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

[Tomtommom]

LOL! Bob is on his way out...just waiting for the neighbor's chicken slaughter. I don't have it in me to butcher any of the chickens.

We did it.. once. It was awful o_o

Tried to do the humane 'bleed bird until they pass out' thing. Yeah... no... fiance just couldn't get his jugular cut properly so the poor thing bled very slowly for like half an hour

To add insult to injury, he was tough as nail to eat, even after aging 3 days in the fridge (likely the stress ruined him). Tasted like beef.

Never again.

 

[Tomtommom]

The Philippines is about to get hammered again

We're thinking about y'all, Oz.

 

[NovaAman]

Batton down the hatches Oz. Good luck!

 

[Phage]

How near to the farm is the storm going to be? How much water do you think will fall n your area. Are the house and coops/animals in danger?

 

[ozexpat]

Batton down the hatches Oz. Good luck!

We should be ok at the farm with this one but Manila will probably flood.

The schools where Mrs Oz is staying are all closed.

She will be moving back to Negros in about a month. Her six month residency requirement for the adoptions will be met.

 

[ozexpat]

How near to the farm is the storm going to be? How much water do you think will fall n your area. Are the house and coops/animals in danger?

The animals will be ok.

The Guinea chicks picked up the quail disease and we lost 4 but the antibiotics stopped any further losses. I have all chicks from all breeds on a regimen of oxytetracycline and dimethox at the moment. I will give it for another 5 days. I should be able to then move them to the grow out coops and totally de-bug the brooder room. All booders will go out in the rain and then sun for a week once they are bleached.

Mrs Oz arrives here on Thursday next week and will stay 7 days. I have bacitracin to go back with here.

I see medicated feed for all chicks in our future.

 

[Phage]

But there is no danger of Mrs Oz and the kids right?

 

[Kikwi]

My folks are at Distance 1 from the eye of the storm. They say it's "not too bad, 53mph wind gusts and a decent rain". I guess they're used to it!

 

[ozexpat]

But there is no danger of Mrs Oz and the kids right?

no

its just going to be a nuisance

 

[joannefiddler]

Nuisance we can tolerate...hope it is nothing worse! Think the Philippines have had more than their share for this season.