96

96 Chicks left. I found out one died this morning. The smallest one. It was unable to fight for food. I have been away for two days.

8 Weeks

8 Weeks have passed and it'll be 2 months come this Sunday the 23rd of October. Time really flies.

Fed the chicks normal feed today because I haven't got any corn feed left. The growth of the chicken seems to be on track for the targeted 3kgs. The chicks are very active. I think that because of this they don't put on much weight. It isn't like the full blown commercial rearing that doesn't leave any room for the chicken to move around.

Well at least I know my chickens are healthy. My brinjals (eggplants) are coming along nicely. I should say that my wife is the one who planted them. The are about 2 and a half inches in diameter and roughly 18 to 20cms in length. We are currently planning to harvest on Saturday to offload them on Sunday at the local market. They taste real good, I've had a few the last couple of days.

Well that's it for now.

Another Clean out!

Cleaned the chicken poop again this morning, a gunny sack full (about 25kgs). I've got some people ordering to buy the poop for fertilizer. Well whatever makes them happy.

Weighed the largest chicks available, 2 in total, on average about 2.2kgs each. Not bad for chicks almost reaching 8 weeks! My normal free range chicks weigh about 600gms. The difference is so huge!

I expect them to reach around 3kgs in another 6 weeks. In the meantime, it's just feed, feed, feed and more feeding.

A local lass.

Here's a local lass from Sabah singing a cover song of a current hit. Macam di KK (Just like in KK (Kota Kinabalu))



Original here...



The Lyrics:

Macam Di KK

Terjaga dari lena rasa bosan pun melanda

Ku pikir-pikir mau pigi mana tak kan perap saja

Lalu ku cuba telipon satu kawan

Mana tampat paling siok

asal jangan bikin mengantuk

Si kawan bilang bagus pigi seberang

Kota raya indah malam pun macam siang

Tapi sia ingat,disini lagi dekat

sepanjang malam lampu terang

lagi dekat kalau mau pulang

ulang 2x

Sia bilang mcm di kk

Ada di kk

semuanya macam di kk aramai

semuanya ada di sini

Si kawan bilang di sana lagi canggih

Bangunan tinggi² dan ramai orang putih

Tapi sia ingat disini lagi dekat

Cantik baitu kinabalu satu dunia pun tahu

ulang 2x

Sia bilang mcm di kk

Ada di kk

semuanya macam di kk aramai

semuanya ada di sini

Dan bila terasa rindu

Kau dan ku pigi Tanjung Aru

Duduk berjam-jam atas batu

melihat senja berlabuh..ohh…ulang 6x

Sia bilang mcm di kk

Ada di kk

Semuanya macam di kk aramai

semuanya ada di sini

Good news.

I went to town today to purchase some supplies and chicken feed. While in town I thought I'd go to a couple of restaurants to inquire whether or not they wanted chickens. I managed to get orders from one restaurant, 5 heads per week! Wow.. I am so stoked! Although I have to sit down and discuss further with the owner.

New day-old-chicks arriving on Wednesday this week. So I am really considering 200 chicks at the moment. At least I'll be able to have a consistent supply of chicken should orders increase. I have made up my mind to start a full scale operation somewhere in March 2011. Now all I have to do is find a suitable place to farm the chicken. Somewhere not to close to any residential areas.

I'll still do my backyard chicken farming, this one is for family and friends. With so many celebrations and parties coming soon, I would love to be able to 'handout' some chickens. Purely for marketing purposes.

So here's to another new journey!

A draw.

This post has nothing to do with chickens whatsoever. But I just wanted to air my discontentment over a draw against Manchester United tonight.

Both teams played very well, I am just upset with some unfair calls by the referee at times. Well looking forward to next week's game.

Pleasantries.

Today after feeding.

The photo above shows the current state of the chicks. Just fed them about 20 minutes ago and they are lazily resting. Just ran out of feed by the way. Going to head into town later on.

There's a big Liverpool game to night (Versus Man United). Why I wrote that is beyond me.