{"id":1193,"date":"2025-04-07T11:07:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T11:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/?page_id=1193"},"modified":"2025-04-16T10:53:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T10:53:57","slug":"poultry-april-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/index.php\/poultry-april-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4a14072ae3af3a48d2dca436d4d04d5c wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:31px\">April 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-81b6b846251eb70f6af873abdf3e5d2e wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.3\">When we left in December 2024 we had 10 layers and 9 broilers left and it was disappointing to find more chickens had died before we got there in March. However 6 broilers and 3 cockerels have been sold leaving 1 broiler to fatten up a bit more, 1 cockerel and 3 hens that are now laying eggs!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-439a1461 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-439a1461 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1154\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250313_173532-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1262\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250313_173532-2-scaled.jpg 1154w, https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250313_173532-2-135x300.jpg 135w, https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250313_173532-2-45x100.jpg 45w, https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250313_173532-2-768x1704.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250313_173532-2-692x1536.jpg 692w, https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250313_173532-2-923x2048.jpg 923w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1154px) 100vw, 1154px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1154\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250315_102917-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1263\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250315_102917-scaled.jpg 1154w, https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250315_102917-135x300.jpg 135w, https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250315_102917-45x100.jpg 45w, https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250315_102917-768x1704.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250315_102917-692x1536.jpg 692w, https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250315_102917-923x2048.jpg 923w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1154px) 100vw, 1154px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-439a1461 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"1040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250327-WA0003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1264\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250327-WA0003.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250327-WA0003-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250327-WA0003-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250327-WA0003-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1154\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250323_130819-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1266\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250323_130819-scaled.jpg 1154w, https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250323_130819-135x300.jpg 135w, https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250323_130819-45x100.jpg 45w, https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250323_130819-768x1704.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250323_130819-692x1536.jpg 692w, https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250323_130819-923x2048.jpg 923w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1154px) 100vw, 1154px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-aa3cd5e2df31099a4ec7530fc6414585 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.3\">We put some sand down for the chickens which they seem to like and it was good to see they are using the perches. We made nesting areas and I was over the moon when the first egg was laid. On the other half we put down wood shavings and bought more feeders, food and 39 chicks (1 was missing). We hope that as the weather is hotter at nights now we will have a better survival rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-468add76 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-secondary-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/index.php\/poultry-farm2\/\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Back<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 2025 When we left in December 2024 we had 10 layers and 9 broilers left and it was disappointing to find more chickens had died before we got there in March. However 6 broilers and 3 cockerels have been sold leaving 1 broiler to fatten up a bit more, 1 cockerel and 3 hens [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1193","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1193"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1286,"href":"https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1193\/revisions\/1286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mctgambia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}