Raise Native Chicken and Ducks Free Range
Living with Nature Center
San Vicente, Ilocos Sur
"True abundance is a flock of native chickens and ducks
foraging freely under an open sky."
Dr Abe V Rotor
Native chicken and ducks are compatible when raised in the open,
reducing cost of feeds, labor, housing and other expenses.
They are natural pets, specially to children, and they keep us
closer to nature with good health and natural recreation.
"Watch the ducks splash and the chickens scratch;
that is the true rhythm of a peaceful homestead."
Natural brooding and hatching, an experiential encounter never
equaled with toys and gadgets, specially to city-bred children.
15 Features and Benefits
- Practical and low technology
- Locally formulated feeds, mainly palay or corn
- Natural immunity and resistance to diseases
- Litter of rice husk (ipa) or sawdust as natural fertilizer or compost
- Native chicken beat foreign breed in taste, especially local recipes
- As pets children love their unique colors and features
- Raised on the range, or in make-shift coop (or combined)
- Virtually self-supporting at harvest time, reduces crop wastage
- Game fowls from selected roosters or by crossbreeding
- Family self-sufficiency in poultry meat and eggs
- Pastime and hanapbuhay (livelihood)
- Physical activity, family project, and therapy.
- Natural way to control pest through biological means.
- Workshop, educational tour, and on-site learning.
- Field laboratory, extension, on-line, DIY link with institutions.
Backyard chicken and native ducks for meat and eggs.
"The home should be the treasure chest of living." — Le Corbusier
Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum) on garden pond serves as forage of fish,
chicken and ducks. Hornwort stabilizes pond on the principle of bioremediation*
"Free-range isn't just a label; it’s a lifestyle of liberty for the creatures in our care."
AI Overview/Internet~
Acknowledgement with gratitude: Internet quotes, close-up photo hornwort
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