We hatched 4 chicks. Father was definitely Bielefelder, mothers were either Black Australorp (3) or Jersey Giant (1).
All were black at hatch and are now showing considerable barring as teenagers. They also have yellow feet. Three are left, as one was killed in a dog attack. One is a cockerel.
Would there be any way to visually tell apart the Biel x JG as opposed to the Biel x BA? Now or as adults? I suspect the JG mix was killed by the dog, which would mean that only BA mixes have survived.
All were black at hatch and are now showing considerable barring as teenagers. They also have yellow feet. Three are left, as one was killed in a dog attack. One is a cockerel.
Would there be any way to visually tell apart the Biel x JG as opposed to the Biel x BA? Now or as adults? I suspect the JG mix was killed by the dog, which would mean that only BA mixes have survived.