If you want to reach me, you can drop your questions here, in my mail if you like(bsadewumi@yahoo.com) or give me a voice call or sms on +2348024051709.once I see it, I will try torespond to those I am sure of and can help you inquire from my "Big brothers" if need be.
I WANT MANY PEOPLE IN AGRIC.
Above the gains, let's join hands and feed our people.
I respect and salut all my readers.
EnjoY brekete!!!

@The Unbeatable you are very right agric is not that easy and you need to start small but the problem we have with our nigerian youth is that they want quick money and dont want to work, agriculture is just like every other business you need to work hard to reap the fruit

@kentochi mail me sunmonuolawale@gmail.com

@Dr Isa:you are really doing a great job by exposing and giving out real-time info on agribusiness,this is because agriculture is the future of economic growth in Nigeria.Nigeria just lost about 40% of oil revenue which is a pointer to the fact that our oil boom will soon stop and run dry and by then there will be rush into the agricultural sector.I hope our Leaders will rise to the occasion and act responsibly and accordily.For more info on agribusiness like us on www.facebook.com/lesgupnigeria

@Doctor Isa am equally interested in poultry farming my email is makinde3@yahoo.com

@makinde can you please mail me using my mail above

doctor isa: @makinde can you please mail me using my mail above

Thanks

@Doctor isa thank you may God bless you sir.

You can come for our intensive practical seminar on Grasscutter Farming, with the extra knowledge of catfish and snail farming together. Dont be told; doint miss it......we have recorded alot of testimonies from our trainings. This is another great opportunity to all intending farmers, unemployed graduates, retirees, business owners/executives and investors, especially in the fortunes of rearing grasscutter. The training goes with a huge practical and technical know-how on grasscutter, catfish and snail farming together with a certificate of participation = N7, 000 only. Date: 5th Oct 2013 by 10am prompt. Venue: Ocean Hotels, behind R-Jolad Hospital, Gbagada Phase II, Lagos. We have limited space; so reserve your seat now! For more into, call 08095663885, or visite www.jeromfarmprojects.com, email:jeromprojects@gmail.com

doctor isa: few innovative ways
you can make money from Animal farming. The
options may not be so popular to many but they sure
will give you good returns when you are consistent
and dedicated to the business!
You can make money from:
Grasscutter / Rabbit Farming
Grasscutter seems to be the easiest and cheapest to
invest in, the reason being that in grasscutter farming,
you don’t need to buy feed like you do in fish farming,
pig farming and poultry farming. Its a business one
can start with N50,000. This enables the beginner to
purchase a family of grass cutter comprising one male
and four females referred to as a colony. A colony is
sold for between N35,000 and N45,000 depending on
the age, weight and specie. They can be reared in
cages which cost N5,000. Grasscutter farming is
probably the easiest way for people to become involved
in agriculture. Grasscutter can be reared at home. The
cages can be kept in the
house, compound, under staircase or within a kitchen
space if there is no money to rent or buy a land for the
business. Grasscutter feeds on grass, occasionally you
may need to feed with concentrates.
The good thing is that one female grasscutter can give
five to eight litters (babies) at a go. Four female means
at least five litters (babies) each. This gives up to 20
litters at the end of the day. One can buy young
grasscutter breeding stock at four months and rear
them for
another four months, they will start making babies
when they are eight months old.
If one does not have enough space to expand, the
best option is to sell the babies to potential farmers.
There are demand always coming from hotels, eateries,
beer palours and restaurants because of its dietary
and nutritious value.
Pig farming
Pig farming is also profitable. The business requires
patience. Anyone who wishes to go into pig farming
must have passion for the business. Feeding pigs
takes a period of 5 to 7 months before they mature for
selling. You need to start with the weaners and they go
for about N4,000. Those who don’t have good
knowledge of the business can end up feeding their
pigs for 10 months and get just 50kg.
But if you really understand the nitty-gritty of pig
farming, at seven months after weaning, you can get
75kg to 90kg. Pigs are sold according to their weight.
If a pig weighs 90kg that means it will be sold for
N22,500 at the rate of N250 per kilogramme, one can
get between 12 to 18 piglets from sow at a go.
Snail production
Commercial Snail farming is profitable, if you stock
1,000 snails, all of them are potential egg layers
because snails are hermaphrodite. A snail has both
male and female reproductive organs. A snail can lay
eggs between nine to ten times a year. This means that
one snail can give you over 100 eggs in a year, this
will amount to 100,000 snails in a year if you are
using free range snail farming method.
The demand for snails at the moment is higher than
supply. The five star hotels, eateries, relaxation centres
and beer parlours are regular buyers of this meat.
Interestingly, a snail farmer using free range system
can as well incorporate banana plantation into the
system thereby creating more than two businesses with
one facility, snails are also in high demand outside
Nigeria.

Good Day Sir!
First of all let me say a Big thank you to you for the good work you are doing.
The information you provide above applies mainly to grasscutters. Pls can you kindly provide a similar analysis basically on rabbit rearing, how lucrative is it? What's the mortality rate? What do they eat? Who are the potential buyers? Pls kindly provide this and any other useful information you might have @ your disposal on rearing rabbits. Thanks and God Bless.

@gist4real sorry for replying late am busy with the 300 pages eBook which features all aspect of animal farming rearing, how to construct there house, feeding, marketing, diseases, how to be successful in it etc but here is a hint about what you ask for details are in this eBook


With the meat situation what it is and the
economy in a turmoil, now is a good time to
consider the rabbit business. The best way I
know to put good food on the table and a few
naira in your pocket, without a large
investment, is raising rabbits. The profits can
come in many ways: You can sell the urine for
laboratory use, the manure for fertilizer or
worm growing, even the feet for good luck
charms. we call them iya oni wosi wosi in yoruba language they buy this in big money.Meat, however, is by far the most
important product.
What follows is a mini-manual that tells how
to get started on a shoestring, without the
costly items the so-called experts say you
should have. I'll try to cover all phases of a
new operation and to help the novice avoid
pitfalls that aren't mentioned in books or other
guides to this subject. Nevertheless,
experience is still the best teacher.

@gist4real not marketing my eBook but just trying to let people no I have detail eBook that touch every section of animal rearing you can mail me if you are interested in.purchase of the book

thanks

actually to tell the real fact there is a lot of work in rabbit rearing but here is a hint on how to do it
Ensure that you will have homes for the kits
before you do this. Check that you will have
spare hutches for when the babies are
weaned, and that you will be able to afford
the costs of breeding. Also talk with
breeders and friends, they might become
customers.
2
Only breed from healthy, happy rabbits. If
your rabbit is aggressive or unhealthy, don't
breed him/her. Breeding aggressive does
(females) is especially unrecommended, as
you may have to inspect her hutch or kits
(babies).
3
Put the female in the male's hutch . A
female's cage will smell like her. If you put
a male in there he will spend more time
sniffing around than getting down to
business.
4
Leave them together for 5-10 minutes . Try
staying with them though. This time
depends on how long it takes the male to
breed with the female. If the female is
anxious, aggressive or trying to get away
from him, separate them immediately.
Do not leave the rabbits in together
permanently. Females can get pregnant
twice! Their womb is a Y shape, so they
can carry two litters at once. If there is
a gap between matings, both litters will
be harmed as one will be premature and
the other may be late. The parent's
safety and health is of the utmost
importance. ARBA rabbit judges have
recommended attempting a mating
once a week until the does becomes
resistant to a male's advances.
Palpation is the best way of telling if a
doe is pregnant or not. This is the
method of feeling her abdomen to see if
there are any babies inside. For
beginners, this method is most easily
done at two weeks after breeding or
more
Pregnancy lasts approximately 28-31
days depending on the breed. Don't try
to re-mate until at least 40 days have
passed since the last breeding.
5
Provide plenty of extra hay and bedding .
(Do not use towels or fibrous materials, hay
is fine.) This is for the doe to build a nest
with. You may find her fur all over the
hutch - this is normal, she will pluck her
chest and stomach to fill the nest. However,
this is not a sure sign of pregnancy as
females often have phantom pregnancies if
they convince themselves they are
pregnant.
6
Give the doe peace and quiet . Don't lift her
up unless you absolutely have to, and if you
do, don't lift her by her stomach!
7
Feed the doe more . Once the kits are born,
give her as much dry food as she likes as
feeding kits will drain her. Don't stop with
her veggies, etc., but don't increase it and
stop completely if her droppings become
loose.
Listen for "cheeping." Kits sound like
baby birds, and hearing them is one
way to tell if the mother has given
birth. You can also tell by seeing
movement in the nest, or if the doe has
a little blood on her nose. Leave her to
it if you do catch her giving birth,
though chances are all will be done and
cleaned up long before you are awake.
Babies tend to be born before dawn.
The doe will clean the hutch to ensure
no predators smell the blood or other
scents and investigate.
8
Know how to treat the mother. If doe is
happy for you to stroke her and is acting
normally (and you have a very good
relationship with her), it might be a good
idea to let her out for a little exercise (for
no more than an hour) if she is used to it.
This will give you a chance to inspect the
nest and remove any dead kits. Do not
attempt to go near the nest if the doe
doesn't trust you or gets upset! She will
abandon the kits if you do this and they will
die unless you are lucky enough to
successfully hand-rear the kits, which is
unlikely.
9
If you determine it is safe, let the doe out
of the hutch. Does normally give birth on
the covered side of the hutch, so be
extremely careful when opening this side, as
the nest may be there. If you suspect the
doe has made the nest on the covered side,
the best thing to do is abandon the idea.
Before touching the nest, rub your
hands with straw from the area the doe
defecates in to ensure that you have her
scent on your hands.
10
Check the temperature of the nest. Before
doing this, ensure your hands aren't cold,
and that the weather isn't chilly. Slip a
couple of fingers into the nest to check the
temperature. If it is cold, you will need to
remove any dead kits and warm up the
remaining quickly. The nest should be quite
warm, as if there is a hot water bottle
underneath. The kits may wiggle and cheep
at you, but this is normal.
Once you've ensured that the kits are
safe and removed any dead ones,
replace the nest if you moved it and
leave the kits alone.
11
Check on the kits daily, unless your
relationship with the doe is not strong
enough . Always do this mid morning/
afternoon as the doe will feed them early in
the morning and late in the afternoon. You
may want to view the mother feeding the
kits, but be sure that she does not see you
or she may stop feeding them.
12
Keep the doe's routine normal. Let your doe
out during the day, but keep in mind that
she will have lost hair on her stomach and
chest, and putting her on wet grass or out
in the cold can be unwise.
13
Watch the kits. The babies generally open
their eyes at about 10 days, but some will
take longer or shorter.
The babes will start nibbling at the
doe's food quite soon. This is normal;
let them.
14
Wean the babies at 6-8 weeks, depending
on their size . Smaller ones should stay with
the doe longer than bigger ones to let them
catch up.
The babies can be re-homed at eight
weeks if they were weaned then, but it's
best to wait until 10 weeks.

@ ketochi ve reply your mail

Pls i want start with quail farming how will you help me.

@ketoshi I'll post the details about quial farming soon

Common Quails
@ketoshi and all those who have intention or plan to setup a small scale farming business in the Poultry sector. The farming with quails is an ideal one for the beginners and who have their own small capital.

Now am going to introduce with the quail farming for eggs only.



Advantages of the Farms of Quail:

1) A layer quail lays 250-300 eggs per year. Most of the eggs are well fertile and almost 86%-90% eggs are hatchable.

2) It requires comparatively small amount of capital. The environment and weather of our country is suitable for the quail farming.

3) It requires small place to be raising/rearing.

4) Quails are almost free from various diseases, so, it is quite suitable to be raised with very little risk.

5) Quails usually lay eggs at their 6-7 weeks age.

6) Its eggs and flesh are so tasty and nutritious with less cholesterol and fat. Its eggs are almost equal to the chicken’s eggs in nutrition.

7) There is no need to supply special feedings to quails, it consumes very little food (20-30 gm per day), but grows rapidly.

It grows rapidly and within 6-7 weeks at its age, quail starts to lay eggs. We can consume its flesh at its age of 6-7 weeks.

9) From a quail farm, within one year anyone can get his capital back with at least 15%-30% profit margin.

10) Quail eggs are quite hatch-able within 17-18 days.


11) More over, anybody can do this business just like a normal poultry farming. Even the feed of the quails are similar to the normal poultry feed the cage makers are also quite familiar with this cage.

Varieties of the Quails:

Japanese quails are most valuable variety in this farming business. There are several types of quails according to their characteristics and productivity. Those are as below:

1) Layer Quail:

Layer Quails

Farao, English White, Manchirial Golden, British Range, etc. are the main cast in this category. These are raised in the farm for eggs only.






2) Broiler Quail:

Coturnix Quail


American Bob White, Indian White Breasted Quail, Coturnix Quail, etc. are the main casts in this category. These are raised in the farm only for their flesh.








Brooding and Nursing the Quail Chicks:


Quail Chicks
Collect the Quail chicks of one day aged from the breeding farm and put them in the brooder.

1) Put the chicks in the brooder within 24 hours after hatching in the incubator and give them glucose mixed water first. After that you need to give them food in the brooder. But glucose mixed water should be provided up to 3 days along with their food.

2) Ensure the correct temperature in the brooder from the very beginning. Keep the initial temperature at 350C for the first week. Then reduce it gradually in every week by 3.50C. The below temperature chart will be helpful in this sector:

Age Group Temperature
First week (0-7 days) 35.00 C (950 F)
Second week (8-14 days) 32.20 C (900 F)
Third week (15-21 days) 29.50 C (850 F)
Fourth week (22-28 days) 27.60 C (800 F)

3) Provide sufficient food and water in the brooder daily.
4) Observe the chicks, if they gather under the bulb, you need to increase the heat of the brooder by changing the bulb with higher capacity. If they move away from the bulb, you need to reduce the heat of the bulb by changing it with lower capacity.
5) Keep those chicks in the brooder up to 2 weeks in summer and 3-4 weeks in the winter season under the appropriate temperature.
6) Expand the spaces every week according to the requirements.


Nutrition:


Ensure the appropriate food stuff in their feedings. The below table will be helpful in this sector:
Age Group Type of Food Protein (%) Metabolic Energy
(Kilo Calorie)
0-3 weeks Starter Mash 27% 2,800
4-5 weeks Growth Mash 23% 2,700
6-6 plus weeks Layer & Breeder Mash 22%-24% 2,500-2,700

Lighting System:



For the layer birds, 14-18 hours’ continuous light would be required. Otherwise, the production of eggs would be hampered and it might be reduced. Light should be ensured for layer birds according to the below table:
Age Group (weeks) Required Light (hours)
5 12:00
6 12:00
7 13:30
8 13:30
9 14:30
10 14:30
11 15:00
12 16:00

Disease Control and Treatment:

- Quails are almost disease free.

- Emphasis on to take care of 0-2 weeks aged chicks. This time is very crucial for the chicks.
- - Keep the brooder nit and clean and hygienic.

1) The brooding quails may be affected with Brooder Pneumonia.
Treatment: Mix 2 gm Calcium Propionate with 100 kg foods. Antibiotic may be provided in this disease. Have to consult with the veterinary on this issue.

2) Another disease is Quail Disease (Ulcerative Enteritis). It is a serious disease for the quails.
Antibiotic have to provide in this disease. In the same time, you need to consult with the veteranery urgently for the treatment.

What should we need to start the farming with quail?

Here is a farming plan for around 6,000 plus layer birds. The below things should we have to start this business:

1) Planning

2) Land according to the size of your planed farm

3) Two Tin shed houses: 18’ x 34’ x 10’ each.

4) Cages – 20 cages (6’x 2' x 6 storied each)

Sample Cage for Layers


5) Supply of Electricity or alternate energy sources, like, Generator
6) Food – (25 gm x 6,000 x 60 days) preserved

7) Small but sufficient working Capital

Instruments and others: De-beakers, spades, trolleys, Vans, Fans, Lights

9) Full time man power – at least 1 person and extra labors when needed.
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sorry i dont no does pictures wont show

@op,what of grasscutter and pig farming?thank you

pls can some 1 help me, i want to start a poultry business, pls i want to knw drugs given to boiler bird and how to feed , infact every things abt poultry

broilers don't need much drug mail me I'll send how any u plan to raise so I can give u feed formulae

please how can I get supply for SPENT GRAIN?

doctor isa: broilers don't need much drug mail me I'll send how any u plan to raise so I can give u feed formulae

I am interested my email is makinde3@yahoo.com

doctor isa: broilers don't need much drug mail me I'll send how any u plan to raise so I can give u feed formulae

i am equally intrested my mail is gbolahan.basheer@yahoo.com

Plz send a mail to sunmonuolawale@gmail.com ill treat your request

[color=#006600][/color]Dr. Isa, you are wonderful.Thank God we still have good man left in this country.
I wish to start a snail & grasscutter farming.But what I need is 'practicals', especially the snail farming.Any help? Or anyone in the house can help me with a contact because I need to see what I intend to venture into.

Yeah,practicals is what you need.forget all this useless ebooks.i recommend songhai farm port novo benin republic.God bless you.

As dis man has give to us on dis thread can we send if only 50naira mtn transfer? I dnt lyk taking without giving. I wish u could explain maketability of pig

michelism where do you base I can teach you practicals if you can visit my farm

Lawmann: Yeah,practicals is what you need.forget all this useless ebooks.i recommend songhai farm port novo benin republic.God bless you.

It a gud comment but rememba a lot of effortgoes into putting ebook 2geda dnt rubish one's effort like dat,it doesn't speak well of u too by the way do u have a link to shongai farms??

I'm also interested in snail and grass cutter farming on a commercial scale. I'll love to learn all I can. I'll love to have good practical training and other info as to the viability of these businesses. I live in osun state. Thanks.