Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[AnneInTheBurbs]

My experience with Biels is that despite the size, the roos are the gentlist of all breeds. They remind me of a fine southern gentleman that has nothing to prove. No one messed with him and he never felt the need to put the "beat down" on anyone. I often had 2 of them in a small pen with 4 to 6 hens, and never saw them fight. They would return the challenge from the neighbor roo, but it was a stare down that eventually un-nerved the other guy.

Agree, this roo will only step in if he hears a girl screaming (from attempted mating of my bantam roo usually). As far as I have seen, he just chases the other away, instead of being aggressive.

He certainly is gorgeous! I wish there was a roo that didn't crow! Are the hens as sweet too!

The hens are lovely as well. They are both very quiet. The roo crows, but I definitely think less than my other two. I love this breed because they are big and calm. They are an autosexing breed as well. They are meant to be dual purpose as well, but as big as my Roo is, he is not very fleshy. I'm sure that could be changed with different techniques. Mine free ranges and gets a varied diet. I'm hoping some of the girls will resume laying next year so that I can breed them. If not, I will replace some of the girls.

 

[gonehencrazy]

I swear my egg tasted like broccoli this morning. My dad put broccoli out yesterday which is not a new thing. I've never thought my eggs tasted like broccoli before. Is this normal?!

 

[fisherlady]

I swear my egg tasted like broccoli this morning. My dad put broccoli out yesterday which is not a new thing. I've never thought my eggs tasted like broccoli before. Is this normal?!

Any of yesterday's eggs were certainly past the point in their system where food eaten yesterday would affect them.
So if they tasted like broccoli today it was caused by something else...

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

@fisherlady @Auroradream26

This silkie Mom still wont leave them. It's so funny! I came home after it was dark and they had snuggled next to the coop last night because they couldn't get back in.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

@fisherlady @Auroradream26

This silkie Mom still wont leave them. It's so funny! I came home after it was dark and they had snuggled next to the coop last night because they couldn't get back in.








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Aww lol. I had a silkie that was still mothering her babies when they were about that size. They would pile on top of her in the nest box every night. This was before they were that big but still lol

 

[chickachickayea]

It's the end of the season, so they're getting spoiled by being allowed into the raised beds!

 

[dheltzel]

Beautiful but holy cow, those poor girls must get flattened like pancakes! We have just 1 roo now and he is tiny, the same size as the girls.

My experience with Biels is that despite the size, the roos are the gentlist of all breeds. They remind me of a fine southern gentleman that has nothing to prove. No one messed with him and he never felt the need to put the "beat down" on anyone. I often had 2 of them in a small pen with 4 to 6 hens, and never saw them fight. They would return the challenge from the neighbor roo, but it was a stare down that eventually un-nerved the other guy.

He certainly is gorgeous! I wish there was a roo that didn't crow! Are the hens as sweet too!

Yes, the hens are calm and easy to handle. All these positives are also found in some other breeds, like Ameraucanas and Orpingtons. Biels have them in spades, but I'm just as happy with the personality of my show-type Ameraucanas as I was with the Biels, and the Black and Silvers Ams outlay the Biels at least 2 to 1, maybe even more. I mention the colors because the Lavender Ams are poor layers also, so I think some of this is related to the strain of the chicken as much as the "breed".

 

[Northern Appalachian]

Today marks two weeks of laying, a total of 27 eggs from one hen. Khaki Campbells are sheepish, but they make excellent foragers and lay a crazy ton.

 

[fisherlady]

@fisherlady @Auroradream26

This silkie Mom still wont leave them. It's so funny! I came home after it was dark and they had snuggled next to the coop last night because they couldn't get back in.








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She is a good mama

 

[dheltzel]

I have a few young chickens from Sand Hill that I have decided to sell. If anyone here is interested, I will give you first dibs. These were all hatched on 8/21
2 buff minorcas (white eggs)
1 pair black breasted red cubalaya (light brown eggs)
3 - 5 (haven't counted pullets, but there are 9 total) welsummers. These are not colored correctly for a welsummer, but I expect they will lay dark brown eggs anyway. I wanted Welsummers from Sand Hill, but his roo got eaten and the replacement he got is throwing poorly colored chicks that I can't use as breeders.