9/18/21
3:18 pm Saturday
Completed! Coops For M.I.G.H.T Project/ Malay Chicken Breeding Facility Ribbon Cutting!
In previous videos we showed the installed automatic watering system in our Malay breeding facility at Cascadia Heritage Farm. In this video we are very excited to show our completed breeding facility for the M.I.G.H.T, Malay Invigoration Gene Hybridization Team, Project. We mark the occasion with our good friend Charles helping us preform a ribbon cutting ceremony.
This has been a huge project for Cascadia Heritage Farm! We are trying to use the concepts we have learned from our local Conservation District. The main one we are employing is the use of heavy use areas. Our chickens during the winter were living in mud. This is not good for the birds, land or us. In this video we show how our completed coops have small sand runs that are our heavy use areas. These areas are to be used when it is too wet to let them go into their larger runs. These sand areas must stay dry to be effective and are roofed. The amounts of cross fencing and gates has been surprisingly complicated to achieve the management of our chickens with these heavy use areas. We want to keep the environment as balance and health as possible to help keep our Mighty Malays healthy and happy.
We worked with Alastair for Black Horse Contracting and he and his team did a fantastic job! We hope our breeding facility will allow us to breed thoughtfully and manage the bird’s health and their environment well. The funny thing is, we also running another breeding project where we do not control the process. The final goal is to take birds from each program to create a healthy, huge, wild, exciting, beautiful Mighty Malay!
We want to encourage hope and appreciation in ourselves and others with this project. There has been and will be many bumps along the way, so wish us luck!
We will keep you posted and show you what happens next.
We at Cascadia Heritage Farm believe we can make a difference and you can too.