Jonathan Fairfield Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 The Official Farm Photos Thread Share your farm photos here! This thread continues on from the previous long running farm photos thread: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/612480-farm-photos/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djayz Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 I'm really chuffed to see my old photo in the heading of this thread! Merry Christmas and Happy Photographing everybody! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djayz Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Not the nicest photo ever taken, but just trying to get this thread up and running again. Finally weeded between what are supposed to be "finger lime" trees - but as it turns out, I got conned as many of the plants I bought either went tits up or were not grafted with finger lime scions but with something that looks similar. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post grollies Posted January 22, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2019 (edited) A few photos of the wife's chicken farm. Edited January 22, 2019 by grollies Forgot the chickens 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djayz Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 25 minutes ago, grollies said: A few photos of the wife's chicken farm.   Great set up! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djayz Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 25 minutes ago, grollies said: A few photos of the wife's chicken farm. Great set up! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaiguzzi Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 36 minutes ago, grollies said: A few photos of the wife's chicken farm. Very very impressive. Kudos to you & your wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post grollies Posted January 22, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2019 7 hours ago, thaiguzzi said: Very very impressive. Kudos to you & your wife. Thanks, some blood, a lot of sweat and some tears went into that build but it has been worth it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grafting Ken Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Nice one Grolls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grafting Ken Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 On 1/20/2019 at 10:59 AM, djayz said: Not the nicest photo ever taken, but just trying to get this thread up and running again. Finally weeded between what are supposed to be "finger lime" trees - but as it turns out, I got conned as many of the plants I bought either went tits up or were not grafted with finger lime scions but with something that looks similar. No worries mate.... Were on the right track now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Grafting Ken Posted January 22, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2019 Shame we all had to lose a small fortune. I grafted hundreds of these fake trees myself and sold them to other people. I contacted all who I sold to and have replaced every single tree free of charge.... I did not know at the time they were fake. If there is anyone struggling with finger lime trees then I will say this one last time, they are very easy to grow in Thailand and please post up or pm me photos of the trees you have with close up of leaves and I will try identify it. If I can't I have several contacts who can. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post djayz Posted February 8, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2019 An older photo, but still one of my favourites. The rice paddy next door. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post djayz Posted February 8, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2019 My favourite wildlife here - Pandinus Imperator - the emperor scorpion (I think, but might be wrong). 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kickstart Posted February 8, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2019 Irrigating maize, at the DPO, the milk-producing arm of the Thai Denmark milk company Mortlec , Saraburi. The only time I have seen this irrigation system in Thailand, The crop will go for cattle feed, probably made into silage. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CLW Posted February 19, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2019 I might pop in some pictures from my recent Indonesia trip.Farming in the Highlands near Mount Bromo. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaanAussie Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Some hard workers there CLW, not a weed in sight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLW Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Some hard workers there CLW, not a weed in sight. It might be the volcanic soil, abundance of labour or herbicides [emoji4] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post grollies Posted February 25, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 25, 2019 21,000 chickens ready to go. Some of these are pushing 3.5kg. Note, antibiotic-free. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLW Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 21,000 chickens ready to go. Some of these are pushing 3.5kg. Note, antibiotic-free. Looks great.Are you contracting with Betagro?Do you know what type of breed your broilers are?What about the feed? No kind of medicine or similar mixed in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerjo Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Great work Grollies,wish i had a decent power supply to do the same. Keep up the good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaanAussie Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Not my cup of tea Grollies but good clean birds and environment. Husbandry score 110%, cap is off to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post grollies Posted February 26, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2019 13 hours ago, CLW said: Looks great. Are you contracting with Betagro? Do you know what type of breed your broilers are? What about the feed? No kind of medicine or similar mixed in? Chickens are Cobb. All male this time from young hens. We were concerned when we received them to see the chicks so small. The first week they were below target weight but have soon caught up. The feed contains no animal protein or antibiotic. Amino acids and vitamins are added to the feed but all dry matter is corn, soya and other organic matter. From day one to six they are given a low dose antibiotic (we don't claim to be NAE but are residue-free at slaughter) which clears their system within 15 days. They are also given additional vitamin supplement for the first ten days or so. We have also started an EM supplement from around day twenty to day thirty-eight this time which improved their gut health, hopefully reduces FCR and reduces farm smell. One way we differ is that we give them six hours continuous dark, during nighttime which we believe helps with feed digestion and aids welfare. We cull and dissect two chickens at day thirty and take them to the lab for residue tests. The vet takes blood samples around day forty and take to the lab also. Most of the company chicken is exported to Japan. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLW Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Chickens are Cobb. All male this time from young hens. We were concerned when we received them to see the chicks so small. The first week they were below target weight but have soon caught up. The feed contains no animal protein or antibiotic. Amino acids and vitamins are added to the feed but all dry matter is corn, soya and other organic matter. From day one to six they are given a low dose antibiotic (we don't claim to be NAE but are residue-free at slaughter) which clears their system within 15 days. They are also given additional vitamin supplement for the first ten days or so. We have also started an EM supplement from around day twenty to day thirty-eight this time which improved their gut health, hopefully reduces FCR and reduces farm smell. One way we differ is that we give them six hours continuous dark, during nighttime which we believe helps with feed digestion and aids welfare. We cull and dissect two chickens at day thirty and take them to the lab for residue tests. The vet takes blood samples around day forty and take to the lab also. Most of the company chicken is exported to Japan.Thanks for the details. I wished all chickens in Thailand would be raised in this way... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaanAussie Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 How are you introducing the EM and at what dosage/dilution? I used activated EM (EMA = 1:1:20) at 1/1000 in the water used for drinkers and pen washing for our pigs. Brilliant results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 32 minutes ago, IsaanAussie said: How are you introducing the EM and at what dosage/dilution? I used activated EM (EMA = 1:1:20) at 1/1000 in the water used for drinkers and pen washing for our pigs. Brilliant results. First time we've used it. Supplied from our vet. He removed the labels from the containers to preserve his source and profit......so I don't know what concentration it is supplied. We dose in the wayer at 1:1400. If you could tell me what EM product you used I'd be grateful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaanAussie Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 (edited) Beware there are many things "labelled by locals" as EM. The real EM is made here by EMRO and is the original Japanese Dr Haga formulation. Last time I purchased that it was 80 baht per litre and the labelling was printed in green on the 1 litre white plastic packaging. Take a look at www.emro-asia.com for the logo. There are local clones which are sold for around 50 baht per litre (not a lot of difference in effect). I used a couple of different brands for composting etc and for the pigs to start. Later I got a special probiotic starter brew which I then reproduced on farm (2 200Litre drums). It supposedly had a different set of microbes (big secret???). All I know is it produced marginally better FCR and immune system results. BUT it was 30K initially to set it up, after that zero per litre. I don't know if birds require anything special but I chose the pig special since the Health Department Head "suggested" it would fix a repeated complaint he was getting and dismissing. I really didn't get a choice and didn't think too much about the shares in the proceeds. **** What did your vet do to get the EM going? All probiotics are supplied inert or "asleep". The first step is to activate them. You are dosing at 1:1400. That is about the same as I was told to use with the pig EM. I have 4 1000 litre tanks which I put 1 litre/tank of either EMA or the EM-Pig into before I filled them. So it was using one litre of EMA (made by fermenting 1 litre of EM, 1 litre of molasses and 18 litres of water in a 20 litre jerry can for about a week) or drawing a litre of EM-Pig from the brew tanks. Edited February 26, 2019 by IsaanAussie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 2 hours ago, IsaanAussie said: Beware there are many things "labelled by locals" as EM. The real EM is made here by EMRO and is the original Japanese Dr Haga formulation. Last time I purchased that it was 80 baht per litre and the labelling was printed in green on the 1 litre white plastic packaging. Take a look at www.emro-asia.com for the logo. There are local clones which are sold for around 50 baht per litre (not a lot of difference in effect). I used a couple of different brands for composting etc and for the pigs to start. Later I got a special probiotic starter brew which I then reproduced on farm (2 200Litre drums). It supposedly had a different set of microbes (big secret???). All I know is it produced marginally better FCR and immune system results. BUT it was 30K initially to set it up, after that zero per litre. I don't know if birds require anything special but I chose the pig special since the Health Department Head "suggested" it would fix a repeated complaint he was getting and dismissing. I really didn't get a choice and didn't think too much about the shares in the proceeds. **** What did your vet do to get the EM going? All probiotics are supplied inert or "asleep". The first step is to activate them. You are dosing at 1:1400. That is about the same as I was told to use with the pig EM. I have 4 1000 litre tanks which I put 1 litre/tank of either EMA or the EM-Pig into before I filled them. So it was using one litre of EMA (made by fermenting 1 litre of EM, 1 litre of molasses and 18 litres of water in a 20 litre jerry can for about a week) or drawing a litre of EM-Pig from the brew tanks. Thanks, I'll look it up. Apparently what he supplies is activated and I've no doubt it's home made. Plus he's charging B200/litre. I add to drinking water same as vitamin, vaccine, etc using the dosing pump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaanAussie Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Well at 1:1400 and B200/litre the cost per bird is not high. A 3.5 Kg chicken will take a while to drink a litre. If it works, and its his vet's reputation at stake. I'd be inclined to make sure he knows you are watching the results. You are on a zero cost base if it is in fact working. You wont save any money using EMRO's stuff until you can show FCR and medication/vet cost improvements. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kannot Posted February 26, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2019 ok 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 4 minutes ago, IsaanAussie said: Well at 1:1400 and B200/litre the cost per bird is not high. A 3.5 Kg chicken will take a while to drink a litre. If it works, and its his vet's reputation at stake. I'd be inclined to make sure he knows you are watching the results. You are on a zero cost base if it is in fact working. You wont save any money using EMRO's stuff until you can show FCR and medication/vet cost improvements. Spot on. I'll let you know our next FCR, last one 1.70 Currently trying to figure out how the Kiwis get 1.38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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