12-3-21
12:15 pm Friday
We have a short video of Viggo and I opening an exciting package from Shahin Nayyeri Amiri of Virginia that arrived on Wednesday the 15th of September. I am a little behind on sharing our progress here on the M.I.G.H.T Project but hope to do a weekly update. The breed shown in this video is a Lari, a large asil originally from Iran.
I received a call from the post office early in the morning to pick up a package of live birds. The postal workers greet me with a smile and are always excited to hear chickens in boxes. I got them home safely.
Viggo opens the box with a java hen. This hen was hatched roughly 4/21. She is beautiful and passes the Viggo smell test. “She smells good.”, says Viggo.
Next Viggo opens the box with the young rooster that was hatched roughly 7/21. He is also beautiful, and he also passes the Viggo smell test. “He smells good, too.”, says Viggo.
Cascadia Heritage Farm is pleased to be adding these bloodlines to our M.I.G.H.T project, malay invigoration gene hybridization team. Cascadia Heritage Farm will be also looking in and out of the US to find malay bloodlines to help invigorate the American Malay. We plan also to reintroduce more foundation stock to the American Malay such as the Kulang, Kolongi, Lari and Hint to add vigor.
Thank you, Neil, for helping find these birds and thank you Shahin for breeding these birds and keeping the bloodlines going.
We are excited about our new birds. We at Cascadia Heritage Farm believe we can make a difference and that you can too.