Bielefelders

Dag's Bielefelder cock, "Hans"
Photo courtesy of Dag Jorund Lonning

The Bielefelder is a new breed of German origin. It was created in the early 1970s, and a bantam variety appeared in 1983. They were seeking to develop a large, quiet, cold-resistant bird that was a good egg producer. This is an auto-sexing breed. They breed true, but chicks are sexable by color at one day of age. Among the breeds used to develop the Bielefelder were the New Hampshire, Rhode Island Red and Welsummer. The birds are recognised only in the Legbar color.

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A flock of Bielefelders
Photo courtesy of Rudy Dannau

A Bielefelder hen
Photo courtesy of Jan Ubels

A Bielefelder male
Photo courtesy of Frances A. Bassom

Another Bielefelder rooster
Photo courtesy of Hristo Lukanov

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