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

[ozexpat]

The website is looking great; I haven't finished exploring but just looked at your breeds page. Marans are now accepted by the APA; Black Coppers, April 2011, Wheatens in Oct 2011 and whites in Jan 2014. There are many other varieties that breeders are working on, pure black, pure blue, blue copper, the cuckoos, lemon cuckoo, lavender, ect.

Great to know.

I will adjust the info on the page

Thanks

 

[ozexpat]

And here is the FaceBook Page. I finally joined facebook on my own. I have always just piggy backed on my wifes acc.

Now I have to work out this Instagram thing LOL

 

[ozexpat]

After the gale force winds yesterday, things have been pretty quiet as far as the weather goes.

Typhoon Henry (Matmo) looks like its going to veer North and miss the Philippines.

On the hatching front, we had a good hatch this week with 80% hatch rate without a dehumidifier running. We added barred rocks, RIR, Orps, jerseys and mutts to the brooder.

We are waiting for the Cuckoo Marans and a bunch of Ameraucana to start laying - along with a few others.

This week we bought a new role of fish net. This one has a much smaller hole. Its 3/4" x 9ft x 330 ft. We will use it for a new run for chicks. Ocaisionally the little ones get stuck or even through the other netting. 

That will give us 

Layer Coops A & B - 8ft x 8ft with a patrially covered 8 x 30 run
Breeder Coops 1 - 5 6 ft x 6ft with a partially covered 6 x 18 run
Breeder Coops 6 - 11 4fr x 4ft with a partially covered 4 x 12 run
Duck Houses 1 & 2 12ft x 8ft with a 400sq ft netted enclosure and 8 x 4 ponds
Guinea Breeder Coop 6ft x 18 ft with a roof over 50%
3 grow our pens between 120 and 200 sq ft with 600+ sq ft 
1 quarrantine pen 6 x 3
2 intermediate coops (used for guinea keets at the moment) 6 x 3

7 brooders
1 600 egg incubator
1 150 egg hatcher

15 quail cages 
2 chukar cages

Its amazing how it accumulates

Even though it is a farm and has always been a farm, we have to have the place officially zoned in order to get a "Mayors Permit" so we can get a tax number.

We have local village clearance, health certification from the mayors office, our business name registered with the department of trade and industry and breeders lisences from the provincial dept of agriculture.

So all we need to do (at least we think but one never knows lol) is draw a plan of the farm and its buildings.

 

[ramirezframing]

Good luck with all the red tape Oz.

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

Glad to hear all is well after the winds went through.

Nice web site too.........loved the gallery and the photos
of the plumeria......I'd kill for seeds or cuttings.

They would go well with my purple passion flowers.

Good luck on your farm plans and permits......sounds
like you have it all going good so far.

 

[vehve]

I bet having to put down all the coops and various critter lodgings on paper is going to shock you, be sure to share the plans.

"And here we have chicken coop #172..."

 

[Tomtommom]

I bet having to put down all the coops and various critter lodgings on paper is going to shock you, be sure to share the plans.

"And here we have chicken coop #172..."

 

[ozexpat]

Lol. I put a line in the sand that said no more than coop 170

 

[ozexpat]

Despite the eye of the typhoon travelling to the east, its dragging heavy rains right over us.

Not much work is being done today.

 

[scottcaddy]

Despite the eye of the typhoon travelling to the east, its dragging heavy rains right over us.

Not much work is being done today.

You could send the unwanted rain to So Ca or even to Texas, or here in NC. I have not had more then .6 inches this month.
Just saying

Scott