Our latest customer - NJ & Shan Restaurant

NJ & Shan restaurant is owned by Engr. Norwyn Bacolod and his wife. They have been into crispy fried chicken business for quite sometime and serving the communities of Banilad and Talamban, Cebu City.

Last November 14, 2010, they had expanded their crispy fried chicken station into a full-blown restaurant, not only serving crispy chickens but also "lutong bahay" cuisines. This includes "native chicken tinola".

During the preparation for their opening, the couple scouted for possible suppliers of free range chickens and they saw our website, glad I had developed our website a year ago, and decided to taste test our free range chicken. The couple were pleased with the distinct taste of our free range chicken, this is of course due to the natural farming method which gave our chickens a distinct native taste.

NJ & Shan restaurant is the latest addition to the list of our happy customers. For those who wanted to have a taste of our free range chicken, you can visit NJ & Shan restaurant located in front of Brgy. Talamban Hall. They regularly offer "native chicken tinola".

During the opening last November 14, 2010

Engr. Bacolod and his son

Mrs. Bacolod and her son

Construction of our ranging area and result of our qualification stage in Brgy Lamak Dumanjug, Cebu

After 21 days since we started our brooding qualification in Brgy. Lamak Dumanjug, Cebu, we  are so glad to know that the result was indeed successful. Our chickens at Day 20 were having a median weight of 371 grams with 0% mortality.

Right before ranging, the chickens are weighed. In the photo, the chicken is already weighing 324 grams at 19 days.

Prior to ranging, we prepared the ranging area to be ready for our ranging stage qualification . We used indigenous materials such as bamboo and coco lumber to save on building cost and of course we choosed the best field where there are plenty of grasses and grains.

The aim of this qualification is to determine if indeed we can successfully range our chickens without any major problems being encountered. This is an important aspect to be considered in order to assess if the area is feasible for large scale production.

As of the moment, our meat-type free-range chickens are already at Day 46 and they are on range, still with 0% mortality. This result only proves the quality of our farming methodologies, the good source of DOC as well as the good condition of our farming  land. 

Below is the historical growth performance of our chicken:

The first Dominant CZ in Cebu Island

The long wait is now over!! Since Dumanji freerange chicken started its operation last year, we had been constantly receiving request to provide our customers not only with freerange meat but also freerange eggs. The only problem then is that our own freerange chickens doesn't have the capability of producing eggs at large volume that would make production economically feasible. To address this problem, we came up with a solution of finding an alternative breed that can produce eggs at large volume.

Luckily we were able to find a solution when we came across a breed of layer chickens whose bloodline came from the Czech Republic. This breed of Chicken is known as Dominant CZ.

Since the start of this year, Dumanji freerange chicken has been waiting for our first breed of Dominant CZ to arrive. This breed of chicken has a natural behaviour of producing large volume of freerange eggs. Based on the data from our supplier, this breed of chickens can produce 250 freerange eggs per hen in a year!! The eggs produced by this layer has a natural brown color.

Our first batch of Dominant CZ-Day Old Chicks (DOC) arrived in the island of Cebu last July 28, 2010. This is actually the first batch of Dominant CZ chicks that actually reached this beautiful island.

Right after arriving in our farm in Brgy. Lamak Dumanjug Cebu, they were then vaccinated in order for them to be protected from viral infection. This is done by dropping the vaccine in their cute little eyes.

Currrently, our Dominant CZ chicks are in their brooding area. Here, we will be closely monitoring their status until they are ready for ranging which will be after a month from now.

Brgy. Lamak Dumanjug, Cebu - Our new free range farm location

Brgy. Lamak is one of the rural baranggays in Dumanjug, Cebu. It has a lot of grassy and greenfields composed of corn and other legume plants. Our previous farm was also located in one of the baranggays of Dumanjug, Brgy. Pawa. But we decided to transfer it to Brgy. Lamak since most of our manpower is concentrated in Brgy. Lamak. This gives us more control of our farm in terms of support to ensure quality in our product.

Aside from its green fields, Dumanjug Cebu also has its own source of naturally flowing water that comes from its mountains and is not chlorinated unlike the type of water that we have in the urban areas. In short, Dumanjug is a good area to raise free-range chickens.

We started building our new farm in Brgy. Lamak last July 10, 2010 and currently the brooding area is already done. It's already containing our first batch of Grimaud breed chicks in this farm. In the coming weeks, these chicks will be released in the greenfield where they will range and find their natural food.

We will also be starting to grow a new breed of chicken which will serve as free-range layers. This will provide us with free-range eggs.

Organic Chicken - Benefits to Health and Environment

The beauty of living in the countryside offers the experience of eating organic chicken, but it is also available in the cities in small quantities. Organic chickens usually just roam around to find food. People raising these chickens use rice, corn or any food available to feed them. They simply call the chickens in some distinct way and the chickens come racing as if panicking for the food. They then throw the grains or any food and each chicken picks as many as it can. When the regular meal is over, the chickens roam around and search the ground for any available food which may be plants, insects, seeds, and if the area is coastal, small fish and live small shellfish.

Organic chickens have high beneficial fats that lower cholesterol, and higher amount of Omega-3 Fatty acids and Vitamin A. Their eggs taste much much better than those from commercially-raised chickens which receive regular dose of antibiotics, vaccines and other medications. Though it takes longer cooking time for the meat of most native chickens, its taste is incomparable with 28-day broiler confined in overcrowded poultry houses where they also release their waste.

For organic chicken consumers, eating organic chicken does not only provide health benefits but also better ecosystem. Chickens raised in the open catch insects that may be harmful to the plants, scavenge crop residue and help in fertilizing the soil through its organic manure. By the way, farms using chicken dung as fertilizer do not necessarily produce organic crops. Chicken dung are brought from commercial poultry farms that use chemicals and medications which are proven to be harmful to the body.

Since most suppliers of organic chickens are small farmers, organic chicken consumers also help build the rural economy and the income potential of small farmers. Consumers also indirectly contribute to the protection and conservation of the environment because growing organic chickens does not produce air pollution that is common in poultry farms. There are also no flies to spread germs and organisms that cause diseases to the people.

Organic food is not an alternative because that was the way nature was created. It only becomes an alternative to people who have gone the unnatural way.

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