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

[piglett]

our 100% hatch is doing well,

we have 80 birds in the brooders.

One more hatch of 30+ on Saturday then we will Mareks vaccinate the lot.

Pox virus vaccination Monday then out to the coop with the older 30.

May i ask where you got the vaccine for Mereks?

we want to do the whole flock before spring so it's out of the way



I had to do an informative essay for one of my classes

i picked "hatching baby chicks"

didn't need to do any research, should be an easy A

 

[ozexpat]

DO you realize the dangers you are creating by buying him a chicken encyclopedia?

100% hatch? As in every egg? Thats awesome! Consider yourself pro!

Yeah - the risks I take lol

Bernie gets the credit for the hatch. I just get credit for the drhimidifier

 

[ozexpat]

May i ask where you got the vaccine for Mereks?

we want to do the whole flock before spring so it's out of the way



I had to do an informative essay for one of my classes

i picked "hatching baby chicks"

didn't need to do any research, should be an easy A

jefferspet.com

but i just found a supplier in the phils for similar price

 

[Tomtommom]

It's funny how most of us struggle to keep humidity up and you have to use a dehumidifier to keep it down.

Tropical island problems

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: What no Phils Craigslist?

Seriously pigletts words hit home, so sad that its like that there

 

[ozexpat]

What no Phils Craigslist?

Seriously pigletts words hit home, so sad that its like that there

Craigslist is for people with computers at home.

 

[Tomtommom]

I am imagining a guy named Craig at the side of the road, with a list.. and people come to him to tell him what they're wanting to sell and what they're wanting to buy... and he sets buyer and seller up with eachother.

Craigslist, Pinoy style.

 

[scottcaddy]

I am imagining a guy named Craig at the side of the road, with a list.. and people come to him to tell him what they're wanting to sell and what they're wanting to buy... and he sets buyer and seller up with eachother.

Craigslist, Pinoy style.

Back in the day, it was the ladies on the party line chatting with every body who was on or called into the line, who set up alot of deals/sells/buys.

Scott

 

[ozexpat]

So if its not worth selling in the local market, who is going to buy my chickens?

The interesting thing is that there is a market - just not in one of the poorest municipalities in the country.

One BYCer traveled from the far south of Mindanao by bus, then caught a ferry 10 hours, traveled by road 4 hours to our place and picked up a trio. He then caught a bus with 3 chickens for 4 hours, a plane to Luzon and then private car 3 hours to his coop.

I posted a for sale ad on a forum and got a hit in 24 hours - again from someone on another island willing to pay airport to airport delivery.

The main website for classifieds is Sulit.com. I need to be in the Philippines to set up the account as they recognize a foreign address and ask tricky questions in Tagalog that only a native could answer.

Like the hatching process, the market will take time. I have to create it.

https://www.facebook.com/cocobeachpoultry is the first step. Pinoys are huge Facebook fanatics. I will take lots of artistic pics next trip to slowly load on and keep the page flowing.

www.cocobeachpoultry.com and www.cocobeachfarms.com are registered but I need a few days of nothing else to finish them.

From a local Island perspective, scores of rich Negrenses travel in their brand new cars past our place every day. Once we are fully registered and "tax mapped", we can put a sign out on the highway for our products.

The next local step is approaching continental food shops and delicatessens to try carrying Marans and Easter Eggs. All eggs sold in the Phils are white, so the brown is better hype here in the USA is easy to capture.

I also have a couple of expensive restaurants I am going to approach about serving game birds on their menu. Quail eggs are easily sold. Live quails could be interesting locally but I plan to do a few seminars to get the word out about feed conversion and quails.

I sold the three at the local market because I got so much concern that I was transferring some to the small cold white coop. It was an educational exercise for my BYC friends. I had no expectation of getting anything more for them. At least I can make a few bucks a head on mutt roos - a whole lot better than the USA.

At this stage, the only birds headed that way are the mutts - understanding that I also have 17 mutt teenagers to take their place, 80 mutt chicks, and another 50 in the bator. I am also crossing Orps with Barred Rocks and local Visayans with Rhode Island Reds. I will always make cross breds - I just prefer to know what the parent stock are.

 

[ozexpat]

Back in the day, it was the ladies on the party line chatting with every body who was on or called into the line, who set up a lot of deals/sells/buys.

Scott

Back in the day is today in the Phils.

Once a few more affluent Pinoys have some "kano" chickens, lots will want them.