Sunday, August 28, 2022

Benefits of Backyard Native Chicken Raising

 Benefits of Backyard Native Chicken Raising 

Dr Abe V Rotor

Improvised chicken coop.  Living with Nature, author's residence 
San Vicente, Ilocos Sur

Features:
  1. Practical and low technology
  2. Locally formulated feeds, mainly palay or corn
  3. Natural immunity and resistance to diseases 
  4. Litter of rice husk (ipa) or sawdust as natural fertilizer or compost  
  5. Native chicken beat foreign breed in taste, especially local recipes
  6. As pets children love their unique colors and features
  7. Raised on the range, or in make-shift coop (or combined)
  8. Virtually self-supporting at harvestime, reduces crop wastage
  9. Game fowls from selected roosters or by crossbreeding 
  10. Family self-sufficiency in poultry meat and eggs 
  11. Pastime and hanapbuhay (livelihood) 
  12. Physical activity, family project, and therapy,  
 
Backyard chicken and native ducks for meat and eggs. 

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