find a template? It's awesome. I had planned a dry-erase board in the coop to track eggs, but a clip board with this kind of chart on it would be better.

 

[Outta Here]

It free online, created by a very gracious lady named Lisa Steele at FreshEggsDaily. https://www.fresheggsdaily.blog/2017/01/free-customizable-printable-egg.html
I printed each month and keep it on a clipboard to mark when I collect the eggs, then enter it in to the chart online.
I love it! At the bottom, it also charts each hen's progress:

 

[BlueBaby]

It free online, created by a very gracious lady named Lisa Steele at FreshEggsDaily. https://www.fresheggsdaily.blog/2017/01/free-customizable-printable-egg.html
I printed each month and keep it on a clipboard to mark when I collect the eggs, then enter it in to the chart online.
I love it! At the bottom, it also charts each hen's progress:
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That's a good site and I'm signed up for those newsletter's from her.

 

[Bridget B]

Prince Humperdinck, in all his princeliness. One year old.

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Such a handsome boy!