Bielefelder thread!!!!

[BlueBaby]

I'm scrambling up some egg's for the flock because there are so many now in my fridge. I will mix it up into some wet feed for them. It's 106-F here today, so I want to make sure they are hydrated and eat too.

 

[Sally PB]

It's 106-F here today

Wow, that is hot. You stay safe too!

 

[BlueBaby]

Wow, that is hot. You stay safe too!

I'm inside the house with the air-conditioning except for when I run out there to check on them and for egg's. The misters are on out there too.

 

[Iluveggers]

Ideas on these chicks? One is a cream legbar, one is a Bielefelder:

Well, I called Mt Healthy, they had me text over pics of these two plus the Americana,while I was on the phone with them, and you all are correct, the top is the Biele, and the bottom is the Legbar! The customer service is amazing, I must say.

 

[ProbablyChickenRelated]

I’m slacking- sorry guys. Figure I owe some pic updates. Here’s one of Big Boy and Big Gurl (creative I know) but they’re HUGE - gentle, calm observant; awesome awesome breed. Gurly’s coloring is gorgeous. Big Boy looks cranky but isn’t lol. You can see a ‘Mini’ in the background

Then there’s Owlbeard and Big Gurl- looking nosy as ever. The coop is under remodel, so they’re in interim accommodations.

 

[BlueBaby]

I’m slacking- sorry guys. Figure I owe some pic updates. Here’s one of Big Boy and Big Gurl (creative I know) but they’re HUGE - gentle, calm observant; awesome awesome breed. Gurly’s coloring is gorgeous. Big Boy looks cranky but isn’t lol. You can see a ‘Mini’ in the background

Then there’s Owlbeard and Big Gurl- looking nosy as ever. The coop is under remodel, so they’re in interim accommodations.

Thanks' for sharing an update on them! I hope they will like the remodeled coop.

 

[Sally PB]

I did a bit of remodeling in the little's part of the coop. I took out the huddle box, which they used one night when it was chilly. They've been roosting on top of it ever since. I put in a real roost, and have made a poop board to go underneath.

They don't spend a lot of time in the coop, so I hope this helps to limit the smell; there was a fair amount of poop on and around the huddle box. I also put up "shavings keeper" board to help keep the bedding from being scratch out.

Pip, the one who I fear may be a cockerel, gave me another cockerel warning: making tidbitting noises over a bug found on the ground. His/her comb doesn't seem to be any bigger, and he/she still has "skinny girly" legs. Sigh.

 

[BlueBaby]

I did a bit of remodeling in the little's part of the coop. I took out the huddle box, which they used one night when it was chilly. They've been roosting on top of it ever since. I put in a real roost, and have made a poop board to go underneath.

They don't spend a lot of time in the coop, so I hope this helps to limit the smell; there was a fair amount of poop on and around the huddle box. I also put up "shavings keeper" board to help keep the bedding from being scratch out.

Pip, the one who I fear may be a cockerel, gave me another cockerel warning: making tidbitting noises over a bug found on the ground. His/her comb doesn't seem to be any bigger, and he/she still has "skinny girly" legs. Sigh.

So, how has your new coop arrangement gone? Do they like it any better?

 

[Sally PB]

So, how has your new coop arrangement gone? Do they like it any better?

I haven't been back out. I glued a lip on the poop tray, and I'm giving it time to dry before I put it out there. I'll go out in about an hour.

I like the arrangement better. It looks more open and clean. Hopefully it stays cleaner too.

We're getting a lot of wildfire smoke from the fires in Ontario, Canada. Our air quality is "unhealthy." I worry about the chickens. I was out briefly, and it made my upper chest ache. (I don't have asthma, or any breathing issues.)

 

[BlueBaby]

I haven't been back out. I glued a lip on the poop tray, and I'm giving it time to dry before I put it out there. I'll go out in about an hour.

I like the arrangement better. It looks more open and clean. Hopefully it stays cleaner too.

We're getting a lot of wildfire smoke from the fires in Ontario, Canada. Our air quality is "unhealthy." I worry about the chickens. I was out briefly, and it made my upper chest ache. (I don't have asthma, or any breathing issues.)

I wish that they could get that fire out up there soon to start giving people some relief from it.