When I was still young, I saw my father and uncles raising broiler chickens, and they influenced my interest in fowl. When I was six years old, I was already taking care of my own bantam chicken. Since then, my passion for chickens has grown, and I decided to start my own chicken breeding business....
Together with Vinnie Bañaria, we started small, with buying the seven chicks and growing them to become breeders, as well as the housing and feed expenses. At first, we had seven pieces of Italian Line Black Australorp chicks; we grew them, and after eight months, we produced our own chicks on the...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO Cesar Yuchongco, 69, owner of Isabel Game Farm, first became interested in chickens when he was a little kid. His family had a cockpit in Albay, Bicol, and he grew up watching the game and witnessed how the trainers prepared their roosters. Cesar Yuchongco is the owner of Isabel...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO Most children used to spend their time on the playground, watching cartoons on television, or playing with their toys. But Vash Lillo had a significant childhood, which impacted what he is doing now. Instead of driving his own toy car or playing with a stuffed toy, he played...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO Francis Christian Fornoles and Vinnie Bañaria, both 22 years old, have their own free range chicken farm in San Francisco, Bula, Camarines Sur. They started with 10,000 pesos as capital to buy seven chicks and other necessities to raise them. READ: Starting small but...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO Starting with 10,000 pesos as capital, Francis Christian Fornoles and Vinnie Bañaria, both 22 years old, manage their own free range chicken farm in San Francisco, Bula, Camarines Sur, named VF’s Humble Farm. “We started small, with buying the seven chicks and growing them...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO Johnnel Tepora, 34, a resident of Indang, Cavite, shifted from the tourism to free range chicken farming. “I saw the potential of starting up a chicken business because it is like a multiplier business,” Tepora said. READ: Moving forward, moving freely: Cavite resident...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO Johnnel Tepora, 34, a resident of Indang, Cavite, shifted from the tourism business to free range chicken farming because of his motivation to have a food source that is accessible in their vicinity to assure that what they eat is healthy. READ: Moving forward, moving...
By BENJAMIN SARONDO Coming out of the pandemic, Johnnel Tepora, a 34-year-old resident of Indang, Cavite, was motivated to do something for his family, particularly to contribute to their health. He wanted to have a food source that is accessible in their vicinity to assure that what they eat is...
Johnny Sniper, 39, a radio and TV personality in Cebu City, has been farming since college. Farming for Sniper is a passion that he learned through experience, consolidated ideas, and research. The 39-year-old farmer established his own farm in Antequera, Bohol in 2017. Coquilla Integrated...
