@Yaris thanks for staying tuned  .
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my pleasure, pls continue to keep us posted. God be with u. Happy Pentecost Sunday.

Hello all. I just read this thread and i must say it is a very good one. I am about to venture into the poultry business also, although have done it on a small scale before. I would really to contact people on this thread when am about to kick of, am still looking for a land in the maraba/nyanya/ nassarawa axis that can be suitable for this. i live in Abuja. Any help would be highly appreciated.

thanks
adenrele

@poster, dats a gud decision k! Ride on bt wats ur plan 4 d feeding cos dats wia d prob lies, ar u ready 4 d cost of feeding til they start laying eggs! I read zoology n dats my field cos i cnstruct and manage poultry,fisheries n pigery! Wats ur plan 4 d brooding d day chicks against cold! Its jst wat a specialist av 2 handle k! Wat do u tink abt d vaccinatn frm d day1 til tenth wk? Wia's ur source of water! Wel am nt trying 2 discourage u, i jst wana make sure u dnt loose out! I'v seen a case a guy dat startd jst lyk dis lost d dayold chicks cos of lack of warmth! I'l hlp much wit advice k! I realy lv dis! My num is 07064776597! Best of luk man!

^^ Smh someone is starting a poultry business, you think she wouldn't have figured that out? why are you guys bad at marketing your incompetent service? always dropping unsolicited numbers here and there

so you read zoology and what?

Dis Guy:

^^ Smh someone is starting a poultry business, you think she wouldn't have figured that out? why are you guys bad at marketing your incompetent service? always dropping unsolicited numbers here and there

so you read zoology and what?

I think you are very wrong. advice is free. Though she might have every thing laid down as she wants but one or two info can be very helpful.

Mr. Hindsight, poultry farrming's good biz. more grease 2 ur lbws!
I'm raising 300 broilers this year, my pen's still under construction
against Sept. 2011. Layer poultry farming's capital intensive but very lucrative,
2 b on d safest side of risk taking, i suggest u go 4 meat producing poultry(Broilers).

Good thread

Wow, dint know twas dat expensive, thumbs up

Millionjazz:

@poster, dats a gud decision k! Ride on bt wats your plan 4 d feeding cos dats wia d prob lies, ar u ready 4 d cost of feeding til they start laying eggs! I read zoology n dats my field cos i cnstruct and manage poultry,fisheries n pigery! Wats your plan 4 d brooding d day chicks against cold! Its jst wat a specialist av 2 handle k! Wat do u tink abt d vaccinatn frm d day1 til tenth wk? Wia's your source of water! Wel am nt trying 2 discourage u, i jst wana make sure u dnt loose out! I'v seen a case a guy dat startd jst lyk dis lost d dayold chicks cos of lack of warmth! I'l hlp much wit advice k! I realy lv dis! My num is 07064776597! Best of luk man!

Elube:

Mr. Hindsight, poultry farrming's good biz. more grease 2 your lbws!
I'm raising 300 broilers this year, my pen's still under construction
against Sept. 2011. Layer poultry farming's capital intensive but very lucrative,
2 b on d safest side of risk taking, i suggest u go 4 meat producing poultry(Broilers).

CORRECTIONS.
HINDSIGHT IS A SHE. ASIN FEMALE. THANK U.

Hi all!
thanks for all the comments and suggestions.
@niapay i honestly dont know what a brooder heater is, pls enlighten us. Thanks

@ disguy well we use the lanterns for both light and warmth @ nite, we dont use it much during the day. Thanks for the observation about the lanterns being too close to the polythene.

@LSA well just bear in mind dat in life everything is a challenge, don't allow little set backs to keep u grounded. best of luck as u get a suitable site for ur project.

@Elube wishing u d God's speed with ur construction. The major problem with broiler production is the marketing aspect but we've been looking at it closely. There is a large market but there are a lot of cunning middlemen between the producers and the market. anyways dat is a topic for another day.

once again thanks.

keep up the good work girl

Hi hindsight,
Have they been given any vaccination or medication as at today. On arrival they ought to have taken a vaccine been put in their eyes known as i.o or lasota together with milk(optional) and glucose.

I CAN SEE THAT YOU USE PAPER ON THE FLOOR.
WHILE DIDN’T YOU USE SAW DUST. IT HELPS TO CONTROL THE BIRDS DROPPING BETTER.
YOU NEED STOVE IN ADDITION TO THE LANTERNS AT THE BIRDS EARLY STAGE (FIRST 7 – 10 DAYS).
EXCEPT YOUR AREA IS HOT IN THE AFTERNOON, YOU MIGHT STILL NEED SOME WARMTH FOR THE BIRDS.

pls will like to know how much will cost me to start a poultry farm?

@Hi clothiers, the cash you have at hand will determine the set up. For instance if you have like 200,000, construction, buying of pullets(day old chicks) and feeding up to laying period and vaccination can take up to that amount with 100birds for a start.
Presently, i started with that amount, my birds were delivered to me on the 6th of june and they are doing very well with enough heat and continuos check both day and night.

I want people from d house to guide/furniture me the best business out of fishing and poultry farm, I want u to highlight the materials with the financial implication in conjunction with the advantages/disadvantages of acquiring a fishing/poultry farm. I will equally appreciate a manual if possible. anybody with useful information should feel free to contact me 08034227567(sms) so that I can call him/her.

@ Hindsight. Thanks for the word of encouragement. i would contact for further advise once i get a suitalble location. Thanks

Hi Hindsight in regards to your question Brooder light(175w or 250w)/Gas heaters are used to warm the poultry house in cold places – you will also need a gas heater or brooder light if you have baby chicks or day olds – no mum, no warmth. Even if you have a chicken house in a warm area you will still need to raise the temperature to 33 deg for baby chickens. in the first 1-3weeks, send me an email at sales@primatronics.eu so that I will send you a free broiler management guide and layer manage guide information that will help you run farm, in the attached picture is a pic of brooder light, a 175w brooder light can brood 100chicks while the 250w models can brood 200chicks but LPG gas brooder can brood from 1500 to over 100,000 depending on the model.

here is a link of our current 1512 broiler pen: https://skydrive.live.com/?wa=wsignin1.0&cid=c574f8660a097570&sc=documents#!/view.aspx/.Public/1512%20chicken%20run%20house.doc?cid=c574f8660a097570&sc=documents

update pls.

Hi All, the posts have been very enlightening, giving more insight into entrepreneurship. @ Sadiq, the document you attached in your last post is very informative.

We are a team of new investors in the following businesses:
*Bakery
*Poultry
*Fish Pond
*Food Processing (Cassava to flour and garri)
*Pure Water/Table Water

We have the business plans and finances but would appreciate anyone who is already in any of these investment (aside poultry) to share his/her experience with us.

Please send to: partnersgrowth@gmail.com

Pls, I am not being silly but what are you updating us for? Is it advertising or just for us to know about the business. Pls explain, if advert how do we buy, is it online? I must say, you have spend a lot on the project and I pray all goes well. Good work!

I am interested in poultry farm, My father has a piece of land at lagos, hw could this be helpful to me? kindly brief me the requirements of different type of poultry farming (pullet, layer,broiler) including their vaccination. I need person that will assist in constructing and supply of these, anybody with useful information should reach me on 08034227567 0r at wazpa4me@yahoo.com. it is very important.

good work.

plc i need an ans asap.dos usein chacol to heat up ur chiks have any negative efect

Its not advisable to use charcoal as a brooder heater, I will advise you buy propane inferred heater, it cost less than $50 http://www.amazon.com/DH-Propane-TankTop-Heater-Sngl/dp/B004LCFTBS/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1309884337&sr=8-13

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@ hindsight, its unfortunate that for sometime now we have not seen any update on your progress so far.
please hit us with us with more update.

@Hindsight

Wonderful job, keep it up. seriously waiting for the update. I have a 100X100 plot of land that I want to use as my animal farm. I intend to go into fishing and poultry and others. want to have kind of integrated farm system. will be greatful if any member who is into similar venture can advice.

@Niapay

I have sent you a mail as concern the propane heater and the poultry and fish feed mill plant

Pls don't stop in updating us. Let's see how big are d birds pleeaaase

what is happening.

I will start by asking u all to forgive me. A lot has happened since i last posted here. We have had a serious crisis with the broilers we have just about 300 left. Also the layers are also presently undergoingf crisis and we've lost nearly 200. We have learnt a lot and are still learning.

I have not been around for much of the time, but i will try and update you from time to time.

Presently our layers are about 7 weeks but have not reached optimum growth while the layers are 3 weeks old today.

The crisis with the broilers has been contained. We are praying that they fatten up within the next ten to fourteen days so dat we can sell them off.

Thank u everyone.

@Hindsight.

Sorry for your loss, Take heart its part of the start-up problems, It's well