aAK1:
boss I appreciate. The major information I need for you are once I know you are knowledgeable about. In my business plan, I propose to start with 1000 birds. I need to know how much it would much day old layers cost, cost of feeding and medications till they start to lay, amount of space needed (housing and dimension) that's all I need. With that I can do the remaining math. Pls gurus in the house you input will be appreciated

TheShootist:
Is anyone here into 'brood and sales?'

AkayTopsy:


Yes I do.
Location: FCT and Environ

twoMcfemad:
@fishleg123, are your birds on grower\layer mash? What quantity are they eating? Any lighting program at night? Have you deworm\delouse them? Whats their water intake & vaccination program?
Your answers to these questions will help solve your challenge,IMO

fishleg123:

greetings goes to every farmer in d house. as I posted
earlier on, my 200 black layers are now 20 weeks old.
on d 1st of March, they laid d first egg. since then, these
is how they have been laying.
march 1.........1 egg.
march 2..........2 eggs
march 3..........2 eggs
march 4..........3 eggs
march.5..........3 eggs
march.6..........1 egg
March 7........... 4 eggs
is everything alright with these fowls. because I was
bothered yesterday when we picked just one egg.
farmers in d house, what do u have to say.

they eat 18-19kg of grower top feed daily. lasota and deworm/delouse had been given about 3 weeks ago. No lighting program is being use, they leave on natural light.
there is enough water for them to drink.
today makes it the 7th day that they have been laying and yet, we have 4 eggs maximum yesterday .
Experienced Farmers in d house,
IS EVERYTHING GOING ON WELL.

fishleg123:

greetings goes to every farmer in d house. as I posted
earlier on, my 200 black layers are now 20 weeks old.
on d 1st of March, they laid d first egg. since then, these
is how they have been laying.
march 1.........1 egg.
march 2..........2 eggs
march 3..........2 eggs
march 4..........3 eggs
march.5..........3 eggs
march.6..........1 egg
March 7........... 4 eggs
is everything alright with these fowls. because I was
bothered yesterday when we picked just one egg.
farmers in d house, what do u have to say.

they eat 18-19kg of grower top feed daily. lasota and deworm/delouse had been given about 3 weeks ago. No lighting program is being use, they leave on natural light.
there is enough water for them to drink.
today makes it the 7th day that they have been laying and yet, we have 4 eggs maximum yesterday .
Experienced Farmers in d house,
IS EVERYTHING GOING ON WELL.

TheShootist:
Is anyone here into 'brood and sales?'

fnk:


As I read your post, as much as I agree with you, one of your statments that jumped out at me is "Ur experiment will work..." If it will work, I will not get bored down with the "But..." Also, reading further you asked if I can imagine feeding my birds for 6 to 8 weeks to get them up to 2 kg live, my brother that is the numbers of weeks it takes me now to get to 2 kg live with zatech birds, and OBJ birds that I have bought in the past. So, if I can produce my own at that same rate, it is already an achivement, I can now continue to experiment and go from there. But remember, I will be saving on transportation and a whole lot of other incidental.
New let us see what I am already doing though, my 200 layers are 10 weeks old now, none of them died as a result of sickness just heat and stress from moving them when they were little, so, we only lost 8 birds we have a balance of 192 left. We only gave them lasota and gomboro within their first 10 days. That is it, no antibiotics, nothing else, just a mixture of... yes you know. So, withiout chemicalizing my layers, who knows their system could turn out to become like the so called breeder birds. So, introducing Cockrel that was equally raised the same way as the layer, who know, we might have invented something here.
So, guys I am not disputing what is being advised here, I am just thinking outside the box, and if it works, boy! I will be saving myself a boat load of money and that will just become another income center, and fnk breeders stock will be coming to a farm near you. Lol!

So for the experiment poppose, does anyone know the best time to introduce the Cockrel, and at what ratio? Please help. My cockrels will be 12 weeks by Thursday this week and the layers will be 11 weeks.

mercylicious:
@kevin,
plz share your result on gnld supergrow for poultry. did u notice any improvement on the test broilers?

@house, i heard from.unconfirmed sources that garlic helps in feed conversion to weight in broilers. has anyone tried it?

justified19:
@ kevin96, I eventually consulted a vet on Thursday, did pm of d dead bird and u were right, he sad it was "mild newcastle" nd cholera, he treated dem on friday nd they re doing fine now. I also changed dia litters didnt knw it was due for change till d vet came around. thanks and God bless

mercylicious:
@kevin,
plz share your result on gnld supergrow for poultry. did u notice any improvement on the test broilers?
@house, i heard from.unconfirmed sources that garlic helps in feed conversion to weight in broilers. has anyone tried it?

fishleg123:

greetings goes to every farmer in d house. as I posted
earlier on, my 200 black layers are now 20 weeks old.
on d 1st of March, they laid d first egg. since then, these
is how they have been laying.
march 1.........1 egg.
march 2..........2 eggs
march 3..........2 eggs
march 4..........3 eggs
march.5..........3 eggs
march.6..........1 egg
March 7........... 4 eggs
is everything alright with these fowls. because I was
bothered yesterday when we picked just one egg.
farmers in d house, what do u have to say.
they eat 18-19kg of grower top feed daily. lasota and deworm/delouse had been given about 3 weeks ago. No lighting program is being use, they leave on natural light.
there is enough water for them to drink.
today makes it the 7th day that they have been laying and yet, we have 4 eggs maximum yesterday .
Experienced Farmers in d house,
IS EVERYTHING GOING ON WELL.

kevin96:


i am happy you got a vet... So what drugs did he prescribed for them?

kevin96:


i am happy you got a vet... So what drugs did he prescribed for them?

jamp:
Dis heat period is dealing with abuja farmers. The weather is hot . There is drop in production with drop in egg size. Also many farms are experincimg high mortality. I can wait for this heat period to pass.

**

TheLight001:


bro, don't u think installing fans in your pen will help?

jamp:


u are right. That is what we are planning for d next heat period. I might not be able to do it now cos of the cost implications.

kevin96:


Are u referring to me?

Bishiie:
Hire me as your livestock farm administrator/ manager / consultant ....... Sure you will be glad its a wise idea

jamp:
Dis heat period is dealing with abuja farmers. The weather is hot . There is drop in production with drop in egg size too.Also many farms are experiencing high mortality. I can wait for this heat period to pass.

** I will install AC to help regulate d temp**lol