I can still recall the first batch of 500 chicks, then SASSO Coloured Free-range Chickens, we bought in March 2000. It was like yesterday, when everything started for us to be interested in raising the French breed "SASSO" Free-range Chicken.
Our story started in December 1999, when my husband, a French national, red in a newspaper, Manilla Bulletin, about a seminar on how to raise SASSO Free-range Chicken from France. My husband, Gerard, was laughing and said "There is no such SASSO chicken in France, it doesn't exist!".
Curious enough, I went to attend the seminar. It was conducted by Mr. Anthony "Bobby" Inocencio of A.P. Inocencio Farm in Teresa, Rizal. Yes, it was true, the chickens he was promoting was really comes from France. I checked the "SASSO" in the internet and learned that it is an acronym for Selection Avicole de la Sarthe et du Sud Ouest (Selection of Avian from Sarthe (a place in north of France) and South- West), a breeding company that specializes in colored free-range chicken in France for the free-range chicken production like of Label Rouge. That is why it is not known in France as brand name :)
Convince enough, with what I've learned in that seminar, held in AANI, formerly located at Sidcor in Cubao, Quezon City, the basic information on how to raise Free-range chicken. Our initial intention was just for my parents to have backyard chicken farm. Then the first batch of 500 chicks was brought to Abra in March 2000...
That was just like yesterday, and now, its been 10 years since we raised free-range chicken.
Looking back through the years, I decided to post here our story and all experiences we had gone through, that maybe could help or guide other free-range chicken growers out there. :-D
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