How My Breeds Each Handle the Arizona Desert Heat

[BlueBaby]

The lady called back and left a voicemail to say she has a hatch coming up but most of the pullets are spoken for. She will be incubating Bielefelder chicks regularly. She gave me her number (which is also on Craigslist) and said to call her back. If you want to contact her for some chicks (to get your name on the list), she does respond by phone, not just text. Good luck!

Ok, thanks for your help!

 

[Outta Here]

You're welcome. I just love my Beelies, though I would have preferred raising them from chicks to make them more tame like my other pullets who crawl on my lap and ask for rides on my shoulder. After constant effort on my part, Ingrid will eat out of my hand, let me pet her on the roost, and come sit next to me, but she does it all still wary. Isolde won't, but neither freaks out like scared leghorns--they just shy away calmly. The rooster is absolutely gorgeous, calm, gentle with me and the girls--the best rooster I've had in 44 years of raising chickens!
If you incubate, I will have fertile Bielefelder eggs coming up in a week or two. We're only three hours drive from Maricopa. Here are plump, round Ingrid and Isolde in this morning's light.

And Big Bill Fuller (my husband's grandfather's name!)
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/bielefelder-thread.1467668/page-10#post-24847756

1,353176Arizona
After falling in love with the looks and acclaimed friendliness of this breed, I drove 6 hours round trip to buy a one-year-old rooster and two 12-week-old pullets. He's the most beautiful, majestic guy--sweet, selfless, watchful, and gentlemanly with the twelve girls, who all cozy to him. At first, being used to the forceful ways of other breeds, I thought he wasn't breeding any of them because I never heard any squawking.But he's just that gentle that there's no fuss from the pullets! He has never shown the slightest aggression toward me, even when I had to handle him to example his foot. I absolutely LOVE the looks and temperament!

 

[BlueBaby]

@Veelee I just sent you an IM here about it.

 

[Outta Here]

@Veelee I just sent you an IM here about it.

Thanks!