Chicken Breeds / Stock to Raise

The following can be used as a guide in selecting the foundation stock to raise:

• Stock should only be purchased from a reliable hatchery or franchised dealer where the parent stocks are well-housed and well-managed.
• The kind of stock to buy depends upon the purpose for which it is going to be raised.
• Chicks should be tree from diseases and deformities.
• Chicks should have uniform size and color and in the case of broiler chicks should not be less than 33 grams at day-old.
• For a start, a popular strain raised in the community can be selected as it is an indication of the bird's good performance under existing farm conditions.
• For broilers, choose those that have high livability and are fast growers.
• For layers, choose those that have good egg size, high egg production and long productive life.

The following are the strains of day old chicks that are now commercially available:

Egg Type & Meat Type and Sources of Stock

1. Arbor Acres

San Miguel Foods Inc.
Population Centre Building
Nichols Interchange, Makati City
Tel. No.: 878-4042

2. Babcock

Sarmiento Agricultural Devt. Corporation Sarmiento Bldg. II, Pasong Tamo Ext. Makati City
Tel. No.: 816-7461

3. Lohman Console Farms

Batuhan, San Miguel, Bulacan
2 Samat St., Quezon City
Tel. No.: 731-1842

4. Starbro

Universal Robina Farms
CFC Bldg. Bo. Ugong, Pasig
Metro Manila
Tel. No.: 671 -8303

5. Avian

JAKA
211 Pasong Tamo Makati City
Tel. Nos.: 844-7209/845-0236

6. Avian Swift (RFM)

2nd Floor RFM Bldg.
Pioneer St., Mandaluyong
Tel. No.: 631-8101

7. Pilch -Dekalb

General Milling Corporation E. Rodriguez Avenue Pasig, Metro Manila
Tel. Nos.: 8195451/671-9943

8. Avian/Hubbard

Tyson Agro Ventures 179 Mariano Ponce Kaloocan City
Tel. No.: 366-5213

Source:http://www.gov.ph/cat_agriculture/poultry1.doc