Good day folks, I would love for everyone to join me as I embark on this epic farm journey... Though it's my first time, I intend to stock a hundred birds as Christmas is my first target.... I will be posting details of my day to day progress and pictures on this trend... Please advice and critics are highly needed on this trend to put me in the right direction incase I am doing it wrong.... Pictures of my ongoing pen house constructions are below..... 13 by 10ft... Stocking at 1 bird per 1.3 sq ft...

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agslow:
Good day folks, I would love for everyone to join me as I embark on this epic farm journey... Though it's my first time, I intend to stock a hundred birds as Christmas is my first target.... I will be posting details of my day to day progress and pictures on this trend... Please advice and critics are highly needed on this trend to put me in the right direction incase I am doing it wrong.... Pictures of my ongoing pen house constructions are below..... 13 by 10ft... Stocking at 1 bird per 1.3 sq ft...

That density will not be sustainable

how do you mean sir... Please enlighten me

EMMAACHILE:

That density will not be sustainable

I think the space available is very small for one hundred birds. To a large extent, space affects the performance of poultry.

LordKingsley:
I think the space available is very small for one hundred birds. To a large extent, space affects the performance of poultry.

That pen house ia 13ft by 10ft.. That is stocking at 1 bird per 1.3 sq ft or 9 birds per sq metres which is not up to the recommended spacing pwr bird which is 10 to 12 birds per sq metres or 1 bird per 1.1 sq ft....

agslow:

That pen house ia 13ft by 10ft.. That is stocking at 1 bird per 1.3 sq ft or 9 birds per sq metres which is not up to the recommended spacing pwr bird which is 10 to 12 birds per sq metres or 1 bird per 1.1 sq ft....

Recommendation for the tropics especially is 1 bird per 3 square feet.
Your 130/sq feet will give 130/3= 43 birds optimally or 50 birds maximum.

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EMMAACHILE:

Recommendation for the tropics especially is 1 bird per 3 square feet.
Your 130/sq feet will give 130/3= 43 birds optimally or 50 birds maximum.

Please sir this calculation, is it from day old or when they are grown?

pricelesshoney:

Please sir this calculation, is it from day old or when they are grown?

Grown

EMMAACHILE:

Grown

Okay thanks

agslow:
More to come

That structure looks larger than 13 feet. Can you take the size again?

It's 13 by 10 ft sir[

EMMAACHILE:

That structure looks larger than 13 feet. Can you take the size again?

Why not start with 50 for a start? There is always room for expansion

EMMAACHILE:

Recommendation for the tropics especially is 1 bird per 3 square feet.
Your 130/sq feet will give 130/3= 43 birds optimally or 50 birds maximum.

Sir based on this, the battery cages being sold and used to rear poultry, do the spaces per chicken get to 3sq ft?

Actually there are two of us starting with 50 each... Making it a hundred

pdozie:
Why not start with 50 for a start? There is always room for expansion

pdozie:


Sir based on this, the battery cages being sold and used to rear poultry, do the spaces per chicken get to 3sq ft?

Battery cage and liter system are totally different.

EMMAACHILE:

Battery cage and liter system are totally different.

Can you furnish me with the right spacing system for 1000 birds? I want excess space so they can breathe and roam about easily.

kunleweb:



Can you furnish me with the right spacing system for 1000 birds? I want excess space so they can breathe and roam about easily.

3000 square feet (50*60 or 100*30 or 75*40 feet) but advisable to break into 1500 square capacity each.

EMMAACHILE:

3000 square feet (50*60 or 100*30 or 75*40 feet) but advisable to break into 1500 square capacity each.

Thanks.


Can i have your private contact?

Sorry I haven't posted anything for a while my data was exhausted... My birds were supposed to come in on Tuesday but could not be delivered because of Independence Day... So they will come in first thing tomorrow morning..

Pics please, don't mind me I just have a thing for pics

Brooding pen preparation

Arrival of birds..... 100 agrited broilers... plus 1 extra per carton that is total of 102 birds and all are still intact....

agslow:
Arrival of birds..... 100 agrited broilers... plus 1 extra per carton that is total of 102 birds and all are still intact....

The spacing is too much. Kudos. Expecting to raise some soon.
Agrited Ross 308 or Obj Marshal. I want tall birds abeg.

Upon arrival they were given water first containing vitamins for anti stress and antibiotics .....2 kerosene stoves was used as sources of heat..

Yeah.. Buh the heat produced by the stoves can cover the whole room... Although this room can brood 200 or more, we are using it because it based on availability... If a smaller room was available it would have been used instead... Thanks for the observation though

EMMAACHILE:

The spacing is too much. Kudos. Expecting to raise some soon.
Agrited Ross 308 or Obj Marshal. I want tall birds abeg.

Forgot to post this..... Antibiotics used was gendox... And multivitamins was neobro

agslow:
Upon arrival they were given water first containing vitamins for anti stress and antibiotics .....2 kerosene stoves was used as sources of heat..

kerosene is expensive, I advise u use charcoal pot, it's better and effective too.. I'm brooding 200 AMO broilers and I was using stoves like u until a friend advised I change to charcoal cuz of cost of kerosene..

enigmaswagz:


kerosene is expensive, I advise u use charcoal pot, it's better and effective too.. I'm brooding 200 AMO broilers and I was using stoves like u until a friend advised I change to charcoal cuz of cost of kerosene..

I second this poster, I bought half a bag of charcoal at #1000,used an abandoned pot from the bin finish, I didn't even finish it, and the heat can last longer than kerosene, so weighing both charcoal is way way cheaper

Of a truth charcoal is way cheaper but I had already bought kerosene that will go through brooding... But I have taken note of that.... Thanks guys