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

[ozexpat]

When I started work as a brick mason's laborer at 15, the guy that started with me was a bit slow.

The boss sent him off at lunchtime with instructions to go and find a few pounds of elbow grease and not come back until he did.

I had to work on my own for the rest of the week.

 

[Lorien]

about five pounds

or for you folks on the south end of the planet "about 3 kilos"

Groan* LOL!

 

[ozexpat]

about five pounds

or for you folks on the south end of the planet "about 3 kilos"

There are 6.9 billion people in the world. 320 million use pounds. SO you should be saying - for those who live on planet earth 3KG and on the isolated region of the western hemisphere 5lb.

Less than 5% of the world population uses a pound or a mile in daily language.

 

[ozexpat]

Groan* LOL!

someone had to do it!!

 

[ozexpat]

Ok, so I'm reading through this thread still. A little bit every night on my kindle while hubby snoozes. I started in early june, the night of our first external pip from our first set of hatching eggs. Silly me, i had expected that pipped egg to hatch reasonably fast and was reading to pass the time. I believe I have already said hello, but now that im on page 147, I thought I'd stop by again to say hello and to let Oz know....

I have a mennonite neighbor with peacocks and I imagine he'd not mind selling you some eggs. He has white ones, regular ones (green i think) and some mixed ones.

We are, however, in upstate NY, so they'd have to be shipped, plus I'm not sure if they are still laying. I think their season is short. But honestly i really have no clue. We are brand new to this whole bird business.

Let me know if you want any and I'll ask if his eggs are spoken for.

Back to catching up!

Thanks for saying Hi.

I remember you stopping by and I see your name in the lurkers section regualarly.

I have a good local SoCal supplier of Peacock, but thank you. I need to remove as many variables as possible from the hatch as I can. Once I establish the breed and understand the hatching idiosyncrasies of peafowl, I will step into the world of shipped eggs.

Enjoy your catching up. You are more than half way at page 147!!

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: Lorien that joke is best told in conversation..... just like this.... thrown in as an after thought. Said enough times to spark interest then Badump bump.... I have NEVER been able to pull it off before.... Thank you.

deb "off to find a bucket of sparks"

 

[Pancholoco]

There are 6.9 billion people in the world. 320 million use pounds. SO you should be saying - for those who live on planet earth 3KG and on the isolated region of the western hemisphere 5lb.

Less than 5% of the world population uses a pound or a mile in daily language.

Yup, metric system is more easier than standard. I like it. If you're a constructor (Architect) you need to convert all your standard measures to metric and then back to standard to get exactly measures.

Pardon I'm learning English

 

[piglett]

There are 6.9 billion people in the world. 320 million use pounds. SO you should be saying - for those who live on planet earth 3KG and on the isolated region of the western hemisphere 5lb.

Less than 5% of the world population uses a pound or a mile in daily language.

i think they use pounds in England too but only in money

 

[ozexpat]

Day 23 is winding down

The humidity is finally below 45% now the tropical depression has moved away. It may help the hatch rates for the next series of madness.

Bernie is back to routine. The wet season makes grass cutting a huge job.

 

[scottcaddy]

Quote: Lorien that joke is best told in conversation..... just like this.... thrown in as an after thought. Said enough times to spark interest then Badump bump.... I have NEVER been able to pull it off before.... Thank you.

deb "off to find a bucket of sparks"
or in my line of work, it would be 5 gal. of Prop Wash or 10 Yards of Fight Line.

Scott