Pang ulam, native chicken eggs.
#ParaoakanJoloanoChicken
Pang ulam, native chicken eggs.
#ParaoakanJoloanoChicken
Part 2 paraoakan fight 2 months old.
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Paraoakan/Joloanon native chicken.
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The Paraoakan/Parawakan native chicken,
Compared to other native poultry breeds in the Philippines, the Paraoakan chicken is the largest. It has long legs, a larger body and head than other local breeds and an elongated neck.
Unfortunately, Paraoakan chickens are farmed mainly for their use in local sports, especially cock fights, rather than as a food source.
They are usually black, but can also have reddish feathers.
Cocks can grow to 3-5 kg and usually, after 6 months since birth, they are already 1.2-1-3 kg. They have a much slower growth pace than commercial and industrial breeds. This slower growth means that they develop a stronger muscular structure.
These chickens were considered as a valuable good by the families in the Mindanao region and their meat is found in many traditional recipes of the island of Palawan.
Parawakan as a Meat-Type Breed
The Parawakan is already used to crossbreed with commercial free range breeds. The results of the hybrids are performing very well. Primarily, the parawakan is used to pass down its phynotypic taste to the hybrid offspring, making a niche for the poultry meat product compared to common commercial free range chickens.
Other benefit of Using Parawakan to breed with are, they are the biggest native chicken breed both in size and in weight. Historically in 1500s, Pigafetta described the people of Palawan to have large and tame cocks(1). Parawakan can even grow more than 4 Kgs, unlike bolinao, banaba and other Philippine native chickens.
Additionaly, parawakan are naturally hardy in common respiratory diseases even monsoon comes. Attributed to being in the palawan even before Magellan reached the Philippines. Meaning the breed already evolved or developed to cope up with the province climate and nature, , making it a very good breed for poultry beginners in the country.
The Future of Parawakan.
People breed the parawakan with the shamos, some peruvian strains and other oriental strain that resembles a Parawakan but wi
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