It's a chicken's life...

The chickens enjoying the shade of the chirisa tree.

Bruno and Adolf enjoying the sunshine...

My Future Chicken Farm

MORE PICTURES FROM MY FUTURE CHICKEN FARM

Glimpse of the old and the new.

     This farm has been a part of my childhood. Tatay used to bring me and my siblings here every weekend. We would spend hours catching dragonflies, rolling in the fresh hay or cutting kangkong for our grandmother's pigs. We would neatly arrange and bundle the long stalks of the kangkong, then put it on top of our heads and imagine it as our long hair. We sometimes cut the stalks of a certain grass and fashion it into earrings, bracelets and necklaces.
     But then, a few months ago, Senator Drilon gave Iloilo City a much needed project and converted this rice land  into a Circumferential road that will pass through Sambag, Jaro, Pandac, Pavia, going to Villa. And  our father's farm was not spared. On the day that they will bulldoze the farm, my sister and I were there to bid goodbye to a part of our childhood.

Standing on the "kanalitas" looking at the Grader which  is now about to transfer to our farm.

The grader is removing the banana plants which was planted on the edge of the "kanalitas" which is part of our farm.

Looking like cast-iron -dragon about to strike and destroy everything on its path.

Removing the top soil to give way to a circumferential road.

Bye bye  farm....

Bye bye memories

Bye bye...

Suddenly, white egrets appeared from nowhere...

Enjoying the free worms...

The old farm that we used to visit with our father is now gone.

I saw the signs...

     A few months after i bought the chickens, I have observed several signs that they are ready to lay eggs. The hen's comb, face and wattle turns bright red and she makes a "pre-egg song"  that sounds like "kaaak-kaak-kaak-kak"...like she's cooing. I also noticed that my hen seems friendly that when i try to touch her, she will do a funny squat bend down with her wings arched and then raise her butt as if a rooster wants to mate with her.  After I give her a back massage, she will stand up and then shakes and ruffles her feathers. 

Here is Cutie Pie enjoying a back massage.

Another sign is a red comb, face and wattle.

Cutie Pie checking out her crib.

Additons

Before the arrival of the chickens, I started to add some cages in preparation for the coming of the babies. I had my carpenter build 2 cages with 2 compartments each.

When the chickens started laying eggs, i made more additional cages. 

The cages were made of recycled iron bars and chicken wire. I have made  4 cages  like these and each cage has 2 compartments. The problem with this kind of cage is that the most of my baby chicks staying here  always get sick and die. As a remedy,  I  placed lots of layers of recycled papers, old sacks and plywood inside it  then cover it well with old tarps or sacks so that Chicken Pie and her chicks will be warm at all times.