The Chicken Mission - A Philanthropic Chicken Adventure

[roostereggs]

Mrs Oz dropped by Holy Infant today to give them a large box of toddler shoes,

There were 37 kids living there. 31 of them are boys. Unlike most countries where girls are less value in a home, in The Philippines its the female children who will look after you when you get old.

Thank you for all the travel info and updates for planning...very helpful!

 

[CayuseRanch]

Oz... How cool! I just read today that the #1 regret expressed by the dying is that they didn't travel more. Sounds like a great opportunity. I traveled a bit when I was younger but never to the Phillipines. I would love to go, but need to wait until the kids have flown the coop and that I have taken DH to Scotland...so maybe the 3rd Annual is my trip! Until then, lots of support and I will be watching you from afar.

 

[ozexpat]

The chicken mission will have to be postponed.

Basically, due to the power outages caused by Typhoon Yolanda, we lost all the chicks earmaked for the mission. We were then halted by a all out molt and no egg production.

I am currently incubating every egg being laid but they wont be point of lay till June.

I will leave it up to the people who would like to go to decide if they want to go in July - tickets will be more epensive or wait until September.

My apologies but mother nature is more powerful than all of us.

My trips will continue but I feel that the mission wont really work without adequate chickens.

Oz

 

[lazy gardener]

I'm truly impressed. My church does a similar trip to Guatemala every other year. Have developed a relationship with a local pastor, who is having quite an effect in the street orphan population. Last visit, they took 200 pr of glasses, supplies for the orphanage, and the plumbing supplies to make water purifiers for the locals. We take so very much for granted. I'd love to add a poultry and gardening focus to the Guatemala trip. Home obligations limit my participation right now... but some day! It's definitely on my bucket list.

 

[lazy gardener]

I'm truly impressed. My church does a similar trip to Guatemala every other year. Have developed a relationship with a local pastor, who is having quite an effect in the street orphan population. Last visit, they took 200 pr of glasses, supplies for the orphanage, and the plumbing supplies to make water purifiers for the locals. We take so very much for granted. I'd love to add a poultry and gardening focus to the Guatemala trip. Home obligations limit my participation right now... but some day! It's definitely on my bucket list. education and nutrition are two key elements that must go hand in hand. The people in these groups are often so malnourished that it stunts their brain growth, and limits their learning capacity... which then limits their earning potential. And the cycle continues, generation after generation.

 

[ozexpat]

thank you

 

[sdean]

Have you been getting a lot of visitors and volunteers from the united states?

 

[ozexpat]

Have you been getting a lot of visitors and volunteers from the united states?

The first Mission was delayed by a Typhoon causing damage to chick breeding program.

I am hoping to get things going in September

 

[ozexpat]

We have the chickens!

Following the Typhoon issues, we went into a molt slowing down egg production but since January we have been hatching up a storm (of chicks, not weather)

I now have around 130 chicks designated "mission birds" and adding a further 50.

We are building a special 1800sq foot (180sq meter) grow out pen for them so they can enjoy life in an open-ish environment.

From those 180 birds, the goal is to get 60 early layer pullets and 30 roosters selected for donation to the project. By September, they will all be producing 4-6 eggs per week each.

 

[perchie.girl]

Congratulations Oz its been a long hard road....

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I wish I could be joining you all with the mission...

deb