Jhalawar Farms

Jhalawar Farms Mixed use farm

20/12/2023

🐓 Please note that we are no longer selling Wild Chicken Breeders.
🐓We were only selling a few excess to the lucky few who took advantage.
🐓For now we are only selling roosters for meat.

AVAILABLE FOR SALEVenda chickens were first described by a veterinarian, Dr Naas Coetzee, who noticed these distinctive ...
16/09/2023

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Venda chickens were first described by a veterinarian, Dr Naas Coetzee, who noticed these distinctive chickens in the Venda area of what is now Limpopo and named them after the region. Although similar chickens were later identified in the Southern Cape and the Qwa-Qwa region of the Free State, the original name has been kept.

Indigenous poultry breeds are known for their hardiness and adaptability and Venda chickens are no exception.

The Venda is multi-coloured, although white, black and red or brown are the most noticeable colours. They have rose coloured combs. Sometimes they have five toed feet.

This breed is fairly large when compared with other indigenous breeds. The male mature weight can be 3.5kg and the female up to 3kg. They reach s*xual maturity at 143 days.

The c**k can be quite territorial and aggressive.

Hens lay large, pink tinted eggs. A normal production under free range conditions will be about 70 eggs a year. The hens are broody ~ this means that they sit on their eggs and are very good mothers.

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AVAILABLE FOR SALE Boschveld ChickenBorn into a ranching family in Gweru, Zimbabwe, Mike Bosch wanted to solve the tick ...
16/09/2023

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Boschveld Chicken

Born into a ranching family in Gweru, Zimbabwe, Mike Bosch wanted to solve the tick problem that they faced in the ranch. He came up with the idea of having chickens that could eat the ticks. The chicken would be able to look for their own food by foraging, and defend themselves.

This led him to crossbreed three of the toughest breeds in Southern Africa. Over the years he continued to strengthen the breed by breeding the toughest in the flock. This led to the Boschveld Chicken, a cross of 50% Venda Chicken breed from South Africa, 25% Chicken Matabele breed from Zimbabwe and 25% Ovambo Chicken breed from Nambia.

The Boschveld Chicken surprised Mike, with the speed at which it grew, as compared to other free-range chicken. At two weeks, they had already doubled in size and developed mature feathers. This meant that they would not need an external heat source.

In 1983, Mike Bosch and his family moved to South Africa, where he set up a farm in Bela Bela Town, Limpopo province in South Africa. He continues to breed the Boschveld chicken and distributes it to over 17 countries in Africa, including Malawi, Angola, Zambia, Botswana, Swaziland, and Namibia. His mission now is to supply the Boschveld to families and farmers as they offer a lower cost of production while offering the cheapest protein available – eggs.

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AVAILABLE FOR SALEPotchefstroom KoekoekThe Potchefstroom Koekoek is a South African breed of chicken developed in the 19...
16/09/2023

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Potchefstroom Koekoek

The Potchefstroom Koekoek is a South African breed of chicken developed in the 1960s at the Potchefstroom Agricultural College in the city of Potchefstroom by Chris Marais. It was developed by cross breeding a number of other breeds like Black Australorp, White Leghorn, and Barred Plymouth Rock to obtain specific characteristics of each, making the resulting breed more suitable to Southern African conditions.

The breed was intended as a dual purpose, free ranging chicken with laying capabilities as well as a large structure for meat production. Pure Koekoeks have a grey-and-white barred appearance, with the chicks s*xable soon after hatching due to distinct s*x markings. Potchefstroom Koekoeks maintain good egg production even with poor quality or insufficient feeding.

With yellow skin, the Potch Koekoek is a heavy breed with soft feathers, that weighs 1.84 kgs for roosters and 1.4kgs for hens at 16 weeks and 2.4kgs for Potch Koekoek roosters and 1.7 kgs for Potch Koekoek hens. The Potch Koekoek roosters can grow up to 1.7kgs at 20weeks.

The Potch Koekoek s*xual maturity is at 130 days, with the hens able to lay an average of 198 eggs per year. The eggs weigh an average of 55.78 grams. The hens get broody well, are good sitters and the eggs have a hatchability rate of 78%.

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Chibombo

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Monday 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 09:00 - 17:00
Saturday 09:00 - 17:00
Sunday 09:00 - 17:00

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