GGfadar:
Yes, the females will graze and live together with the males...
There's nothing wrong with that except a female delivers a calf, then can be restricted for a certain period of time.

Concerning the land space you mentioned, its been extended truly. The other guy owns the plot.

FaDar, pls drop your number, i have a few questions to ask personally. Tnks

09032837927

Emmaloh:

FaDar, pls drop your number, i have a few questions to ask personally. Tnks

Was in a cattle, sheep and goat market today
Got these 3 RAMS for breeding
Will add females later

It was interesting as I felt like acquiring all I saw

Cattle market

GGfadar:
Was in a cattle, sheep and goat market today
Got these 3 RAMS for breeding
Will add females later

It was interesting as I felt like acquiring all I saw

How much did u get all dese 3 rams?

Emmaloh:

How much did u get all dese 3 rams?

The 2 balami breed are 16,500naira and 14,000naira respectively while the kano dwarf breed is 16,000naira.

Additional 500naira on each for
Rope
Laada
Govt tax

GGfadar:
E.g

Coming to buy some turkeys. Some of my turkeys fought to the point of death. I lost some of them.

GGfadar:
New arrival owned by a partner

7males and 3females

How much did u get the males and females

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shamecurls:


How much did u get the males and females

Was in farm today
Added one more female again and d rams I got few days ago

I am loving this thread. GGfadar, Im curious, are all your cows too young to conceive? Also, whats the purpose of the sheets on the feeding troughs, or could it be you put them because the floors of the wooden feed troughs have lapses?

What do u expect MR OTDR,
I can't start a livestock farm, especially cattle farm and purchase grown up cows I won't b able to control, not possible for me.
In a year time, the females will b matured enough to conceive. Some of the females might conceive before a year as they're close to 8months before purchased.
This is not piggery, goat or sheep farm where u can buy matured animals to start up.

Concerning the carpet in d troughs as you've mentioned, its to protect feed from water and to cover d lapses on the base of d wooden feed troughs.
The wooden cover of the troughs are with carpets as well, just to protect from rainfall..

OTDR:
I am loving this thread. GGfadar, Im curious, are all your cows too young to conceive? Also, whats the purpose of the sheets on the feeding troughs, or could it be you put them because the floors of the wooden feed troughs have lapses?

Following bumper to bumper.

Good morning GGFADA, what food do you have in d feeding trough above?

GGfadar:
First thing............
U can't raise a LAMB from December to next year sallah festival ( ILEYA ) and make profit at all.
Get rams dat r about 8months -- 1year old and raise ( FATTEN ) till next year sallah.

The 5 rams can consume 1 bag(50kg) of wheat offal, 1 bag(50kg) of dry cassava peel and 25kg of PKC all mixed together in a week.

The cost of feed will b lesser if there's enough pasture for them.

Cost of medication should be minimal if animals arrive farm in good condition.

A bag of wheat is about 2,500naira in my area and a bag of dry cassava peel in my area is 750naira/850naira.
PKC is 35naira per kilogram in my area.

I hope dis info helps

GGfadar,

You are doing a great job, I was curious what part of the country you are located? I work for Jessam Cattle Ranch and Farm in Enugu.

Adenex3051:
Good morning GGFADA, what food do you have in d feeding trough above?

Wheat offal, dry cassava peel and millet
Also have a block of salt lick in it

hello agro fellow,i wish u cud train m next year february by his grace,pls drop ur rq contact on bolujudah01@gmail.com

This is a very educative thread. I really enjoyed it's content. GGfadar, I have a few questions. My parents own a poultry. We started with 1000 layers, but lost a significant number due to an unknown illness. We sold off most of them, and have about 20 left. Surprisingly, throughout this time, the 40+ turkeys we had just continued to thrive. They have started laying eggs, we hatch them to sell as day olds. The eggs have a very high viability rate, as the average hatch rate is about 80%.

I plan on trying my hand at this. I want to take a set of day old turkeys, and raise them at home till about 6 weeks, before moving them to the main farm. This seems a good plan to me, as I already have access to the hatchlings. I read your post on rearing poults to 6 weeks and I'm really grateful for that post.

I'm just a little worried about the mortality rate in poults. Should I sell off the hatchlings and get 6 week old birds instead?

Also, feeding. Is it good practice to give the turkeys the same feed as for layers? If not, what do you recommend? Any other suggestions that can help me? we will collect the batch from the hatchery 2 weeks from now.

Since it's Christmas period, we plan on selling about half of present turkeys. Is there any marsh that can improve their size before then(they are about 9 months old).
I would really appreciate your advice.

Thanks 4 d complements

Concerning d breeding from day old compared to d 6weeks old, I usually advise starters to start with d 6weeks old due to mortality issues.u can raise from day old only if u av d knowledge and av practised severally to a certain level of perfection.

The feeding aspect, u can only feed d female turkeys d layer feed for egg production which will b for human consumption cos it won't b fertilized and thereby cannot hatch but since u av matured males to mate d females, then they will keep laying fertilezed eggs for reproduction.
Note dat d females should consume feed with less fatty formular in order to produce good and healthy eggs.

The selected matured ones u wanna sell for xmas, I don't think they can attain much more weight if u introduce a weight booster feed at this period cos we're just two weeks to xmas but u can try feed with higher concentration of soya meal and pkc...

DammyOlu123:
This is a very educative thread. I really enjoyed it's content. GGfadar, I have a few questions. My parents own a poultry. We started with 1000 layers, but lost a significant number due to an unknown illness. We sold off most of them, and have about 20 left. Surprisingly, throughout this time, the 40+ turkeys we had just continued to thrive. They have started laying eggs, we hatch them to sell as day olds. The eggs have a very high viability rate, as the average hatch rate is about 80%.

I plan on trying my hand at this. I want to take a set of day old turkeys, and raise them at home till about 6 weeks, before moving them to the main farm. This seems a good plan to me, as I already have access to the hatchlings. I read your post on rearing poults to 6 weeks and I'm really grateful for that post.

I'm just a little worried about the mortality rate in poults. Should I sell off the hatchlings and get 6 week old birds instead?

Also, feeding. Is it good practice to give the turkeys the same feed as for layers? If not, what do you recommend? Any other suggestions that can help me? we will collect the batch from the hatchery 2 weeks from now.

Since it's Christmas period, we plan on selling about half of present turkeys. Is there any marsh that can improve their size before then(they are about 9 months old).
I would really appreciate your advice.

Reach me on 09032837927
Whatsapp/call.

bbmoringa:
hello agro fellow,i wish u cud train m next year february by his grace,pls drop ur rq contact on bolujudah01@gmail.com

GGfadar:
Thanks 4 d complements

Concerning d breeding from day old compared to d 6weeks old, I usually advise starters to start with d 6weeks old due to mortality issues.u can raise from day old only if u av d knowledge and av practised severally to a certain level of perfection.

The feeding aspect, u can only feed d female turkeys d layer feed for egg production which will b for human consumption cos it won't b fertilized and thereby cannot hatch but since u av matured males to mate d females, then they will keep laying fertilezed eggs for reproduction.
Note dat d females should consume feed with less fatty formular in order to produce good and healthy eggs.

The selected matured ones u wanna sell for xmas, I don't think they can attain much more weight if u introduce a weight booster feed at this period cos we're just two weeks to xmas but u can try feed with higher concentration of soya meal and pkc...

Thank you so much for the reply.
I hope I get this right. I want to start out with about 40 hatchlings, and see where I go from there. If I get it right, I'll probably invest more in turkeys. Luckily, I already have the infrastructures in place.
Again, I appreciate the advice.

Try raising them organically since its on a long term basis....
Its economical and aids better in egg laying.
Wish u gd luck bro.

DammyOlu123:


Thank you so much for the reply.
I hope I get this right. I want to start out with about 40 hatchlings, and see where I go from there. If I get it right, I'll probably invest more in turkeys. Luckily, I already have the infrastructures in place.
Again, I appreciate the advice.

Please I need the contact of where I can sell my broilers chickens,
My farm is in Lagos & I have over 1000 broilers chickens that are ready for sale,
Their body weight is between 4-5kg.
Your contributions will be appreciated.
My contact is 08053690928

GGfadar:
Try raising them organically since its on a long term basis....
Its economical and aids better in egg laying.
Wish u gd luck bro.

Thank you for all your candid advice. I purchased 30 6 week old turkeys on December 31. They have received anti cox, but yet to get fowl pox vaccine. I am breeding them in a deep litter system.

I have some conflict though. I have heard that it is recommended to separate the birds with a male:female ratio of about 1:4. This is to ensure proper fertilization of the females(because I plan on collecting and hatching the eggs, and selling off the hatchlings), and also to prevent fighting (something I witnessed firsthand! )

So, I would like to know if keeping the turkeys in pens would disrupt the organic farming I'm aiming for(less fat when they are table-size)

Any other advice would be appreciated (eg best feed to give, when to change type of feed[chick to growers mash], any precautions to take, etc.)

Happy belated new year.

DammyOlu123:


Thank you for all your candid advice. I purchased 30 6 week old turkeys on December 31. They have received anti cox, but yet to get fowl pox vaccine. I am breeding them in a deep litter system.

I have some conflict though. I have heard that it is recommended to separate the birds with a male:female ratio of about 1:4. This is to ensure proper fertilization of the females(because I plan on collecting and hatching the eggs, and selling off the hatchlings), and also to prevent fighting (something I witnessed firsthand! )

So, I would like to know if keeping the turkeys in pens would disrupt the organic farming I'm aiming for(less fat when they are table-size)

Any other advice would be appreciated (eg best feed to give, when to change type of feed[chick to growers mash], any precautions to take, etc.)

Happy belated new year.

pls how much did u purchased the 30 you bought and wic state re u pls I need your reply boss Biodunayodele68@gmail.com

Liadi2:
pls how much did u purchased the 30 you bought and wic state re u pls I need your reply boss Biodunayodele68@gmail.com

They were actually 7 weeks old. I got them from a farmer who raises hatchling to 6 weeks. I stay in Ibadan, Oyo State.

DammyOlu123:


They were actually 7 weeks old. I got them from a farmer who raises hatchling to 6 weeks. I stay in Ibadan, Oyo State.

pls can I have your contact pls kindly forward it to me Biodunayodele68@gmail.com or or add me on bbm 58A40F58

Liadi2:
pls can I have your contact pls kindly forward it to me Biodunayodele68@gmail.com or or add me on bbm 58A40F58

Sent to your email. Where is your farm located?

DammyOlu123:


Sent to your email. Where is your farm located?

I am in ibadan Omi Adio area

op no let this thread die pls. Its very inspiring

d thread no fit die, just busy putting things together
will b back soon

OTDR:
op no let this thread die pls. Its very inspiring

@ggfadar I am not good with nairaland so I hope you will get this. I am more than glad to see people like you on here. You are really a blessing to some people like me, I read and read your posts and I must be honest that I am really impressed that someone as open as this still exist. I pray that will continue to bless you.
I am really going to need your help ( informations )starting up my farm, I am not currently on whatsapp, but hopefully will be by next week. So I will whatsapp you then and I will be so glad to get the necessary help ( informations ) I need from you. Thanks so much .