1st Batch Of Parent Stocks...GONE!

We have culled our 1st batch of Parent Stocks that arrived as dayold chicks in week16 of 2007, April 2007. Now at week70, they are culled.

Finally OVER our 2nd choice before! We are just very happy now to be with SASSO of France.

I wonder if everyone else who imports Parent Stocks for colored chicken production does follow that culling time frame :)

Now, the more no one should claim they are like "Sunshines".

We are now producing our Sunshine Chicks from the January2008 importation.

Our Parent Stocks

The representative of the genetic company from whom we imported the Parent Stocks came over for a visit. These are the pictures of the breeders who will produce the island borns starting in October 2007.

Permit to Import

We have now received our permit to import parent stocks of colored chickens.

Expecting our first batch to arrive not later than end of March :)

WHY did we decide to import?

We used to be distributing for an importer (AP Inocencio/Teresa Farms), but we weren't happy with the standards. Day old chicks being produced were way below par, not meeting growth expectations and mortality rates were high. Chicks were not being classified properly. After countless discussions, the importer didn't offer concrete changes. On the contrary, everything turned from bad to worse.

Decided then that we will not attach our name to a product we can't be proud of. It was a hard decision to stop distributing the colored chicks. I earnestly believe in the concept of free ranging and drug-free meat.

Importing from Grimaud of France became an option. Since initial talks w/ Grimaud, we decided to sacrifice time and severe ties w/ the previous product we were carrying (SASSO). Eventually, it was learned that AP Inocencio hasn't been importing parent stocks to replace his flock. No wonder the product was getting worse from bad. Good we didn't wait for the worst to come before deciding to cut connections.

Whew...Until we finally built the housing for the parent stocks, and getting accreditation to import...it was hard to keep the excitement!

All we had to reply to emails and calls was "We are importing breeders and expect island borns to be available in September. Till then, we won't carry a product that we can't back up"

So now, we are in the stage wherein we are finally making the transaction to import :)