A pair of Chukar at the corner of bird cage. Observe its feathers
Two pairs of Chukar
For more information, please watch the clip included...
A pair of Chukar at the corner of bird cage. Observe its feathers
Two pairs of Chukar
For more information, please watch the clip included...
Picture below (please click for larger view) shows part of farming area where the majority of livestock such as geese, turkeys, guinea fowls, chickens, ducks, goats and other animals roam. And in the pond lives the cat fish, snakehead fish, tilapia fish and marbled goby fish... but its not for commercial use but just a personal interest.
There are several species of country chicken at Masiranfarm. Among them is bald country chicken. Bald means its neck have no feathers. Its the hybrid of female bearded chicken (have no neck feathers) with the original male country chicken. The purpose is to ensure the next species can endure being hit by rain. And now it is the hybrid of fifth generation.
A lot of people have asked me about peacocks. The truth is, its really hard to fulfill the demands on this bird. At MasiranFarm... even though my young peacocks haven't matured yet there are a long line of buyers in my waiting list. Until I had been fortunate to keep few pairs to breed.
Next shown the behaviors of few young peacocks in captivity with young guinea fowl and turkey... Happy watching...
At Masiranfarm there's a pair of guinea fowl with white feathers... uncommonly appeared among ordinary Guinea Fowl. I'm trying to breed this species. And now I have few growing chicks...
The guinea fowl in question.
Please watch the clip below to see the difference between white guinea fowl and black guinea fowl and also a few chicks at the end of the clip...
Rare event occur at MasiranFarm in June 2009, hundreds geese bath happily and in interval mating activities occurred. And at the same time during that month, the geese doesn't lay eggs at all. It maybe a sign that in the month of June, they didn't lay eggs but kept mating to prepare for laying season next month. It is shown that in early July, the geese started laying. Therefore in July no geese chicks hatch and the demands for them cannot be fulfill.
Next video shows the happiness a flock of geese bathing and mating in the water. This video was recorded 24 June 2009 at 3.30 pm after eating. Enjoy...
As a farmer, the happy and satisfied moments is when the cultured birds started to lay eggs. A MasiranFarm, various livestock being cultured... geese, turkeys, guinea fowls, chickens and whistling duck are among the birds which always lays eggs when matured. Only when this video was recorded (24 June 2009) hundreds geese at MasiranFarm haven't lay any eggs because its still mating season and the geese were mating as a preparation to lays eggs the next season. (Video clip on mating geese while bathing will be uploaded soon)
In this video clip shown egg collecting activities at various laying places in MasiranFarm surrounding. Although a space had been spared but they still want to choose their own spot. Let's watch...
Few Budgies perched while resting
Budgie couple at close up... combination of various colors on its feathers
White Budgie... Its beak is as same shape as Parrot
Another resting Budgie
The most exciting moment was when you can see all the animals gathered together at the same time. That situation can only be seen during meal time. Later is a video clip about the atmosphere at MasiranFarm during meal time. This video was taken at about 6.30 pm soon after the rain had stop. Enjoy...
I've received a lot of calls from fellow farmers who asked me on how to take care of geese chicks. To make things easier for this blog visitors, the video clip shows a little tips on how to take care of these young geese. Happy watching...
PS: The video is in Malay language
Post by Masiran Kaamin on 8:32 PG 0 comment
Label: geese chick, goose chicks, young geese, young goose
The cost in raising geese mainly concentrated on foods. Supplementary food from sludge such as left over foods and crops can help a lot in reducing cost.In this next video shows geese chicks are given banana leaves as supplementary foods to give variety in their food diet. Happy watching...
Post by Masiran Kaamin on 7:24 PG 0 comment
Label: supplement food
MasiranFarm concentrate mainly on raising geese. Started as a hobby with only a few pairs of geese. Later on, the number increase until it was enough to become a good side income. Follow these experience sharing on raising geese in the video clip below. Happy watching...
A lot of my friends asked me about the methods to plant these grass. To explain it, its easier for me to show how its done in the video clip. I hope my explaination will clarify any questions. Call me if you need to know more...
I recommend to all farmers to plant Taiwanese Napier grass because it has its own specialty. I have explained the details of its specialty in this video clip. Therefore for those who interested in obtaining these Taiwanese Napier grass, feel free to call anytime...
At Masiranfarm, Napier grass are the main food for the animals here. They are planted to varies the animals feed here thus saved a lot on food cost. With this grass, the food source are provided for free. It just need a little sweat to work on it.
Watch the video clip that shows the plantation fields of Napier grass...
Capacity : 2 horse power / single phase
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Due to their beauty, most buyers kept them as pets. The combinations of their lovely white feathers and golden yellowish beaks portrays their beauty as if as a symbol of cleanliness. No wonder anyone would buy them even when they cost a lot more then grey geese. At Masiran Farm, demands for white geese are so overwhelming until we couldn't fulfill the customers need. This video shows their lives up close...
Geese are the main livestock in Masiran Farm which have 2 kinds geese, grey geese and white geese. Both have the same size, form and voice. This next video shows the lives of grey geese even closer... bathing and interacting with each other
When growing up in a village, chickens and ducks are the common farm animals raised. The memorable moments are the high and low sounds of the chickens and ducks when it's feeding time. But if you live in the city, these environment doesn't exist... no rooms to raise any.
At Masiranfarm, these chickens and ducks is not the main selling objective. But as addition to the farm to vary the farm animals and to make the environment lively. The sounds of these chickes, ducks, guinea fowls and geese are the same as an orchestra playing its best symphony. This next video shows the event when the owner is feeding them.
Guinea Fowl is in a bird species. Some would raised them due to the beautiful feathers and some were captivated with their body shape that are different from any ordinary chiken. And also their meat are a lot more delicious.
To know more about them, this next video shows their lifestyles in Masiran Farm.
New born geese must be kept in cages to supply the right temperature so that they will not be cold. This continues for several weeks but they are also being let loose for a while to have a chance to eat the weeds.
For better understanding, the next video shows less that a month old grey geese let loose. It shows that the little ones looks a lot "happier" while learning to search for food.