tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881698496597481472.post-64374620112857332172009-06-04T11:18:00.006Z2009-06-04T21:16:53.081Z<a href="http://www.orphanreliefandrescue.org/blog/uploaded_images/IMG_4920edit-734101.jpg"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: lightblue 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: lightblue 2px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 150px; BORDER-TOP: lightblue 2px solid; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-RIGHT: lightblue 2px solid" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.orphanreliefandrescue.org/blog/uploaded_images/IMG_4920edit-734068.jpg" /></a> <div>Today is an exciting day! We moved the first batch of African chickens into the chicken coop at Mother Wleh's Orphanage (many thanks to the ORR Construction Team)! You can see them enjoying their first meal - bulgarwheat, cornmeal and mangoes. So far we have 15 laying hens and 3 roosters and about 20 chicks. Next week, we will add 100 imported chicks which are being flown in from the Ivory Coast, 50 broilers and 50 layers. These imported chickens produce more meat and eggs than the African chickens but are less disease-resistant so we will be giving them a series of vaccinations once they arrive to protect them from tropical diseases.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.orphanreliefandrescue.org/blog/uploaded_images/IMG_4922edit-762251.jpg"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: lightblue 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: lightblue 2px solid; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; BORDER-TOP: lightblue 2px solid; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-RIGHT: lightblue 2px solid" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.orphanreliefandrescue.org/blog/uploaded_images/IMG_4922edit-762206.jpg" /></a>Mother Wleh and her children will be learning how to care for the chickens, protect them during the rainy season, feed them nutritious foods, and breed them. They will also be learning business skills such as record-keeping, marketing, and how to re-invest profits back into the business. This poultry production project will not only provide food for the children's meals but a source of income for the orphanage as well. Next month the broilers will be ready for the market at the peak of the Liberian holiday season, Independance Day, when prices are the highest! The profits from the sale of the broilers will go towards sustaining the chicken project. In 5 months, the layers will begin laying eggs which will be sold in the local community providing additional income. We look forward to partnering with Mother Wleh to make the Poultry Production Program a success! </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8881698496597481472-6437462011285733217?l=www.orphanreliefandrescue.org%2Fblog'/></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257196671909317268noreply@blogger.com0