May 1st Agricultural Fair Photos - Part 5

 

Quails are small birds. I haven't seen any of these birds here in Haiti.

There was a lot of people wanting to try "quail kabob"

The Haitian people say that these eggs are good for you and are high in protein.

There is a feed mill here in Haiti that manufactures animal feed.

M & M is a company here in Haiti that sells food for all sorts of animals common to Haiti. They also carry imported dog and cat food too.

Sacs of food for pigs and chickens.

Those cute little rabbits were huddled in a corner. I sort of felt sorry for it. With the open cage everyone was trying to grab them.

This young man picked one of the larger ones up for the children to pet.

This large goose was feisty and mean!

Here he is stretching his wings after being cooped up in the crate. It was fun watching him fight with the guy trying to hold him.

I haven't seen any geese here in Haiti. I should find a way to bring a Canada Goose here to Haiti ;)

The animals were a hit with the children. They enjoyed looking at them. Notice the balance that the man has on the left carrying a large cooler on top of his head. I don't know how he can do this. His cooler was full of bagged water.

Goats are common here in Haiti.

Cattle is an investment here in Haiti. Families will raise a cow and either sell off the calves or butcher it for the meat to sell.

It was nice and cool walking in the shade of the trees. This park-like setting is rare for Port-au-Prince.

We enjoyed our walk around the "park"'s walkways.

Royal palms are the king of palm trees. They look good lining a laneway.

Erol and Herode practicing their balance walking.

Hi-Pro is an animal feed company that advertises on this sign board as having "the best combination for a successful production". "It has all vitamins, protein and energy that chickens need to grow well and have good health"

There were several people by the chicken egg booth.

We got a bargain on chicken eggs. A flat of 30 eggs was on sale for $30H ($3.57 US$). We normally buy our eggs from Amos' mother. She sells them to us for $35H (4.17 US$). The street vendors in our neighborhood sell them for $40H (4.76 US). It sure is good to buy wholesale :)

The teenagers here are turning into young men. They are serious with their school studies and want to get good marks. They know that the key to a better future is with an education.

Our younger group of children here at Coram Deo are enjoying being children. Valentin on the right of the picture used to be a restavek (child slave). He has lived here for 4 months now and is enjoying being a child with the opportunity to play and not be someone's slave.

Pray for agriculture here in Haiti. Agriculture is a big part of the future of Haiti. Haiti will not develop well if agriculture is ignored.

We passed a display of chicken cages. These cages when put together hold 90 chickens!

We exited the animal display area and headed towards the exits.

We walked past the crowd of protesters protesting for better working conditions.....

... and started walking down the street towards our vehicle.

It was a fun outing for all of us.

We go through 3-4 flats of eggs a week here at Coram Deo depending on the amount of people staying here. I told Johnny it was his job to make sure that no eggs got cracked on our bumpy ride home :)