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

[ozexpat]

thar is a boat? OMG

they work surprisingly well.

there are big versions too - we use them for SCUBA diving.



courtesy of takatuka resort 35 minutes from my house there

 

[Adam7]

11 day old merkan chickens in their new country

But do they chirp with an accent?

 

[Spikes Chooks]

Great photos, Oz!

 

[ozexpat]

 

[ozexpat]

BTW - FOR THOSE WITH A PLAN TO DUPLICATE




before you even attempt to eggs you need to do the following:


DAY-OLD CHICKS AND HATCHING EGGS
1. Make a letter request to import addressed to the
BAI Director.
2. Arrange a schedule with the NVQS and LDD, BAI
for inspection of the quarantine site/farm.
3. Secure an import permit from NVQS. Permit is
good for two months; it may be extended for
another month if the animals have not arrived yet.
4. For NEDA registered breeders, refer to LDD, BAI
for possible tax exemption.
5. If arrival of the animals has been confirmed,
secure a Notice of Quarantine and a landing
permit at NVQS three (3) to five (5) days prior to the
actual date of arrival.
6. Within thirty days from the date of arrival, the farm will
be inspected by an NVQS representative or a
Deputized Veterinary Quarantine Officer. Blood
collection shall be done on the imported birds for
serological testing against Avian Influenza,
Salmonella pullorum, Newcastle Disease and other
diseases which may be necessary.
FEES:
Day-old chicks
Issuance of VQC P 100.00
Inspection fee P 0.60/head
Hatching Eggs
Issuance of VQC P 50.00/pc
Inspection fee P 50.00/pc

 

[ozexpat]

sunrise from our beach



and from my coffee table

 

[SilkieSensation]

The only costs for all my chickens i ever look at is my Lowes bill for buildng coops and runs...and i dont look TOO CLOSELY...Its scarey
To think it all starts with a little innocent fuzzy $2.50 chick

Finished the last 30 pages today ..forgot about your wonderful adventure! . Really great read on this sleety cold damp MO day. Ocean beach coconuts...AAAHH

In all seriousness look at all the people who were enthralled by this adventure ,enough to comment and some only lurk usually .. and it all is from the way you write You have a gift.
Maybe you are missing your calling... another Hemmingway perhaps? You might give it a shot .
You never know
Also you are bringing a whole new more tastey bigger egglaying chicken culture to your island... Not many ppl can go down in history to have accomplished that much even, Kudos on many levels to you and look forward to the new coming egg-venture

I haven't even attempted to add up costs for 3 outdoor coops, a chicken tractor, a duck pen, a duck breeder cage, another chicken breeder cage for outside, 6 travel crates for transporting birds, a 3 tier stack cage, 12 smaller breeder cages & carry cages, 4 incubators, 4 brooders, 2 heat lamps (need 2 more), and all off the feed bowls & waterers for all of the cages & pens, plus the 5 gal buckets I ferment feed & carry water in, the duck pools & the 500+ pounds of feed I buy most months (I got away with only about 400 pounds this month because I cut my flock for the winter). I also have 3 bators full right now & a shipment of chicks coming this week.

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I said I would post a few pics of my birds today. They are taking a few hours longer to upload than I hoped but here is a pic of one of the birds I bought over in my golf bag. Its the turkey on the table on our lanai. I packed a frozen turkey in the magic golf bag to ensure the temps would not spike in the travels.

The two guys on the left were day workers doing a project. The couple with the child are Analou and Bernie, our gardener and maid with their son Dave. The ladies on the right are our kids nannies. The white boy (with a full head of hair sally sunshine) is yours truly. Mrs Oz is the photographer and our kids must have been sleeping.

They locals had never eaten turkey. They were stunned at how big it was. It was just 11 pounds. I told them that next year they would be eating roosters that big. They are still in disbelief.

It was Analou's birthday on 12/28.

I LOVE that table!!! I want 1!!!

 

[SilkieSensation]

Your chicks are beautiful!!!

 

[ozexpat]

I haven't even attempted to add up costs for 3 outdoor coops, a chicken tractor, a duck pen, a duck breeder cage, another chicken breeder cage for outside, 6 travel crates for transporting birds, a 3 tier stack cage, 12 smaller breeder cages & carry cages, 4 incubators, 4 brooders, 2 heat lamps (need 2 more), and all off the feed bowls & waterers for all of the cages & pens, plus the 5 gal buckets I ferment feed & carry water in, the duck pools & the 500+ pounds of feed I buy most months (I got away with only about 400 pounds this month because I cut my flock for the winter). I also have 3 bators full right now & a shipment of chicks coming this week.

I LOVE that table!!! I want 1!!!

you have a nice little business playing crazy chicken lady. I hope to make mine self sustaining and make bernie a few bucks.

The table comes from a one hundred and twenty plus year old Acacia three that was in Kabankalan city that was dangerously close to collapsing on a school and had to be felled. It is three inches thick and weighs about 300lbs. It took five of us to get it on the lanai. The chair analou is sitting on is made from the same tree

The one on the other end of the lanai (I call it my office) is a 100+ year old mango tree. The wood in the Phils is amazing. The dept of natural resources is trying very hard to stem illegal logging. We need a permit to cut down any hardwood tree and almost an act of congress to fell a Nara tree.

My father-in-law has several hundred acres of hardwood plantation - mostly teak and mahogany.When I am not making trailers, selling copra or hatching chicks I tinker with wood.

 

[ozexpat]

Your chicks are beautiful!!!

I cant take credit for their beauty - just their survival...... but thanks