Scooping the Poop.

Cleaned the chicken coop today. 3 times in the past week. Another 25kgs. The stench is becoming bearable. Found one female chick dead. I do not know what seems to be the cause of this.

16 Gone

Had to sell off 16 chicks, didn't want to but a friend has an event on the 25th of this month and requires the chicken. So I sold 16 off to him after he begged (Really). At least I made enough to get back my investment for the chicks.

Now there are 80 left and I am assuming that the cost in feeding them will be lower, But 26th is the day another 110 chicks are coming and I don't see the cost going anywhere lower.. But things are looking up.

It's been raining for 3 days straight now. At least the veges are being well watered but if it goes on, it'll mean that most of the crops will be on the unhealthy side.

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!