A Bielefelder Thread !

[Sylvester017]

Oh I'd love to see those paintings! You have an incredible talent. I used to really enjoy sketching and took art through most of school I loved it very much and I was an ok artist. I always loved pastels and pencils best wish I could paint. I haven't done much in the way of drawing though since I lost my last scetch diary. I was so devastated I just couldn't and since then I can't seem to focus or choose a subject. Someday maybe I'll get inspired... I never thought to try and draw the chickens... I think I may need to get out a sketch book. I still miss my old one though sad how when things like that are lost they can't be replaced and it's such a big loss even if it's just an unnecessary piece of property.

I too am/was an artist and my kids reminded me of the games I used to create for them. My DD told me to give her all my art work for posterity and said I should photocopy them all to DVD before giving her the hard copies. Now I can enjoy my artwork by using my computer to view them and I don't have the clutter storing all the originals. Originals can still be damaged by heat, moisture, theft, etc, but a few distributed copies of disks in the family will ensure the art lives on no matter what happens to the originals. Just wish computers were around 50 years ago when I created and made boardgames for the kids before they got worn and tossed.

 

[Chickielady]

I too am/was an artist and my kids reminded me of the games I used to create for them. My DD told me to give her all my art work for posterity and said I should photocopy them all to DVD before giving her the hard copies. Now I can enjoy my artwork by using my computer to view them and I don't have the clutter storing all the originals. Originals can still be damaged by heat, moisture, theft, etc, but a few distributed copies of disks in the family will ensure the art lives on no matter what happens to the originals. Just wish computers were around 50 years ago when I created and made boardgames for the kids before they got worn and tossed.

good idea !

 

[Chickielady]

The 3 white Marans hatched a few days ago....as promised...













Yellow babies are Sulmtalers, white are these Marans babies, the black/yelloe are Silver Cuckoo, and the brownish guys are chow hounds that you already know. My Biel girls are in another tub & a brooder on the barn.

All flipping out due to the camera flash !

 

[hellbender]

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[jbkirk]

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WHAT?

 

[DesertChic]

All flipping out due to the camera flash !

A feed dish in a pie pan...Why didn't I think of this? Brilliant! And love the baby photos. Even with 13 chicks in my own brooder right now I still love seeing everyone else's chicks.

 

[Chickielady]

WHAT?

 

[Chickielady]

A feed dish in a pie pan...Why didn't I think of this? Brilliant! And love the baby photos. Even with 13 chicks in my own brooder right now I still love seeing everyone else's chicks.

All the girls are in another tub, 4 tubs total, 2 in the barn, and 2 in the upstairs bathroom! These ones are in the shower with the heat lamp clipped on the knob....LOL

 

[otakalhasas]

A feed dish in a pie pan...Why didn't I think of this? Brilliant! And love the baby photos. Even with 13 chicks in my own brooder right now I still love seeing everyone else's chicks.

DITTO ON THAT!!!!!!!!!! Something as simple as a pie pan - go figure!!!!!! BEAUTIFUL babies!!!

 

[Bine]

Okay, I thought about the Point of Lay Problem .... Yesterday I had realy too much time b/c of the political different situation in my coop, I had to comfort my Schnute (my oldest rooster). A Putsch that occured in the early hours yesterday, pushed him from his throne and left him with a broken beak. After he had the emergency operation to save the rest of his upper beak, he was not keen to go back and face the life of a ordenairy rooster. So we sat together in the sun for houres. And while Schnute complaint about the unjustice that happend to him and how ashamed he was to show himself to the hens with only half a beak, it came to me... well, I think I have the answer:
Fat. Normally my concern is to get enough fat on my chickens b/c of the long broody periods and the long winter here. But Bielefelder have a much lower energy level and are not prone to broodiness. So maybe DesertChic fat problem in roosters and the egg problem is one and the same problem. Too much food. Fat hens are bad layers and they have problems in the summer. At least everyone told me so.