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

OZ I am always overwhelmed by how organized you are down to the last nail. Were you like this even as a child? Do you ever truly relax or are you ever thinking of the next project ?

I'm exhausted just reading all the things you do.
sometimes I can be described as intense lol. i prefer enthusiastic.

when i was 14 my parents announced we were moving to a 1000 acre sheep farm from a surf side suburb of sydney. i checked out a 900 page book on animal husbandry from the library and taught myself down to very fine details, all about raising and breeding cattle sheep and pigs. i wrote a huge argument for removing the embargo on allowing the arial spraying of fertilizer with concentrations of sulfer greater than 40%. it became a stand alone article in the leading ag newspaper in australia and i was called upon as an expert in the field - till they found out i was just 15 lol

maybe i have propensity for intensity

I dont really have a life lol. As my family is all 7500 miles away, I could either watch tv, look at internet porn or do what I do. So I let my mind wander, I surf from internet site to internet site (non porn) until I come accross something that grabs me. right now I am researching plants that can grow in salt spray environments. I found a great list. Now i am googling each one, seeing if they have a name for it in the philippines so I may buy it there. if it does not, then i find out how it grows, can i grow from seeds or do i need plants and where can i buy here. when i am finished i hope to be able to have a plan to landscape the garden around our house a little better.

all this planning is a must when dealing with situation we have. its a 3 hour ride from the city where we can buy specialty items to cocobeach and an hour round trip to the small city where we buy cement, steel and nails.

life is very different over there. as far as nails go, i try to never finish a project with more than a couple of pounds because six months later they will just be a blob of rust and cement becomes a rock in weeks. people arent used to excess and as excess implies its not needed it will often just disappear. I also have to explain everything to people who use english as a second language. last week i wanted contact cement to glue a rubber pad to the inside walls of the trailer. i tried everything i knew and could not get accross what i wanted till i immitated a glue sniffer - i needed to buy rugby. without lateral thinking, its a tough place to get things done.

the next project (s)

finish goat house
make aljays quarters
finish fence
finish planting fruit trees
build bernies new house
accquire some female dairy goats
arrange to bring in pig semen when i eventually need it
aquaponics with milk fish
build and plant 200 sq feet vege garden
propogate more replacement coconuts
propogate ipil ipil trees for goat fodder
look for, buy and plant a tamarind tree
and so much more
 
Thank you for the photos!!
Keep them coming - the more the merrier - We LOVE photos!!
mrs oz is enroute to the farm. more pics in a few hours.

the android is not connecting for data. mrs oz is on her way to Dumaguete on the other side of the island and will try to get help from a phone store there to set the apn and good technical stuff like that. if she can get it going, she will drop it off on sunday on the return trip.
 
great pics OGM and BDM

I will be needing eggs from them this spring lol


Absolutely:). On the list of what pures will hopefully be available:

Swedes
Jills silver penciled rocks
splash polish
Mottled houdans
Lav ameracauna
Giant blue Cochins

My reds are a bust :( I have no good hens left.

But I may have Turkey eggs :)

Love sending my kids abroad!
 
Absolutely:). On the list of what pures will hopefully be available:

Swedes
Jills silver penciled rocks
splash polish
Mottled houdans
Lav ameracauna
Giant blue Cochins

My reds are a bust
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I have no good hens left.

But I may have Turkey eggs
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Love sending my kids abroad!

i love them all!! those SPR are magnificent
 
Mrs Oz got stuck in construction on the way and had little time. She just took pics for me to judge progress.


The front of the coops. The roofs are joined. I may end up closing that section in for the guineas as they dont really need a full coop.
















 
Sir Oz,

Good evening. 3M Molding Tape is best to attach the rubber pad to the inside of your trailer. It can not be easily detach by water unlike rugby. Super strength,strong bonding, easy to use, no mess. Ideal for attaching body side moldings, trim & emblems. Available @ Handyman Robinson Bacolod or @ ACE Hardware SM Bacolod.

Roli
 
Sir Oz,

Good evening. 3M Molding Tape is best to attach the rubber pad to the inside of your trailer. It can not be easily detach by water unlike rugby. Super strength,strong bonding, easy to use, no mess. Ideal for attaching body side moldings, trim & emblems. Available @ Handyman Robinson Bacolod or @ ACE Hardware SM Bacolod.

Roli
thanks rolli

i will check it out
 

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