I got these ducks from Tractor Supply. Was told I bought 3 Pekin. 2 of the ducks are Pekin but the middle one is not. What is she/he? Also bought what I was told was 3 Khaki Campbell ducks. Is the dark duck pictured a Campbell and can you tell if its and male or female? (First pic) Second pic is...
Potentially off your topic but I have a Red Ranger I picked up in 2019. She is currently still alive with no health issues and gives me 1-2 eggs every week. She was purchased with the intention of eating but clearly didn't happen. Size reference this Ranger with a pure Bielefelder hen both are...
I know roosters can get a bad rap (rightfully earned) but I have always enjoyed my roosters. Here is Redneck (thanks kids for another ridiculous name for our chickens that stuck). He is a Bielefelder/Cream Crested Legbar cross. In the background is Bob my og pure Bielefelder rooster and Rednecks...
Here is a size comparison between a pure Bielefelder and a Red Ranger. I would say it is highly likely to be some sort of Biele cross. For many of my crosses the Biele genes carry over well to the next generation. But I crossed mine with other autosexing breeds like the Cream legbar and 55...
Welcome back to today's episode of The Young and Clucking... Last season saw Bitchena dealing with psychotic behaviors and postpartum broodiness over loss of her clutch and Bielle is simply one of a trio who no one ever rembers.
Today we find our leading ladies Bitchena and Bielle have been...
Thank you all for the advice about broody hens. I wrote my post to just to vent a little about the craziness of my birds this year with everyone wanting to be a mama.
Let me set the stage... I have a hen and for lack of a better word she's a b***h. I thought Buff Orpingtons were supposed to be nice but I digress... Well I got behind collecting eggs a few weeks ago and low and behold this hell hen has taken up residence in a nesting box packed with about 15...
My hubby said this first little baby looked smug atop its unhatched siblings. Im trying to resist the urge to hover over the incubator and watch some of the others hatch.
Came home to some over achievers. I hope this isn't a silly question but do you absolutely have to take the egg turner out of the incubator. This is my first time using this model and the hubby wanted to keep it in to keep the chicks from knocking each other over but I'm on the fence.
I'm super late to this but I'm in lockdown with my eggs. Finally talked the hubby into a Nature Right 360 to incubate the eggs this time. Im hatching Bielefelders and hopefully a few Biele/55 Flower Hen crosses. Here is "Biele Bob" and his ladies can't wait to see the babies.
It is with great sadness that I have to announce Miss U (name change to promote feather positivity within the flock) got killed by a hawk yesterday. My kids were very upset because they liked Miss U because she looked so different from our other young birds. It is a shame that we won't get to...
Hi I started my Bielefelder journey back in April but just found this thread. My first group of girls I got from a local lady who's stock came from Omega Hills and Greenfire Farms. I bought 3 chicks the first time, all girls, but the neighbors dog decided to visit so now I have 2. They're 23...
This is my cockerel "Biele Bob" he's roughly 19 weeks old now and so far seems to be a good boy. How does he fit to the SOP? Then I have Harmony and Starla and who are both 23 weeks old. Harmony is the lighter breasted of the two and is my talker whenever I spend time in their pen.
Thank you so much! That makes a lot of sense. I don't know a lot about the genetics in birds but I want to learn more. Is it normal for the chick to be displaying such a large dark pink comb at roughly 6 weeks old?
Allow me to set the stage. I had a wonderful roo that was a White Rock BO cross that did the deed with my pure BO hens. Now many weeks down the road I am presented with these offspring who are both 13 weeks old. Then there's this little surprise guy from my broody hen (sorry for the bad pics...