For Sure There Is Sunshine

Very thankful that our shipment of Certified Parent Stocks from SASSO of France came the day before, September 25. Day before Ondoy's wrath. Had we had been scheduled for the 26th flight, maybe flight had been cancelled by then. If the flight got through, maybe by the time we were able to clear Customs at 11am, the traffic and floodwater had deemed the roads closed?

This importation had been delayed already as there were clearances from France that had to be met and we had to reschedule hatching dates.

Now look at our new babies:


We have brought in two new strains, aside from our original redbrown, our naked necks. Now, we have a tricolored bird and the golden brown egg layers.


We will have them debut in six (6) months :)

One thing is sure, there will always be Sunshine.

Lasang Native

I had been getting email and calls..."Is your Sunshines native chickens"?

That is the reason we used the tagline "LASANG NATIVE"...

Although the Sunshines taste like our native chickens, manok tagalog, bisaya manok, or whatever regional term we have for the Filipino native chickens....we don't, won't, nor claim that the Sunshines are OUR native chickens.

Why? Because, much as they really do taste like the natives, our Certified F1 Sunshine Chicks are from the Certified Parent Stocks that we import are from SASSO of France. We will not claim to the fame of OUR native chickens, nor will we disclaim the research and development of SASSO of France. SASSO is known in the free range chicken industry as the leader, and develops and maintains the strains of pure colored chicken farm breeds. They go through a natural selection for taste and preferences of the different regions in France and clients' requirements. We are proud to be carrying SASSO.

We studied and continue to study our Philippine conditions and market preferences and decided on which strains to bring in to comeup with what we offer to you as Sunshine Chicken. First we brought in the a heavy pure farm breed, that gives us the colorful Sunshines. We next reintroduced the Naked Necks that are sturdier under tropical conditions and have a thinner skin that gourmets prefer. We are now thinking of a new strain to add to our existing line :) All those, to satisfy the different growers' and farmers' needs and wants.

Tunnel Ventilation

We are taking our SASSO Parent Stocks from France and breeding our brand of F1, Sunshine Chicks, to a different level.

Talks are now on installing tunnel ventilation for our buildings, housing our Parent Stocks.

We are now on our 3rd batch of Parent Stocks, 3rd poultry building...taking our baby steps in getting our feet solidly in this :)

A year ago we didn't see this coming. Maraming maraming salamat sa supporta.

Our partner Sunshine growers also see that we continue to give full assistance and uplift our marketing of our products from day old chicks to the dressed chicken arena.

For Meat And Egg Production

We can never tire of answering when questioned "Can Sunshines be used for breeding"?

The Sunshines you are getting from us and our bonafide dealers, are F1, meaning first generation free ranging colored chicks. They are bred from Certified Parent Stocks, imported from France. The product here, we branded as Sunshine Chicken.

F1 chicks are not meant to be bred together. In layman's terms..they are related, siblings and cousins...not meant to procreate. You will produce chicks with abnormalities, low livablity, sickly and slow growth even with proper management.

The Sunshines are not also advised to be crossbred with the Philippine native chickens. You will still not be getting the characteristics of the F1 Sunshines...the same characteristics that interested you to reproduce them. Besides, let's keep our native chickens in its pure form. It may be the only one left that we can call "OURS".

Many have tried and failed. Is there anyone successful in this type of inbreeding on a commercial quantity?

If it was that simple to inbreed and crossbreed, why are we still importing Certified Parent Stocks to give you F1 Sunshines?

You spend a lot of time waiting to produce chicks. Labor on the growth of your F1s and breeding. You spend a lot more, ending up with a few chicks that survived. You can't go on a commercial scale with unpredictable results.

It doesn't cost much to get the real F1 Sunshines. Don't gamble with your time, effort and money.

2nd INAHGEN Exhibit

See us at 2nd INAHGEN, Feb7-29 at SMX.

We will be personally manning Solraya's Sunshine booth#49, to attend to your queries regarding our certified F1 free range chicken.

Sunshine growers are enjoined to use the booth to market your products, bring flyers, meet prospective customers and interact with other Sunshine raisers.

Those who are able, are encouraged to show their eggs from free ranged chickens and their dressed Sunshines.

Come and experience the agri show where the manufacturers, distributors and importers are.

Sunshine In Inahgen

Come and join us at 2nd INAHGEN on Feb 27-29.

We will raffle off 50 Sunshine Chicks to our blog visitors who will be at INAHGEN too.

Basing from our site statistics, we know we have a lot of readers. This will be our way of adding some fun and interaction.

How to join?

1) Post a comment in this topic, you can even just say "hi", "bulaga", or even just "smile". If you are generous with your time, hopefully a "see you at INAHGEN" line.



2) Visit booth our booth at INAHGEN and drop your card, piece of paper or anything to write on. Indicate your: real name, the handle you used in posting in this topic, contact telephone number.

That's it. :)

We will pick each winner or winners (we might pick more than one) of 50 Sunshine Chicks from the raffle bowl on the 29th and post here.

F1 Free Range Chickens

That is what we are.

F1 means first generation, bred from selected Parent Stocks (PS). The Parent Stocks we imported from France are selected for taste, growth rate and adaptability to the tropical weather.

Free Range Chickens - They were designed and developed to free range. The Sunshines are meant to graze and forage. They are most happy unconfined in open areas with living grass. You may do a "cut and carry" to bring them their grass, if necessary...but compare how energetic and lively they are when they hunt for their own treasures from the soil.

We breed properly, hatchery in farm, transport in brand new (not receycled) properly designed chick boxes and we are available for free technical assistance. Parent Stocks are imported and replenished periodically to give you quality F1 free range chickens.

We call them

Solraya's Sunshine Chickens

or simply

Sunshine

.