08/22/2025
David has wanted Crele Bielefelders for ages, he’s been talking about them for almost 10 years. So when we talked about chickens again it was the first breed he brought up!
I did manage to find some semi-local eggs, which just hatched us 7 early this week.
He decided what he really wanted was Greenfire Farms 2023 import line, and we’ve been watching their website for some to be available. They’d often have some females but not males, or visa versa, or sold out far in advance.
We lucked into an over-hatch of both the other day, and ordered 6 hens and 2 roosters. Bielefelders are auto-sexing so you can tell hens from roosters at birth. They shipped them Express, so they were mailed Wednesday and we picked them up Thursday! I’ve never had chicks arrive so fast! They mail them with food and hydration gel, plus heat packs. They were absolutely zooming and happy whe we opened the box.
They sent 7 hens and 3 roosters 😁 Beautiful big healthy babies! They all got some green jewelry so we can tell them apart from our other Bielefelder chicks.
Bielefelders are big birds, a dual purpose breed from Germany. Even the hens are large and heavy framed. They lay jumbo eggs and are said to be very calm natured. Plus they’re really beautiful! David’s excited to raise them as both our meat birds and laying birds.
