{"id":170,"date":"2020-09-18T18:15:43","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T00:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antoniobosch.com\/?p=170"},"modified":"2021-06-04T12:48:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T18:48:19","slug":"el-negocio-de-las-granjas-en-guatemala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antoniobosch.com\/en\/el-negocio-de-las-granjas-en-guatemala\/","title":{"rendered":"The farm business in Guatemala"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most people would not consider owning and operating a chicken farm to be much like owning and operating a normal farm,” says Juan Galindo. Together with his wife Roberta, Juan has owned the chicken farm in Guatemala for 34 years.<\/p>\n

Juan’s farm is a seasonal chicken place that is open to the public from late May through October.
\nAlthough dealing directly with the public is not typical on most farms, it is a big part of the operation at the chicken farm during the summer and fall.<\/h2>\n

Once the season ends, however, the day-to-day responsibilities at this popular local attraction are much like those at most farms.<\/p>\n

From fall through spring, Juan gets up each day, has a quick breakfast, puts on his muddy boots and heads out to tend his livestock.<\/p>\n

According to Juan, the chores usually take three hours (actually two and a half hours, but he visits the corner store for a coffee break).<\/p>\n

Although his “livestock” includes exotic animals such as ring-tailed lemurs, wolves, wahabis and reptiles, he says his responsibilities are basically the same:
\nprepare diets, feed, water, clean and do a quick health check.<\/p>\n

Currently, Juan takes care of chores during the week and brings in an employee to help on weekends. Evenings are spent in maintenance or in the office.<\/p>\n

Check out the gallery of the farm that is reborn in Guatemala<\/h2>\n