Farming Sunday MANOK PiNOY CONFINED BREEDING SHOWS OUTSTANDING EGG YIELD

By Manny Pinol

Since I started the development of the new backyard Philippine chicken Manok PiNoy, I have always bred them in the free range where they are subjected to varying climates and elements.

When it rained, the hens and the roosters would be soaking wet and when it was hot you would see them opening their beaks as they suffer from the heat.

Last month, however, I realized that climate change has also affected by chicken. There was intermittent rain during the time of the year when it was not supposed to rain.

Also, I noticed that the sudden changes in the climate affected their egg-laying.

They would have regular egg-laying of sometimes between 60 to 70 percent average but this would drop during the days when the weather was either very hot or rainy.

Since I have several farm structures which used to house my dairy goats before, I instructed my farm workers to design for me a confined breeding area where we will put one yard of the Manok PiNoy and see how they would react, egg production-wise, to a confined environment.

The place has bamboo slats as flooring and we placed a matting of rice straws then enclosed the whole area with fish net.

The result of the egg-laying study in a confined environment for the four hens has been very outstanding.

Of the 4 hens being bred in a confined environment, we recorded an egg-laying output of over 75% which means that at least 3 of them lay eggs everyday.

I credit this regular egg-laying to the controlled environment that we have in the confined breeding area. They are no longer subjected to changes in the weather, hence the regular egg laying.

With these encouraging results now, I will place more yards in the building.

(Photo caption: This photo shows the black Manok PiNoy hens in the free range wet after a night of rain.)