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

[vehve]

Oz, in that case, be sure to place the pipe so that it's allowed to drain, it won't transfer air if it's filled with fluids. You could even collect the draining water and use it as liquid fertilizer.

 

[ozexpat]

Oz, in that case, be sure to place the pipe so that it's allowed to drain, it won't transfer air if it's filled with fluids. You could even collect the draining water and use it as liquid fertilizer.

Compost tea

 

[piglett]

Hey piglett- CONGRATULATIONS on your daughter! Relieved to hear all is well. -Sorry this is a bit late.

Oz- afraid I am only getting one egg a day from the lebars with molting and all that. I do have a few sacs of clothing though.....

i always say better late than never

better 1/2 of my girls are not yet "online"

should be soon i would say

 

[piglett]

Compost tea

how about a raised compost bin with compost tea output pipe draining into a large tub of some sort

dip out the tea with a bucket & water the garden plants

i bet those suckers grow like crazy

 

[ozexpat]

how about a raised compost bin with compost tea output pipe draining into a large tub of some sort

dip out the tea with a bucket & water the garden plants

i bet those suckers grow like crazy

It will be intersting to see what grows on the patches where the compost has been removed

Given enough time and the complestion of the fence, I may end up building 3 cinder block walled compost sections.

Even though we have heat and humidity, rice husks still take atleast 6 weeks to break down

 

[piglett]

It will be intersting to see what grows on the patches where the compost has been removed

Given enough time and the complestion of the fence, I may end up building 3 cinder block walled compost sections.

Even though we have heat and humidity, rice husks still take atleast 6 weeks to break down

i know where we had meat birds last season (result was lots of poop & no grass in that area)

the grass came in nice & green then thick weeds showed so thick that most of the grass got choked out

this years birds just loved the weeds & did a fine job keeping them short

 

[ozexpat]

Soy meal dropped from 89cents a kilo to 79cents a kilo

That brings soy down to a price close to fish meal


Ingredient Protein% grams protein per $
Copra 20 655
Rice Bran 12.5 433
Soy Meal 50 634
Fish Meal 70 643
Corn Meal 12 400


That will save me a several hundred dollars a year. I use about 5 tons of soy over the course of a year

woohoo

 

[DaveOmak]

Morning Oz..... With your project of providing "breeding stock" for the islanders, do they have a ready, inexpensive source of quality feed...

In the next adventure, can we/they see "OZ FEED" on the market...

 

[ozexpat]

Morning Oz..... With your project of providing "breeding stock" for the islanders, do they have a ready, inexpensive source of quality feed...

In the next adventure, can we/they see "OZ FEED" on the market...

you never know......................................

 

[ozexpat]

Exit Roliito (Jun-jun) and Rona

When I got back from the Philippines I was concerned that they were not going to make it.

We had trouble with small things that created a distrust.

A few weeks ago we had relatives drop of their monthly allotment of 50kg of rice. They honked at the gate for 5 minutes and checked the gate. The padlock was in place but unlocked. They entered the property with their car and honked several times - still no answer. They got out of the car and walked down to the beach fence and saw nobody.

As they were getting back in their car Jun appears from their house - waking up from a deep sleep at 4:30PM. Upon questioning by Ida Rona said she was in the garden at the front of the house weeding - but this is not possible because she would have heard the horn and indays cousins would have walked right past her.

Then last week Ida arrived on a surprise visit to find the plants in the nursery all drooping. When she asked Rona when did she last water them her reply was yesterday. When pushed she then said two days ago. Inday got rather upset and informed her that she waters her plants in bacolod every 2 days and knows what they look like when they get watered. Jun defended her saying that if they were to water the plants every day, thats all they would be doing. Ida watered all the plants on the whole property in 3 hours - she then told jun that he may have time for a little more work if he did not sleep half the day (bernie had confirmed the sleeping as jun can never be found to help him with any heavy lifting).

We cant have people we dont trust.

The hunt is on for housekeeper/gardener version 5.0