Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

[bamadude]

Did analou have her baby yet?

 

[ozexpat]

Did analou have her baby yet?

Analou is not pregnant - but her replacement, Ging is

Its hard to keep up with the cast of chartacters

 

[bamadude]

Yes it is. I could not imagine the stress involved with all u deal with. Good luck and keep us posted

 

[ozexpat]

Yes it is. I could not imagine the stress involved with all u deal with. Good luck and keep us posted

human resources is the not fun part of any "management" job

 

[bamadude]

4500 miles apart probably doesnt help either

 

[ozexpat]

If I did not love what I am doing I would have quit a long time ago.

The timing was really crappy but it is what it is.

There are two issues at hand

The first is the layout and design of the runs mentioned above. They should be very simple as they are going to be traditional bamboo poles for lumber, bamboo matting for walls and thatch roofs with a 1600 sq foot run. My concern is they may overthink it and try and make them like my breeder coops - using materials i cant afford to waste like coco lumber.

The second is trying to get three gilts (virgin sows) pregnant with a barrow (virgin boar) and guys with no boar experience. Bernie had lots. I may give the boar an extra two months by contracting out the mating of pis 1-3 to a butakal - a stud boar. The boar can either come to cocobeach in a motorbike sidecar (yes its quite a sight) or I can use artificial insemination. Either way it will cost me the pick of each litter - about fifty bucks a sow.

Aljay will learn AI at college so the future looks bright. He got his brown floppy hat and scabbard last week.

 

[Tomtommom]

human resources is the not fun part of any "management" job

Yup, been there done that. Very true.

 

[ozexpat]

Mrs Oz just became a chook lady

Aljay quit

 

[bamadude]

***?

 

[bamadude]

I guess it censored me but what the flock happened?