Trueigbo:
Topfeed is no longer the feed I used to know. Their quality has dropped and the price is still high

Am thinking of changing my layers feed.

pathology:



I ve been observing such in d last 3 months, I thought may be my broilers were not from good parents or my farm practices are poor. thanks for raising this observation

kelvin96:



galdus goes for 6k5 and kbc 10 is 12k2

pathology:

is a bag 25 or 50 kg

pleep:
Subscibed! this will be an interesting blog.

davidzfarm18:


Pls don't start photo stimulation at 1.35 kg.
wait till they are up to 1.45 kg, otherwise you will be getting small eggs. the birds will come to lay when they are 1.45kg naturally and then you can gradulao stimulate them to ensure increase in consumption.
the protein content of ur grower feed can be slightly increased to accommodate for poor quality Ingredients.
One more thing. I had discussion with Jamp and realised that raising pullets in the heat period comes with its own challenges. You can however increase feed distribution to MINIMUM 3 Times.
Pls note that the the birds show excitement at each feeding time and this encourages rapid feed consumption.

adebamtech:
i salute all contributors of this thread, in fact it was educative and if continued this way, it will surely boost the poultry aspect of farming. i'm into backyard poultry business, but noticed the eggs produced were not that much big as expected, i read here about photo stimulation, and search google for better understanding. is the Ahemeral Lighting programe the best?

FarmTech:

You can only do that in light-tight house. But such houses are expensive to build and not suitable for tropics.

utchlady:
Pls what is the cost of the different sizes of eggs? I don't have that info at hand someone should pls assist urgently.

utchlady:
Good evening house, hope u remember me? My birds started laying at 18th weeks will be 21 weeks on Monday. Production of eggs is like 100+ out of 500 birds. Please am I doing OK got them from animal care and I give them animalcare feed.

endy247:
congrats utchlady, ur birds are doing fine. mine started laying at 23weeks abt 3weeks ago bt i've gotten only 3 crates since then pls house wat cld be wrong wit my birds, i noticed they have lice which am treating though i've treated it b4, their prodtn reached 2% b4 bt now it's 3 or 4 eggs a day 4rm 700 birds.

endy247:
congrats utchlady, ur birds are doing fine. mine started laying at 23weeks abt 3weeks ago bt i've gotten only 3 crates since then pls house wat cld be wrong wit my birds, i noticed they have lice which am treating though i've treated it b4, their prodtn reached 2% b4 bt now it's 3 or 4 eggs a day 4rm 700 birds.

Abuloma80:
Expensive to build.yes!but very well suitable in tropics

FarmTech:

Do you feed them well and what is their average weight like?

Eggcelent:
700 matured birds and weighing 1.5kg each not finishing 3 bags of 25kg feeds in a day? Something is wrong. At this age, they should be doing 3.5 bags while still "asking" for more. I assume they are sick. And given the drop in number of eggs laid daily; it could be ND, though it could also be due to the lice. Was there ever a time they finished the 3 bags? I'll advise you repeat the treatment for lice after 2 weeks, as well as do something about possible ND infection.

Eggcelent:
endy247. Don't waste your money on any egg formula. Deal with the lice infestation first. Repeat the Concimentrin after 2 weeks of initially administering it. Are the birds on litter? If yes, add ash in significant quantity to the litter. Give them vitamin & light at night to ensure they eat more. Success.