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

[ozexpat]

Can Bernie teach his replacement?

It took a year plus to train Bernie

 

[Phage]

How much notice did he give?

Hopefully he can train replacements a bit.

Thought he had such a great deal financially he would not leave.

Hopefully he will get education as well to make leaving worth it.

 

[ozexpat]

Unfortunately the poorer Filipino lives for now.

It is very hard to get them to look for the future.

Aljay has been working under Bernie so there is some hope that the transition won't be too horrific. Aljay is very young and that does not very bode well for reliability.

School starts on 1st . Hopefully we have got them for another month or so.

Our last guy that quit really regretted it and wanted to come back so Mrs Oz will reach out to them to see where they are now.

I am going to be off line for twenty four hours at 1pm pst. as I have something I need to take care of.

Hopefully by the time I get back on byc I will have more news.

 

[Phage]

The world that is CocoBeach has been turned upside down.

This is one heck of a step back.

Thats all the details I have thus far.

Oh bother

oh bother is right! oh oz   

Not exactly how I would have put it


Bernie did have a huge amount of responsibility.
Maybe it was too much for one person.

 

[ozexpat]

Life will go on. We may need to just turn off the incubator and go into survival mode for a few months.

The goats are a long term pan so they can be sold.

The same goes for Motza but that will be last resort.

 

[ozexpat]

Not exactly how I would have put it


Bernie did have a huge amount of responsibility.
Maybe it was too much for one person.

At this stage I can't say it was that. Bernie also had help. I have never hesitated on getting more help as the need developed.

I know Bernie has been happy. Even AnnaLou has been talking about the future there. Suddenly her aunt offers to pay for her schooling that was interrupted by an unplanned pregnancy and a shotgun wedding.

When Mrs Oz meet her family they had a lot of animosity towards Bernie for interrupting her life. I think it is really just that.

 

[Phage]

It may be a good time to make written instructions /flow charts to cover all basic activities and all conceivable scenarios so that if for example the pigs get sick they know what to do.

 

[Phage]

Is school for Annalou too far for Bernie to weekend commute?

Bernie was certainly getting the best education possible in managing a Small farm and got paid at the same time.

Life will go on and it will be fine. This is just a delay in the long term big picture.

 

[ozexpat]

I actually have done all that.

I have step by step guides for the pigs from what weight to change feed rations to vaccination schedules. There are tables with symptoms and medications for illnesses on pigs and chickens.

The biggest problem is language barriers. Analou's English skill is rare in this demographic.

 

[ozexpat]

Is school for Annalou too far for Bernie to weekend commute?

I have not gone there yet. I offered to send AnnaLou to school myself previously and we have always encouraged her. The school she was originally at it's quite prestigious and she was on a scholarship.

Her aunt is going to send her back there.

It's a four hour commute. I can't see them being separated and I really need live in. Having my on charge person not living there full time has inherent problems for security