ANIMAL REARING
LIVEKienyeji chicken, sheep, goats and beef cattle on the ground today — raised for meat, documented as modules.
// BUILD — AGRICULTURE
Carcass d'Elegance is an agricultural learning and livestock project at Boondocks Lab.
Right now on the estate: kienyeji chicken, sheep, goats and cows — raised on feed we grow and process ourselves across 10 plantable acres. No picnics yet. No festival grounds yet. Just the animals, the crops, and the school we're building from both.
// THE SIX AREAS
WHAT CARCASS D'ELEGANCE ACTUALLY IS.
Six areas, plainly labeled. What's live is live; what's planned is planned.
FEED PRODUCTION
IN PROGRESS10 plantable acres, AI-subdivided into feed-crop sections, harvested and processed on-farm.
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
LIVE — FILMING NOWThe animal-rearing school: five-beat tracks per species, filmed beside the animals, safety module first.
PROCESSING
PLANNEDHoof-to-harvest craft: slaughter, butchery and total use, taught cut by cut. The festival grounds come later.
WASTE UTILISATION
LIVENothing wasted: manure feeds the compost loop and Experiment 01's terra preta beds; every loss is autopsied into data.
EXPERIMENTS
ONGOINGThe pond (tilapia, planned), grazing rotations, feed rations — tested small, published honestly, scaled only if they work.
RESPECT
The animal feeds the estate. The least we owe it is total use and total transparency.
CRAFT
Knife work is geometry. Every cut has a name, a reason, and a right angle.
SCHOOL
Every animal we raise is a module. Every mistake is documented. If you follow the track, you can raise them too.
// CURRENT REALITY
WHAT'S ALIVE ON THE ESTATE TODAY.
KIENYEJI CHICKEN
the first flock is on the ground. hardy, indigenous, unimpressed by your schedule.
CD-01Media dropping soonthe kienyeji flock
SHEEP
grazing the loop, turning grass into school fees.
CD-02Media dropping soonthe sheep on the loop
GOATS
the original estate economists. browse everything, cost nothing.
CD-03Media dropping soonthe goats, browsing
COWS
beef on the hoof — and the manure pipeline that feeds Experiment 01's terra preta.
CD-04Media dropping soonthe cows, beef on the hoof
> nothing here is a render. the photos drop as the light cooperates — slots cd-01…04.
// THE FEED LOOP
WE GROW WHAT THEY EAT. THEN WE PROCESS IT.
The plan: maximize the 10 acres we have available for planting. AI helps us subdivide the land into sections, each planted with a different feed crop, rotated and timed so the animals never wait. We harvest it, we process it here on the farm, and the manure goes back into the soil — some of it into the terra preta beds. The loop is the lesson.
10 PLANTABLE ACRESAI-PLANNED SUBDIVISIONFEED PROCESSED ON-FARMMANURE → TERRA PRETA
CD-05Media dropping soonthe feed crop rows
THE FISH POND
PLANNEDNext into the ecosystem: a fish pond. Tilapia in the loop — protein, pond nutrients for the crops, and one more module for the school.
CD-06Media dropping soonthe pond site, before the dig
// THE SCHOOL
RAISE THEM YOURSELF. WE'LL SHOW YOU EVERYTHING.
We follow these modules ourselves as we create the videos — so they're tested on the same ground you'll read them from. Anyone who finishes a track should be able to do it themselves. And because the animals deserve it: every track includes its own safety and welfare short course.
- CD-1.1
STARTING THE FLOCK
Sourcing hardy kienyeji birds, brooding, and surviving the first 21 days.
FILMING NOW - CD-1.2
HOUSING & FEED
Predator-proof housing from estate materials; the feed loop from the crop rows.
FILMING NOW - CD-1.3
DISEASE MANAGEMENT & IDENTIFICATION
The common killers — Newcastle, fowl pox, coccidiosis: signs, prevention, vaccination schedules.
FILMING NOW - CD-1.4
DIY SURGERY & FIRST AID
Crop issues, wound care, bumblefoot — what you can safely do yourself, and when to call the vet.
FILMING NOW - CD-1.5
AI MORTALITY AUTOPSY
Photograph a loss, let AI picture-identification narrow the cause, confirm against the field guide — every death becomes data.
FILMING NOW
module zero is non-negotiable. every track starts with working with animals safely — handling without injury (yours or theirs), hygiene and zoonoses, first aid for bites and kicks. the animals deserve it; so do you.
// THE FUTURE — NOT YET
THE CARCASS D'ELEGANCE MEAT FESTIVAL.
One day: grounds on the estate built for meat festivals — nyama choma as ceremony, the whole craft performed in public. Not yet. First the herd, the feed loop, the school. When the grounds open, the people who followed the tracks get the first invitations.
TALK TO THE FARM
OPEN WHATSAPP →FARM-GATE VISITS: 1.31°S / 37.26°E — BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
30 KM FROM NAIROBI. 30 ACRES.