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Cannabis has long been used in traditional Thai cuisine until it was banned in the country in 1934. With the country’s recent legalization of cannabis as food and drink, this opens new possibilities for the food and agriculture sector.

Feeding chickens with the proper amount of nutrients will help them grow and fuel them for normal body functions. In feeding native chickens, the free-range method is recommended wherein chickens are given space to freely roam and eat on their own. Native chickens can thrive under minimal care through this method, but supplemental feeding can be considered to help chickens attain their nutrient requirements.

They came from the mountain forests of Western Visayas. What were once red jungle fowl surviving in the wild evolved to the native chickens now called darag.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The provincial government of Misamis Oriental has allowed the entry of cooked poultry products in the province from the areas that have been affected by the Avian Influenza virus (Bird flu), the Provincial Veterinary Office (ProVet) announced on Monday, April 11.

A House leader has sought to convince Filipinos that online cockfighting or e-sabong “is not the work of the devil”, despite its connection to gambling.

Amid the continuous entry of imported chicken into the country and the threat of local raisers to cut their production, the Philippines’ chicken output during the first nine months of the year went down by 1.4 percent to 425,890 metric tons (MT) liveweight.

Poultry raisers threaten to cut down production

The Philippine government was told to temporarily suspend the importation of chicken and other poultry products amid several outbreaks of severe bird flu in Asia and Europe.

The Philippines’ major commercial poultry producers are ready for the ‘Christmas rush’, with consumers assured of the supply and stable prices.

Demand for chicken in the Philippines is not yet picking up despite the start of the Christmas season, and the local poultry industry is not expecting a recovery anytime soon.

The city government of Quezon City has banned piggeries and poultry farms in the city to protect the citizens from various health issues.

The Philippines can now export chicken meat to South Korea after the latter finally lifted its import ban on the commodity coming from the Southeast Asian nation.

Urban gardening has become popular in the previous year because of the implementation of community quarantines due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Ducks are another kind of poultry that provides a valuable contribution to human health and nutrition because their meat and eggs have health benefits that many people enjoy. 

It is a prevailing belief that the chickens lived longer back then for they were a symbol of wealth and beauty and were raised for cockfighting. Another research suggests that they are linked to deities, and possibly even worshipped then.

The Philippines’ poultry industry is still struggling to recover from the early impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, which continues to pull down farm-gate prices and demand.

Identifying the physical differences between mature male and female chickens can be a piece of cake, if you know what to look for. Here are some ways to tell them apart.

Spouses Wellington and Elisa Chan Lim own and operate Wellisa Farms on Bantayan Island, Cebu province. The farms have an animal stock of about 15,000 hogs and 400,000 layer hens.