AkayTopsy:
HappyNewYear to everybody. @jamp i'm still waiting 4 ur visit to my farm o. @fnk, bro thanks 4 keeping this forum alive with all the broiler info. Though i've not been to your farm, but i believe from your posts you're living my dream 4 the broiler business. (Can we have an appointment pls. I wouldnt mind booking a same day cheep return flight for few hours visit to your farm)

2014 was in deed a very great year 4 me. Full of challenges with great lessons learnt. Some painful, some hillariously painful (because it exposed how naive one can be when it comes to business). Thank God for the progress achieved as well. I started with and still doing Broilers, but gradually the Pullets are growing along. Though I,ve not started making income that match the investment, slowly but surely we will get there.

My appreciation also goes to all those who responded to my need during one of the respiratory crisis i experienced with the birds. Here we are those pullets will be 17weeks tue Jan.

My Advice 4 all:
CREDIT AND TRUST is key in Biz, be careful when choosing those you give these previlages.

my brother, please forgive meooo. i will come next week saturday to learn from you. i will also visit pet02 as his farm is around your area. please keep one big fowl for me. how are your birds doing?

Hello Ibadan farmers pls am coming from Enugu to benchmark the great Ibadan farmers i will kick of my farm by April i really want to come and learn from them.Pls great Ibadan farmers pls i will be waiting for your invitation,i will stay close to Nigeria Brewery Ibadan

endy247:
@fnk thanks for ur advice, pls how much did u buy d drinkers from amason.

I didn't buy the whole drinker, what I bought was the nipple, on Amazon you can get it for say, 15 pieces for $5 or $7.95. The idea is that I will finish it up buy my self at my farm. It will save me and my workers a lot of wahala, they won't have to individually manually change the water and the liters will stay dry for a long time. All those Nigeria online stores might have them ooo, check.

AkayTopsy:
HappyNewYear to everybody. @jamp i'm still waiting 4 ur visit to my farm o. @fnk, bro thanks 4 keeping this forum alive with all the broiler info. Though i've not been to your farm, but i believe from your posts you're living my dream 4 the broiler business. (Can we have an appointment pls. I wouldnt mind booking a same day cheep return flight for few hours visit to your farm)

2014 was in deed a very great year 4 me. Full of challenges with great lessons learnt. Some painful, some hillariously painful (because it exposed how naive one can be when it comes to business). Thank God for the progress achieved as well. I started with and still doing Broilers, but gradually the Pullets are growing along. Though I,ve not started making income that match the investment, slowly but surely we will get there.

My appreciation also goes to all those who responded to my need during one of the respiratory crisis i experienced with the birds. Here we are those pullets will be 17weeks tue Jan.

My Advice 4 all:
CREDIT AND TRUST is key in Biz, be careful when choosing those you give these previlages.

Where are you flying from, I will back in the country ny this weekend.

Hello guys,

I want to start poultry with loan, I've negotiated to rent a farm.
Should I take day old chick or point of lay. What are the associated risks? What are the prices of day old chick and Point of lay birds?

mozek24:
Hello guys,

I want to start poultry with loan, I've negotiated to rent a farm.
Should I take day old chick or point of lay. What are the associated risks? What are the prices of day old chick and Point of lay birds?

You are digging your gravel by starting your farm with loan.I don't know you but I must be candid with you that isn't the best option.why not start with you own money and gradually you grow from grass to grace.

@obnelly, thanks but

Should I take day old chick or point of lay. What are the associated risks? What are the prices of day old chick and Point of lay birds?

mozek24:
@obnelly, thanks but

Should I take day old chick or point of lay. What are the associated risks? What are the prices of day old chick and Point of lay birds?

if u insist on going ahead...do Point of lay

fnk:

Where are you flying from, I will back in the country ny this weekend.

I stay in Abuja. How long are you planning to stay in the country? I wish you safe trip.

jamp:


my brother, please forgive meooo. i will come next week saturday to learn from you. i will also visit pet02 as his farm is around your area. please keep one big fowl for me. how are your birds doing?

No qualms bro, lets chat on friday to confirm the appointment, id also like to meet pet02.

Farmers in the house pls advice.

I currently have 1000 pullets. 75% @ 17wks while the remaining 25% are 10wks old. Can all the birds share 1000 dose of 3in1 vaccine: i.e vaccinate the older birds then keep the remaining vaccine in the fridge for 6wks when the younger pullets will be due. Or should I just vaccinate both the old and the young pullets now?

Hi everyone, My dad has retired from civil service , and he indicated interested in starting up a poultry farm, he want to grow both layers and boilers, he has experience in the field , he residence in Umuahaia Abia State. My question is, how far can 1 Million naira go in this venture ? i intend giving him 1.5 , but want to give him 1 million now, and the 500k in couple of months, am asking because that's the only amount I can give him for this, as I have my own projects, and might not be there to support him financially as he runs the farm.

aking4ever:
Hi everyone, My dad has retired from civil service , and he indicated interested in starting up a poultry farm, he want to grow both layers and boilers, he has experience in the field , he residence in Umuahaia Abia State. My question is, how far can 1 Million naira go in this venture ? i intend giving him 1.5 , but want to give him 1 million now, and the 500k in couple of months, am asking because that's the only amount I can give him for this, as I have my own projects, and might not be there to support him financially as he runs the farm.

it depends on a lot of things, if structure is on ground 1m is enough for him to start, my dad started his with 500k late last yr,250 layers.(backyard) , just do correct findingsx 1m isnt bad to start. Goodluck

obnelly:


You are digging your gravel by starting your farm with loan.I don't know you but I must be candid with you that isn't the best option.why not start with you own money and gradually you grow from grass to grace.

grave? U sound like u re sure he wld fail if he goes into poultry. Probably d loan is a "no interest" loan frm his bro,sis or parent..he is taking a risk.. however, I advice op not to risk more dan he can afford to loose.

aking4ever. Just as justified19 said above, having the structure is important And by structure, we mean the pen, cages, water containers/drums (if you ain't using cages, then you need lots of cone feeders and bowls for water). Either way, budget 1k for each bird (whether you are buying DOC or POL). If no structures yet, I'll suggest you split the 1m into two; half for the birds, the other half for structures. Success.

AkayTopsy. I don't think it will work. What I know is that once you open a bottle of vaccine, then it has to be used ASAP.

mozek24. I wouldn't know the terms of the loan you took. However, if it is one with a short moratorium, then going with POL is the better option. And that becomes more important if you don't have much experience in managing a poultry. Having said that, the most important factor here is that YOU MUST GET YOUR PRODUCT/BIRDS FROM A REPUTABLE SOURCE. DON'T DO AGENTS. GO DIRECTLY TO THE HATCHERY OR A CERTIFIED DEPOT. Success.

justified19:
, I advice op not to risk more dan he can afford to loose.

This advice keeps re-occuring in any startup biz.test the waters wit ur toes b4 u put ur leg. stqrt small and expand with time.

AkayTopsy:


I stay in Abuja. How long are you planning to stay in the country? I wish you safe trip.

I go back and forth, I stay for at least 2 months each time I am there.

dozieihems:
@farmtech pls my oga can i use the normal started,grower and layers mash we hav in nigeria to feed my layers and also achieve maximum output frm them? Waiting 4 ur reply

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If u dont have access to them then u have no other choice than to use what is available. You'll still make profit but result won't be the same - ceteris paribus.

@fARMTECH Thanks for your advice pls help me on this AMO feed and Top feed which one is more better?AMO feed have pre-layer i dnt kwn weather Top feed also have thesame pre-layer but advice me on which of the both feeds is the best

SEE WAHALA[i][/i].
We (Myself and my brother) run a layer farm of About 2500birds now. Some time about October - November 2014, there was scarcity of any form of poultry feed in my Uyo, Akwa Ibom state where our farm is located. Our birds were starved so bad that their feeding ration dropped from 13 bags a day to 2bags, some days no bag. We had money but could not source feed. The overall effect we lost more than 1.5million naira on feed money within two months trying to make the birds gain weight and continue production of eggs as they where guzzling feed like no mans business when the feed was eventually available and still not laying eggs. We had to be buying feed as buch as 3,200 naira from 2,250 it used to be before the scarcity. This b#llshit messed up so many of our friends that they had to sell off their layers birds for meet as there was no feed and they birds where dying or not laying egss anymore.
They birds have picked up production now and we can breathe some air. They only reason we culd battle this was cos we could source money (I mean a million plus in naira) to feed this guys for two straight months while not sure if they will pickup production.
Now this is no farmers mistake but a farmers problem.
Lesson: Have a plan B source of feed.

We now buy feed in trucks and sell some. if we hear any sign of scarcity we will quickly readjust. Have your plan B my fellow farmers. I have seen friends loose bigtime, and it was no fault of thiers.

We had to queue for 2hours repeatedly to buy 2bags of feed for a farm that needed 12bags a day at the minimum. and the price of feed went up by 1000naira. It was so bad that our fat birds could now wiggle out of their cages because of weight loss. Some folks could not afford to buy feed at the current rate and had to sell of their layers for meet as they where not even laying again to assist in feeding.
In all I felt happy being associated in the whole mess as I made new farmer friends at the queue for feed. I have a good job already, I bring the cash my brother runs the farm and I assists when I am around.
We are now making arrangement to start feed distribution so we can have a say in the matter when the axe drops hard again like it did last year. This is our first time in poultry biz, we are hope full cos we wanna make a difference.
I got my resolve to start the farm after reading this thread over and over again, thanks guys.

Meanwhile I built the cages we are using, semi automatic.

justified19:
grave? U sound like u re sure he wld fail if he goes into poultry. Probably d loan is a "no interest" loan frm his bro,sis or parent..he is taking a risk.. however, I advice op not to risk more dan he can afford to loose.

Thanks.

however, I advice op not to risk more dan he can afford to loos

This sound like a 50-50 game. More like gambling

I don't like gambling

It should be on business basis.

mozek24:


Thanks.

however, I advice op not to risk more dan he can afford to loos

This sound like a 50-50 game. More like gambling

I don't like gambling

It should be on business basis.

Poultry business is not gambling it's only when you don't know anything about poultry, then it becomes gambling. Go for practical training on poultry, see things for yourself and participate in them, ask questions. then you know poultry is business and not gambling

Please experience farmers in the house, is there any special thing to do to make layers lay big egg.

samuel25:

Poultry business is not gambling it's only when you don't know anything about poultry, then it becomes gambling. Go for practical training on poultry, see things for yourself and participate in them, ask questions. then you know poultry is business and not gambling

On point. Best advise so far

Thank you

Just that we are always in a haste. And nowadays farmer hardly allow apprentice

mozek24:


On point. Best advise so far

Thank you

Just that we are always in a haste. And nowadays farmer hardly allow apprentice

u re right dat farmers hardly allow apprentice dis days, but if u re really interested u can still get practical training.. Ask pple who av experience in d biz and probably get a consultant to put u through till you can do thinz on ur own. Basically, don't just rush in.

samuel25. The eggs naturally become bigger the longer the birds lay. However, you may wish to give them artificial lighting. It encourages birds to lay bigger & more eggs. You may check http://www.worldpoultry.net/Layers/Housing/2014/12/Different-colour-LED-light-influences-layer-production-1666912W/ for better info. Success

Pls still on 3in1 vaccine, can I administer the vaccine on 11weeks old pullet?

fnk:
I go back and forth, I stay for at least 2 months each time I am there.

Ok bro! I'll let you know soon as i'm good to come.