Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. allocated an additional 10 heads of roosters for poultry breeding to a group of ministers of the Prayer Mountain to help them increase their production that will be dispersed to neighboring areas in Brgy. Celestino Villacin, Cadiz City, recently.

With 500 existing heads of chicken, the group will also replicate the Negros First Dispersal program to organizations that have the same vision as theirs, Catheryn Narez, provincial livestock coordinator, said yesterday.

The group managed by the Negros Occidental Federation of Christian Churches, Inc. first received 300 heads of free range chicken in 2010 but after two years, they have increased their production to 500 heads while layers continue to hatch eggs, Narez said.

She also said the NOFCCI cross-bred the free range chickens with the Jolo breed to increase animal resistance and easy adaptation to the environment.

The group experienced mortalities in raising free range chickens but managed to recover through intensive rearing and management, she added.

Narez also said that with the 10 roosters dispersed to them, they will be able to produce various breeds of chicken.

Meanwhile, the Provincial Veterinary Office will turn over 639 kabir chicks, piglets, and gilts to Ilog town and Talisay City next week.

She said farm animals are distributed to farmers to help them with their livelihood and encourage them to improve poultry production to ensure food security. *LTG

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