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Biosec + CRH Improves Brooding Performance

2011-08-16T08:16:00.000+08:00

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Biosec + CRH Improves Brooding Performance

Poultry raisers may as well use Biosec-treated carbonized rice hull(CRH), rather than raw rice hull, as their little during brooding. This improves the broodling performance of chicken, resulting in heavier weight of broilers and increased eggs of layers. At the same time, Biosec minimizes the obnoxius odor of chicken manure and converts it into an effective bioorganic fertilizer.

Formulated by Dr. Rene Sumaoang of Novatech Agri-Food Industries, Biosec is composed of immobilized beneficial microbes and potent digestive enzymes that digest and degrade fresh chicken manure. It works well both under conventional brooding and in tunnel vent production systems.

In fact, Magnolia has already given Novatech the go-signal to talk with its contract growers to use this new method, especially those who are using the tunnel vent production system, which is totally enclosed. Espino Farm in Sugallon, Pangasinan, owned by Congressman Amado Espino, is now all out in using Biosec-treated CRH after using it in just two grows in tunnel vent systems.

Dr. Sumaoang said that by applying Biosec on the CRH or on the manure, billions of beneficial microbes are being introduced into the chicken manure. The beneficial microbes multiply rapidly and subsequently produce microbial products that inhibit the growth and proliferation of deadly microbes like Escherichia coli, salmonella and the like.

The enzymes in Biosec break down the food nutrients in the chicken manure into simpler forms that can be absorbed by the roots of plants.

For brooding, 0.5 kilogram (kg) of Biosec is applied on seven to IO bags of CRH, which is used as litter for 1,000 birds for 14 days. The waste of the birds is mixed with the litter. Thereafter, the litter is collected and can be used later as bio-organic fertilizer, according to Dr. Sumaoang. However, the use of Biosec must still be continued.

After brooding until the broilers are harvested, Biosec (15 kg per 5,000 birds) is applied on the manure which falls on the ground. In a tunnel vent system, like those used by Magnolia and Tyson, 2 kg of Biosec is spread on the litter of every 1,000 birds after brooding. In egg production, 20 kg of Biosec is applied on the manure of every 5,000 birds every three months.

Normally, raw rice hull is used as chicken litter. However, this material is a poor absorbent material, as its silica content is still bound inside the hull. Without Biosec, the chicken manure emits dangerous sulfide and ammonia gases, which produce foul odor and trigger respiratory diseases in the birds.

Moreover, the litter becomes the host of deadly microbes and poses a continuing problem on its disposal as it cannot be used as organic fertilizer.

With Biosec on the litter, Dr. Sumaoang said, the emission of ammonia and sulfide gases as well as foul odor is minimized, thereby reducing mortality rate. Likewise, flies are no longer attracted to the decomposing chicken manure.

Biosec treatment of CRH results in better ability of the birds to produce meat or eggs, ensures total biosecurity, and makes CRH an effective bioorganic fertilizer. The feathers of the birds also do not become discolored. Death of birds is greatly reduced by 30 to 40 percent. Consequently, medication cost is also greatly reduced.

In layer production, reduced death rate is translated into higher income as more birds are laying in any given period.

In Bantayan Island, Cebu, the egg basket of the Visayas, Biosec treatment of CRH has resulted in 1 percent to 5 percent increase of egg laying performance. With an increase of 2 percent, for instance, 5,000 birds would produce an additional 25,550 eggs a year. If each egg costs P3, the increase in production would be worth P76,650.

On the other hand, if the increase in production is 5 percent, an additional 63,875 eggs worth P191,625 would be produced From 5,000 birds in one year.

Given 100,000 layers, the poultry owner would have an additional net income of P1.133 million or P3.4325 million with 2 percent or 5 percent increase in egg production, respectively. The annual cost of Biosec treatment is only P20,000 for 5,000 layers or P’400,000 for 100,000 birds.

In broilers, a 2 percent increase in production from 26,000 birds would result in an additional 780 kg of meat worth P42,000. The cost of 200 kg of Biosec is only P6,000, resulting in an additional net gain of P36,000.

http://www.agribusinessweek.com/biosec-crh-improves-brooding-performance/

What Protein % is Best for Laying Chickens?

2011-04-26T07:24:00.000+08:00

It depends. It all depends on the quality of the protein in the feed. Crude protein numbers don't mean very much since crude protein is an easy thing to manipulate if a manufacturer is just building a feed that will assay out at their label percentage. The numbers that really mean something are these two: lysine % and methionine %. Those should be on the label. I'd set the floor at .85% for lysine and .47% for the methionine. That could be anywhere from 17% crude protein up. You may need 19-20% to achieve that. The more filler junk is in there the higher the crude protein level will need to be to get to those numbers for the amino acids lysine and methionine.

Most mills do not formulate by amino acid because doing that is a relatively new method and doesn't really pay them back. It pays back the birds and their owner, but it doesn't necessarily give you a high number for CP for the label and that is what feed store feeds are generally judged upon.

So -- short answer is -- look at the lysine and methionine numbers on the label and pick a feed with .85% lysine, .47% methionine, or as close to it as you can get.

Alice

Union Point Custom Feeds

Brownsville, OR

www.unionpoint.com

"Sustainable Feeds for Sustainable Farms™

Eggs from Superior F-1 Dominnt CZ(updated weekly )

2011-01-27T09:59:00.040+08:00

Jumbo great than (>) 71g (2.5 oz)
XL > 64 g (2.25 oz)
L > 57 g (2 oz)
M > 50 g (1.75 oz)
S > 43 g (1.5 oz)
Peewee > 35 g (1.25 oz)

First egg arrive at age 147 days. 40 Grams weight.

day 147 1 at 40 grams Jan 25,2011

Total.................. 28 eggs @ 1160 grams plus 1 broken-1160grams/28=41gram average

Day....Week....Eggs..Broken..Ave...Grams.....Ave......ROT
165....23.5.......37......2........5.5.....1890 .....51.....39%
171....24.4.......59......1........8.5.....3170 .....53.....61%
172....25.5.......71......0........10......3960......56.....71%
186....27.........80......0........11......4145......52.....82%
193....28.........82......0........12......4185......52.....86%
200....29.........85......0........12......4353......51.....87%
207....30.........92......0........13......5560......40.....93%
214....31.........85......0........12......5085......60.....86%
221....32.........88......0........13......5350......60.....89%
228....33.........87......1........13......5270......61.....90%
235....34.........91......2........13......5610......62.....94%
242....35.........88......1........13......5275......60.....90%
249....36.........80......0........11......4765......60.....82%
256....37.........86......1........12......5225......61.....89%
263....38.........83......0........12......5050......61.....85%
270....39.........86......1........12......5380......63.....89%
277....40.........76......0........11......4770......63.....76%
284....41.........84......0........12......5230......62.....86%
291....42.........83......0........12......5150......62.....85%
298....43.........90......0........13......5555......62.....92%
305....44.........91......1........13......5650......62.....94%
312....45.........79......0........11......4960......63.....81%
319....46.........79......0........11......5025......64.....80%
326....47.........61......0........9.......3480......57.....62%
333....48.........63......0........9.......4290......68.....64%
340....49.........82......0........12......5530......68.....84%
347....50.........80......0........11......5300......66.....82%
356....51.........75......0........11......4980......66.....77%
361....52.........89......0........13......5295......59.....91%

feed cost per head from Sept 4 to Jan 31...PHP 253.97
.........................................Feb......Php 52.41
..........................................Mar......Php 72.54
..........................................Apr......Php 70.20
..........................................May......Php 72.50
..........................................June.....Php 70.20
..........................................July.....Php 70.20
................................................Total 662.02

Feed for 15 head....Sept4-7.....Booster Mash.......1200 grams
..........Sept8-Oct1............Starter Layer......15 kilo
..........Oct2-Nov 1............Grower Layer.......32.7 kilo
..........Nov 2--Nove16.........Grower Crumble.....28 kilo
..........Nov17-Jan 31..........Intergra 3000......103.4 kilo
.......................total till first egg......180.3 kilo
......................Feb.....Full layer feed....33.6 kilo
.......................March.....................46.5 kilo
.......................April.....................45.0 kilo
.......................May.......................46.5 kilo
.......................June......................45.0 kilo
.......................July......................46.5 kilo

Happy

2010-12-31T08:42:00.001+08:00

Happy ,Healthy.and Prosperous New Year to all

Christmas 2010 and New years Eve

2010-12-25T07:17:00.002+08:00

will finish later and up-load pics also.
They started coming at 530 am
The last children came at 10:00 am....whew

Merry Christmas

2010-12-23T06:32:00.002+08:00

Merry Christmas to all.........give the Lord thanks.

http://worriersanonymous.org/Share/Christmas/Holynite.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4_EdJ-XkUA

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Babies

2010-12-15T13:18:00.001+08:00

Rosemile had a daughter Dec 14,2009 and on Dec 14,14 2010 she had 11 more babies.previous pictures updated....look down to Dec 09

Pictures Updated Dec 21 ,2010-Superior F-1 and Dominant CZ

2010-09-05T07:22:00.042+08:00

Have three different batches.

We now have Hubbard white 45 day broilers. Colored Hubbard (Superior F-1) slow grow broilers as well as Dominant CZ layers.

The Colored Hubbard s (Superior F-1 ) broilers and the Dominant CZ are new to me.

IN the pictures note that you dont see many birds....thats due to the effectiveness of the Hover Brooders.....only the ones that are feeling warm are out side the Hover eating and drinking...the others are still under it...get nice and warm..... , They come and go as they feel the need for heat or the lack of it......under it there is no place for pile ups either,as usually a pile occurs in corners...there are no corners in the Hover....so they dont pile and die.

Air plane was very stressful for the latest chicks........Dominant CZ were born Spet1,2010 and Colored Hubbard bornSept3,2010.......they arrived in Manila Air port at 5:30 am......scheduled to arrive Bacolod at 9:30 am....but the plane had engine failure prior to take off so they had to wait....................and ait.....finally arrived Bacolod-Silay at 12 noon....arrived at their brooder about 1 pm

all were active and seemed healthy except for the 5 male Dominant CZ........put them in the "hospital" for special doses of brown Sugar water for electrolyte replacement all afternoon.......but even they seemed to have recovered enough to join the others under the Hover brooder....we'll see if they stay healthy and active.The 5 were not moving at all...the brown sugar water perked them up slowly.

Breed.............Age..........Weight........Feed to date ....heads....total deaths

Dominant CZ.......1wk..........60 gram.......4 kilos..........24........1
......................17 days......155.grams.....11.5 kilos.......24........1
......................21 days......200 grams.....14.5 kilos.......24........1
......................28 days......335 grams.....24.5 kilos.......24........1
......................35 days......456 grams.....35.5 kilos.......24........1
Oct12,out to range-----------------------------------------------------------
......................42 days......540 grams.....47.5 kilos.......24........1
Oct 20,2010...........49 days......850 grams.....56.0 kilos.......24........1
Oct27.................56 days......1000grams.....70 kilos.........24........1

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Superior F-1..........1wk..........95 gram.......16 kilos.........76........0
......................15 days......270 grams.....46 kilos.........76........0
......................21 days......445 grams.....81 kilos.........76........0
.out to range....Oct1------------------------------------------------------- ......................28 days.......673 grams.....127 kilos........76........0
......................35 days......900 grans......183.25 kilos.....76........0
three head sold as RTR.........................................................
......................42 days......1133 grams......230.25 kilos.....73........0
......................49 days......1336 grams......273.25 kilos.....73........0
Oct 22 4 sold as RTR ( 49 days)................................................
Oct29 2 as RTR........56 days......1875 grams......346 Kilos........69........0
20 harvest Oct 29..............................................................
2 as RTR.(2+2=4)....................................................45.........

at 56 days 358.0 kilos feed.....cost PHP 8561.70 = 112.65/bird......45.........
37.900 kilos live weight=1.895 ave. and 6600 RTr =44.500 =1954.15ave live......

.......82.75 kilos Booster
.......52 kilos Starter
.......225.25 kilos Integra 3000

20 birds dress weight =58%=1.098 ave weight
Blood........ 1.200
Feet........ 1.550
Neck..........1.750
Butt..........1.200
Liver.........1.250
Intestine.....1.400

three head sold as ready to range.............................................

Updated Oct 10,2010Hubbard sample birds

2010-07-29T09:59:00.004+08:00

50 day weight samples (8 head)
Live average...................................2,468
Dressed average................................1,781
Gizzard......................250 grams
Liver........................200 grams
Neck.........................1300 grams
Feet.........................750 grams
Blood........................400 grams
Butt.........................750 grams
Intestine.....................550 grams

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Sample of 15 birds at 42 days old.

No deaths......two left to grow till 60 days.

13 sold live .....total live weight..............20.9

total feeds...............................................P1359.00
doc cost..................................................P675.00
TOTAL cost of fed and doc.............................................P2034.00

Sale price of 20.9K @P 115/K..........................................P2403.50

cost per bird= P135.50
Cost per/k...= P102.21

2010-07-01T08:16:00.000+08:00

15 Chick sample from last batch of 45 day broilers

15 head of Hubbard Flex born May 12,2010

1 death in first week
14 Dressed on June 23,2010

Total live weight………………………….23 kilos and 700 grams

Total Dressed weight……………………...15 kilos and 750 grams 66%

Misc parts

feet……………………………………..700 grams
gizzard………………………………….500 grams
liver…………………………………….750 grams
neck…………………………………….1900 grams
butt……………………………………..650 grams
intestine………………… …………….1300 grams

Total Misc…..5800 grams

Value:…………….14 live birds at 120 piso per kilo…..2844.00

……………………….15.750 birds dressed at 130 piso/K..2047.60
…………… … ……feet 700grams at piso 70/k……………49.00
……………………….gizzard 500 grams at120/k…..........…..60.00
………………………..liver 750 rams at 120.00/k……………90.00
………………………..neck 1900 grams at 90 /k………….....171.00
………………………..butt 650grams at 100/k………………...65.00
………………………...intestine1300at 60/k………………..…78.00
………………………………………………total misc………513.00

TOTAL Piso Value.of parts and dressed ………………….2560.50 Piso

Feed
……4 kilo Booster at 27/k……………………108.00
…….8 kilo starter at 29/k………………...….232.00
…….37.5 kilo grower at 23-25/k…………..…900.00
……………………………………………………………….1240.00
DOC cost………………………………………………………675.00
.........................total feed and chick cost……………………...1985.00
………………………..

Eggs: The new Superfood

2010-04-29T08:05:00.000+08:00

http://www.worldpoultry.net/news/eggs-the-new-superfood-7391.html

Eggs can help you to lose weight and stay fit and healthy. In fact, eggs should be considered a "superfood", according to a new study carried out by dietician and public health nutritionist, Dr Carrie Ruxton.

The research paper, due to be published in Nutrition & Food Science Journal in June, confirms that eggs are a rich source of protein, as well as several essential nutrients, particularly vitamin D, vitamin B12, selenium and choline.

As well as being one of the most nutrient dense foods, Dr Ruxton’s findings also show that eating eggs helps a person feel fuller for longer and can therefore help with weight management and better diet quality. The antioxidants found in egg yolk may also help prevent age-related macular degeneration, an eye condition that can lead to blindness.

Source: IEC (International Egg Commission)

Coop roof replaced

2010-03-29T06:23:00.002+08:00

The old " tarp " roof lasted only about 14 months due to sun kiling it.We will try Nipa this time......have invested P7000 so far and still need to spend about P4000 more for fish netting to hold the Nipa down

New Year

2009-12-31T08:27:00.000+08:00

A happy ,healthy and prosperous New Year to all

Christmas at the farm

2009-12-25T11:32:00.000+08:00

waiting for picsa to up load ,then we'll have pics

season greetings

2009-12-23T09:19:00.000+08:00

Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year to all.

My Girl had a baby

2009-12-15T06:36:00.002+08:00

Rosemel.......1/2 Lab and 1/2 Pitt Bull gave birth yesterday..........she is only two years old herself......the father is 1/2 German Shepard and 1/2 Japanese Spitz.

Both mother and father are great with our other animals..... Will post pictures as soon as they upload.

New Hover Brooder-updated Nov 26

2009-11-24T09:44:00.003+08:00

Pictures today are of one of my two new brooders......

4 feet by 4 feet

sides are 12 inches each and the legs extend 12 inches below the sides......

The advantage are that the chicks go under it if they are cold......or out from under if not, as it has a solid top, the raising heat has nowhere to go......

The full story about where it came from and how it works can be found here..........

http://www.plamondon.com/brooder.shtml

More on Grass fed eggs

2009-10-15T07:31:00.001+08:00

http://www.grass-fed-eggs.com/

More Information About Grass-Fed Eggs
Are grass-fed eggs really more nutritious?

Yes. This has been known forever. It's mentioned in books on poultrykeeping from the Forties (see Jull's "Successful Poultry Management," 1943), and gets verified from time to time even now.

Mother Earth News did an article, Meet Real Free-Range Eggs a couple of years ago that tested a number of grass-fed eggs (including mine), and demonstrated that, compared to ordinary supermarket eggs, they had:

* 1/3 less cholesterol
* 1/4 less saturated fat
* 2/3 more vitamin A
* 2 times as much Omega-3 fatty acid
* 7 times as much beta carotene

The thing I find amusing about grass-fed eggs is that they have high levels of the fad nutrient du jour, and always did, even before the nutrient became fashionable. Confinement operators spend millions of dollars trying to chase after fad nutrients, while grass-fed eggs always seem to be there already.

Grass-fed hens eat their greens, while confinement hens eat nothing fresh at all. It makes a big difference.

The ultimate test of nutrition. The ultimate test of an egg is whether it can hatch into a healthy chick. For decades, breeder hens (whose eggs are are put into incubators for hatching) were kept on grassy range, since eggs from confinement hens didn't hatch very well. It's hard to make a clearer case for the nutritional value of grass than that.

These days, poultry nutrition is very well understood, and breeder hens lay eggs with excellent hatchability without being grass-fed. But this is true only if they are fed a special breeder ration. Hens laying table eggs are fed a cheaper ration that's comparatively deficient, meaning that the eggs in the supermarket are much less nutritious than they could be.

Could confinement eggs be as nutritious as grass-fed eggs? Certainly. Do enough people care enough to support a high-nutrition confinement egg industry? Beats me. It's not a branch of the biz that appeals to me.
Grass-Fed Eggs and Flavor
Do grass-fed eggs really taste better?

Try 'em and see. Some people, like me.

updates

2009-09-08T10:15:00.002+08:00

Layers updated again on Sun Sept 13

Professor Chicken is.......

2009-09-03T18:53:00.000+08:00

David Sullenberger, Avian Ecologist; Consulting Poultry Biologist
a.k.a. ProfessorChicken www.ProfessorChicken.com
Formerly: Department of Biology, New Mexico State University
Formerly: Owner, TimeWarrior Farm Rare Breed Conservation Reserve
Author/Publisher: The TimeWarrior Farm Chronicles - a series of short papers dealing with free range poultry production.
Lecturer: EcoVersity de Santa Fe.
Lecturer: Numerous USDA/State Extension seminars RE: Small Scale Poultry Production, in several states.
Lecturer: NM Organic Commodity Commission Annual Conference, numerous occasions.
Chief Scientist and Technical Advisor: USDA/WSARE "Egg Improvement Project".
etc., etc., yada, yada on and on for several lines of text which are ultimately useless
because with all the above - it STILL takes $4.75 to buy a Latte in most places in Santa Fe!

Its the grass man

2009-09-02T12:50:00.000+08:00

First check below post for Sept 2 update on latest Hubbard Flex news

Robert Plamondon . I'm going to spill the big secret to producing better-tasting eggs: it's the grass, man!No, not that kind of grass! Ordinary grass, clover and other pasture plants, I mean.Happy outdoor chickens that are allowed to run around on a grassy area will eat a lot of grass and other succulent plants. These plants don't have many calories, but they're loaded with vitamins, minerals, and flavor..................................................................................thats from robert's blog....goggle him........................................................................................Fely had 39 eggs in the last 13 days of August from three pullets......aged 6mos only...they arent hens yet,will be 7 mos in two weeks

Layers and Rooster-updated Sept 8,2009

2009-08-13T11:17:00.002+08:00

this week the three are seven months old and the seven are 5 months old...we have been getting as many as 7 eggs per day this week......weighing from 75 grams to 100 grams

Sept8.........from spet 1 to sept7 we have 28 eggs.......some days three,some days five.....so i guess we now have 5 pullets laying.We weighed 7 as a sample.....three at 75 grams......two at 90 grams and two at 100 grams.
70 grams = large,80 and over = jumbo

The Sunshine layers and their Farmers Choice Rooster at play are the pictures opposite.

The Roo is 6 months old and 5.0 kilos......

Three hens are also 6 months and 4.75.....3.75 ......and 3.25 kilos,they are laying now for a month and a half.

Seven hens are 4 months old and not laying yet.Weights are 5 at 2.75k each and 2 at 3.0 kilos.Not yet laying

Hubbard Flex-Update at 10 days

2009-08-11T10:15:00.000+08:00

While getting feed at Pacifica Agivet Sun they got in an order of Class B Hubbards.........we decided we would try some and purchased 25 as a test.

They are alert, active ,seem healthy enough.They are small.......average of 36 grams instead of the normal 40-43 grams.Pics will n uploaded now........also in the slide show are other Hubbards from July 11th birth.

as od todat ..the weight average is up to 90 grms from the original 36 grams.......progress is actually pretty decent for class B chicks.

Hubbard ' broilers' at 25 days-Updated Sept 2 2009

2009-08-06T09:45:00.000+08:00

Never got to finish weights........all 49 out original 50 were sold live at 120 piso each.

At 25 days...we have an average weight of 670 grams.........with a consumption average of 870 grams of feed............2 deaths........which is 4%....not good but not bad either,considering it s been very bad monsoon rains here I Bacolod City

Average weights today was 1405 grams,nice improvement.Thirty-nine days now....we will start to butcher the larger one on Sun.

Nesting area

2009-07-04T08:20:00.000+08:00

a new nest area finished Fri......................six on the bottom and six on the top.............its more than enough for my few layers..................but at least I wont have to expand for awhile ( if ever ).

These free range eggs are great tasting and the color of the yolk s is a very deep orange.

updated July 2

2009-06-26T09:05:00.000+08:00

thurs am we had one hen singing the" laying an egg" song.........the roo was doing his" she is laying dance and song".......very funny as it was the first time any of mine laid.She actually laid two,with one breaking on the floor of her night cage................the other was whole and weighed 50 grams.The color was mostly brown with about 1/4 white.

She is out hiding again after singing her laying song again.She found an old cardboard box ,thats where she is hiding now as we build a nest for her .

She is only 4 and a half months old ,having been born Feb6,2009

The pics show yesterdays egg at 50 grams next to a white store bought egg also weighing 50 grams

three new pics added todat 6/27......shows the original egg ,a store bought and her third day egg.It is 50 % bigger now.....75 grams

Thurs 7/2.....................found a " stash " of 5 eggs over in the grass ranging area.....so its at least two laying,......we have to go on an egg hunt now.....maybe its all three

2009-06-18T11:21:00.000+08:00

Pictures coming latter today are assorted Chickens

45 day broilers by Hubbard

One Farmers Choice Rooster

Assorted Sunshine hens and roosters,the roos (4) have been reserved for a customer and the hens(7) will stay with me for eggs,along with 3 other Sunshine hens and the farmers Choice roo.

Home on the range Updated June 7,09 Sunday

2009-05-26T09:16:00.000+08:00

44 day old French Free Range Chickens ( Sunshine )

Just eating the good grasses.

Brooder difference

2009-05-24T10:06:00.000+08:00

On Sat May 16, I bought DOC s and started to brood them of course.......the following Thurs May ,May 21 I called to see if more where scheduled to arrive on Sat the 23rd.

They said they still had some left from the previous week,so I bought them.

The two groups all born on May 15.Those that I had brooded for 1 week were weighing at 150 grams......the second group that the store had brooded weighed only 100 grams...........they had been too crowded and as a result werent able to eat properly.

One group was 50 % bigger in only one week......

2009-05-16T11:32:00.000+08:00

Pictures added today are of three month old chicks ranging.........Farmers Choice Rooster and Sunshine hens.

One month old Sunshine s ranging.

An addition of out door housing for 100 ranging birds....we'll add nipa for a roof this pm.

Chicken business is never finished......expansion is on going.

2009-05-11T10:21:00.000+08:00

One day old Naked Neck Chickens arrived today,first time in Bacolod for a whole batch........will be interesting to follow their progress............hope the buyer keeps me updated.

Picture s will follow later today.

pictures posted now.........chicks left here with their buyer Tues........weight of 49 grams each at day 2

2009-05-04T11:53:00.000+08:00

..............................................Feed.............................................

...................................Hubbards..................................Sunshine

week 1.......................3 kilo......................................3.5 kilo

week 2.......................8 kilo.......................................9.5 kilo

week 3.......................11.5 kilo...................................13 kilo

Total..........................22.5 kilo...................................26 kilo=48.5 kilo

Chick Booster at 26 peso per kilo x 48.5=peso1261 for 50 birds=peso 25.22 per bird

ok...new pics again.........we moved the Sunshine from the brooder to the deep littered floor of the coop today.Very active running all over.....total weight for 50 birds ( one couldnt be caught to weigh)was 18,700 grams. 10 at 4,200 grams..........30 at 7,300 grams and 10 at 3,100 grams.For averages of 420,380 and 310.

The Hubbards were moved to a larger brooder....they weighed in at 11,800 grams for 25 birds. For an average of 472 grams

2009-05-03T11:16:00.000+08:00

New pics today........a new raod the Government put in......I dont like it....takes away some privacy,but it is helpful.

Also a Tom Turkey,and some of the almost new chicken house.

The Hubbards and Sunshines pictured are 21 days old today.

There are 3 Sunshine Hens with their Farmers Choice Roo ,also.they are about 3 months today.

2009-04-30T18:27:00.000+08:00

Feed for the latest batch................

week one / week two/ total /ave per bird

Hubbard 3 kilo/ 8 kilo / 11 kilo/ 0.44 kilo

Sunshine 3.5 kilo / 9.5 kilo /13 kilo/ 0.27 kilo

these numbers just dont seem correct,have to watch the care taker more closely.

ok....well after investigating and listening closely....I have found a huge management error on MY part.

The Sunshine weight was low because the feed available to them was low.....cant eat what isnt there.

Its my fault for not monitoring more closely daily.

2009-04-28T08:11:00.000+08:00

well we weighed both the Hubbards and Sunshines at two weeks of age......ALW

Hubbards.........270 grams

Sunshine..........200 grams

Both groups active,good feather growth,seem healthy

Also weighed Three Sunshine hens fro Feb 14......uniform at 1.8 kilos each
A Farmers Choice Roo born Feb 7 th 2.25 kilos.....all three looking good and of course ranging

2009-04-20T07:33:00.000+08:00

Weights at one week of age......

25 Hubbards.......2500 grams for an average of 100 grams each.Feathers developing well.....active and healthy looking.

49 Sunshine..........4574 grams for an average of 94 grams each......Feathers developing well.Active and healthy looking.....very people shy so far.

Dont get lost in the weight difference...the Hubbard is supposed to be faster growing.

I will do a little research and edit this later .

2009-04-19T16:15:00.000+08:00

ok....just added some Sunshine chicks.Born the same day as the below Hubbards....aslo good looking,healthy and active.They checked in at 42 grams each on Monday Morning.
Very pretty and varied colors. Im anxious to watch them grow also.

2009-04-19T12:09:00.000+08:00

Some Hubbard 45 day chicks born April 12,2009....good looking birds.......we'll see how they grow.....I have good luck with them except on batch....which I believe had a birth problem.
This batch is 25 and doing well so far.Uniform in size and active.

2009-04-14T09:36:00.000+08:00

Ill try to bring everything up to date.....sigh

The new pictures are of King Rodney and his ladies,Rona,and Rhonda
Rodney and the girls are all Sunshine Chickens.Rodney born Oct 20,2008 and the girls on Dec 1,2008.

Finally harvested them on April 2,2009.Total weight of 10.4 kilos live.......dressed 7.4.

Rodney was 4.3 live and 3.1 dressed,Hens were3.0 and 3.1 live,,,,,,,,each dressed at 2.15

Yesterday morning re'ced docs from SunShine courtesy of Sandy.They arrived in Bacolod City on the first flight out of Manila.Various colors....which excited everybody here. Active,healthy and uniform in size at 42 grams each.This morning they are still doing well.I look forward to their progress.

Lost E-mail

2009-02-07T07:34:00.000+08:00

Disregard the below...I found it......sigh.......

Today I rec'ed an e-mail asking about where to buy something.Somehow I deleted while trying to answer.

I'm sorry,whoever it was please send the question via e-mail again.

Thanks
Tasty

Hubbard Broiler

2009-01-06T16:36:00.000+08:00

We harvested the last two full grown Hubbard Broilers today. Total weight was 4.8 kilos,nice big healthy birds.A little more than 5 ponds each,in 51 days growing

I love them and also the taste is great .

New Coop

2008-11-24T17:12:00.000+08:00

The new Chicken Coop is coming along good finally.Its 30 x20 feet or 600 sq ft.9x6 meters.

2008-11-05T07:20:00.000+08:00

late last evening we finished work on a new gate.We woke up this morning to find the most beautiful Butterfly ( ? ) I have ever seen hanging on it.

Anybody know what it is ?

2008-11-03T13:51:00.000+08:00

Well,we weighed the Hubbards and SunShine yesterday.

The Sunshine totaled 500 grams for 5 birds.They were 6days older than the Hubbards which weighed 400 grams for 5 birds

Also showing in todays pics is the new coop in the process of finishing.

Mixed chicks in Error

2008-10-27T15:47:00.000+08:00

Yesterday I bought 10 one day old Hubbard Broilers.....( for family reunion in Dec0............when I got home to the farm I noticed they didnt all look alike.........turns out there were 5 Hubbards and 5 Sunshine chicks mixed together.The Hubbards were only one day old and bigger than the one week old Sunshines .....whats up with that ?

We'll wait and see what happens here.

We also butchered the last of the Hubbards born Sept 6 at 49 days old.Had weights of 2750,2250,1800 and 1200 for a total of 8000 and average of 2000 each. They dressed out at 1550,1150,1750,and 900 for a total of 5350,averaging 1337.5.

We also butchered the last of our Farmers Choice Tasty Chicks ,they averaged 1360.

Still waiting for the new 54 sq mtr coop to be finished before ordering new

Tastys Farm and Family Village

2008-09-23T14:20:00.000+08:00