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

[getaclue]

Oz, you need to buy a tractor.

 

[ozexpat]

Its been an interesting week.

We reported the incident to the Provincial Ag department as they referred the tech.

First response was that the animal had leptosprosis.

Yesterday it was suggested that it was liver fluke. I explained that we use Albendazole quarterly.

Then we were asked if we vaccinate for hemorhagic septacemia, I said no we dont but our Carabao was isolated and the only time we ever had an issue was when 5 days after we broke biosecurity protocols and let an AI technician they referred to touch our animal.

I am disparaging them for trying to look for other causes.

Anyway, there is a provincial milking buffalo dispersal program that provides the animals for free, We may qualify.

 

[ozexpat]

Oz, you need to buy a tractor.

why?

 

[getaclue]

It's much easier to dig a large hole with a tractor, and it makes a lot of other chores easier too.

 

[ozexpat]

It's much easier to dig a large hole with a tractor, and it makes a lot of other chores easier too.

A tactor would cost me around say USD10K.

By the time we fight off the rust, pay for fuel and maintenance, its rather costly.

Thats also around 5 years of salary for a worker who can in turn support a family.

The hole took less than an hour to dig - we live on sand. We dont have mega hay bales, snow or anything heavy enough to warrant it.

Mrs Oz would love a Kubota though

 

[getaclue]

Great minds think alike. Like Mrs. Oz, I too love Kubotas.

 

[scottcaddy]

Quote: You can get her a good used one when you guys get to Spokane.

You will have snow and it can get heavy.
Scott

 

[ozexpat]

You can get her a good used one when you guys get to Spokane.

You will have snow and it can get heavy.
Scott

indeed.


she has already been web browsing

 

[Wisher1000]

Oz, care to give us a rundown of your plans for Spokane? I know you have a new job, but what are you looking for in terms of housing. Will it include the family, or just you?

 

[ozexpat]

Oz, care to give us a rundown of your plans for Spokane? I know you have a new job, but what are you looking for in terms of housing. Will it include the family, or just you?

As a rule, I am pretty open here but I dont really say a lot about work so let me navigate through this if I can as they are very intertwined,

We chose Spokane because I was offered not only a great job but a career path.

I plan to have my family with me as soon as possible however there will not be a plan to purchase a home yet as the career path could involve a few moves over the next 6 years.

As such we will be looking for an adequate rental house, 3 bedrooms 2 baths and covered parking not too far from central Spokane. Hopefully a finished basement to lock the kids in LOL

The kids will be here before school returns in Summer so they will ease into the cold weather. I have no idea what I am going to do with my totally outdoor kids during winter but I figure we will just embrace it, The ski fields are very close so they will get lessons and lift passes every couple of weeks, Toni will continue ballet and Enzo has asked to learn the piano.

There are a couple of indoor pools for the kids to continue coached swimming.

Summers will be lots of fishing and swimming.

One of the big appeals was the quality of public elementary schools. We were considering Pueblo Co but the schools were very poorly rated. Regardless, Enzo has an amazing mind that needs to be challenged, I predict problems with him and school in the USA. I will do a lot with him myself but he may also benefit from Koman or some sort of language lessons. I understand that the kid is four but he has a crazy brilliant mind, His capacity to learn is truly remarkable. He has distinct memories of my 50th birthday party when he was 14 months of age. When we returned to the party venue 3 years later, he described the band, what the lead singer was wearing and where we were seated. He perfects his Chinese studies without a tutor. When he does not score 100 on any test he takes, people now get a surprise. 2 years ago he asked me why the wind changed direction (we were having a typhoon pass close). I went into detail about wind shifting from hi pressure to low pressure areas and winds in the northern Hemisphere travel in anti-clockwise directions. He got it - then explained it to his teacher 4 days later back at school.

Mrs Oz will get a part time job as an NP in an Urgent care.