Good day every 1, am so glad am writing u all today. Been reading your post, discussions, suggestions and wishes for over the years . With kin interest waiting for the right to start my today after school i think it's tym to start . But not witshout your advice, materials or guidelines from your experiences. Pls reply FNK here is my email pls send me the composition for both layers and boilers . ADE101, BASKING, HING , AYODELE AND ALL WHO CARE PLS SEND ME ANYTHING YOU BELIEVE WILL BE OF ASSISTANT. THANKS. [EMAIL ADDY : prety247@gmail .com. GOD BLESS YOU ALL THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE MAY HE REPLENISH AND EXCEL U ALL.

Wonderful thread I must say.

Has anyone done a comprehensive economic analysis of this investment? When you consider the life cycle cost and compare with the returns what would it be like. Can one get a handsome return on investment? Also how does poultry compare with fishery, snail farming et al in terms of economics and the know-how?

@fnk, welcome back. Are you considering starting up a poultry this season? I would like to follow your performance if you do.

Anyone asking for the cost of feeding broilers to maturity should check FNK report.It detailed the cost and likely profit target and i think its quite accurate.

Thanks.

In that case, @FNK, pls send to me on: megainvestor@ymail.com

Sorry for the delay, 326 and 66 are # of 25kg bags of feed. Starter mash and finisher for broilers. And N1,960 and N1920 are the prices respectively. Prices may have changed upwards.

Hope this helps.

Cejo1:
Thanks bro, am really grateful

For the Feed Requirement cost calculation:
What does the following figures stand for
1. 326
2. 66
3. 1960
4. 1920
Am preparing a Projected Income statement, Projected cashflow statement and Projected Balance sheet based on your Spreadsheet for a period of 5 Years.
Your spreadsheet was really helpful, Thanks once again

I have beed advised to do that. I was just going to use it solely for my poultry products, that way my chicken will taste better than yours. But I am seriously considering packaging it and selling to farmers. I haven't started though, still very busy with other things.

miqos02: oga fnk. this document does not include the solution, WHY? IS IT FOR SALE?

[quote author=ade101]This thread is going down.Everytime i recieved an update that there is a new post,i dont even bother to read because i can easily guess that its another dude asking FNK about a poultry report.Honestly there is nothing in that report,the only special addition is the 'virushield solution' used,and as long as FNK didnt want to share the info regarding how to get virushield (i am convinced that is not the real name of the solution),i dont think asking for the report should be the major purpose of this thread existence.I am not saying that Fnk should share his secret,I fully understand that it would be a competitive advantage for him when he finally decided to go into the world of poultry.Anyway,my chicks are now in their 5th week,i bought 100 doc only 1 mortality was recorded so far.I may not be as experienced as many in this biz,but I am conviced that the secret to reducing mortality to minimum is to obey simple rule of hygiene,have passion for the chicks and do not procrastinate.I replace the bedding material every week to ensure that micro-organism doesnt have enough time to infect my chicks.I try my best not to allow water to pour on the flour so as to keep the bedding material (saw dust ) dry.I wash their drinkers everytime i refill it with clean water.I used tap water and only started using well water after they were about 4weeks old,by then i believed they have developed immunity against most diseases.Finally,i ensured that i gave them every medication as directed by my instructor.The medication schedule is as follow:
I bought AMINTOTAL,PANTERYL & PANTACOX.
Amintotal is a multivatamine that can help to give them strenght agaist body weakness and is usefull when the chicks have been stressed.Stress may be due to transportation,heat & change in feed.
PANTERYL & PANTACOX are preventive and treatment drugs for a lot of poultry diseases(the diseases are many and are stated on each drug cover sachet).
So for the first five days ,i keep adding a teaspoon of both pantery and amintotal to their drinking water.Then i stoped for 3 days and on the 8th day,i gave them gomboro vacine.from 9th day to 16th day,i added pantacox and amintotal to their drinking water after which i stoped for another 3 days,then gave them lasota vacine.Thats all.I believed anyone should be able to raise a healthy chicken if appropriate procedure is observed.The koko is the market.Guys,broiler market is really competitive.I am thinking about going out very soon to market them(probably tomorow).Also i dont even know how they are priced.Well,i hope the price worth the money they consumed(still consuming lol).Those guys eat like glutton.Infact there was a time i got scared thinking they may die due to excess food.Alas! They are still getting fat.I will be sticking around to learn more on thread.Gud work guys.



@Ade10, I totally agree with you. my intention on this site is not to lead anyone on. I explained or commented on what I did and a lot of people have been interested to know. And like you said, anyone can take their time and put together the info that I have on my research. And yes, I named the solution Virushield or V-Mix because of the mixture of the solution that I use in the well water that I used for the poultry. So, you won't find V-mix out there.

For those that are new, they can play around with the info to cost their investment and have an idea of how to go into the industry. So guys, lets continue populating this tread with more useful info like the one Ade101 gave us above.

Thank you. I will most likely start next year. I am super busy with setting up projects I came back with, and should be heading back in November but to be back January, it is then that I will start putting things together for my poultry project. Thanks again I will report my progress here when I start and invite anyone who which to see what I am doing at that time.

megainvest: Wonderful thread I must say.

Has anyone done a comprehensive economic analysis of this investment? When you consider the life cycle cost and compare with the returns what would it be like. Can one get a handsome return on investment? Also how does poultry compare with fishery, snail farming et al in terms of economics and the know-how?

@fnk, welcome back. Are you considering starting up a poultry this season? I would like to follow your performance if you do.

Guys,

Sorry that it took me so long to get back to y'all. Have been very busy setting things up here in Lagos. Few American companies wanted me to help them with their product expansion and distribution in Nigeria, and I am busy working on importation, setting up my office and introducing the product and opportunity to interested distributors.

Off course, Poultry is my ultimate goal, because I want to do it and do it well, but until then, I have to set up other source of income as I make my transition.

Thank you guys. Please share your experience with what you are doing.

Please, fnk kindly send me the reports to knirojas@yahoo.co.uk
Thanks

Am tryin once again oo!!

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Hello nairalanders and especially fnk. thanks you all for the wonderful posts on poultry farming. I am committed to starting the business large scale but need as much information as possible and would love to be blessed by FNK's experience put in the 3 dcouments and particularly your virus mix. . Pls dont get tired now.... we are all in this sturggle to help ourselves and our dear country. pls send to legendarkfarms@yahoo.com. God bless

HI GOOD DAY EVERY NAIRALANDERS, PLS WHICH HATCHERY COMPANY CAN I GET A GOOD BROWN PULLETS LAYERS AND HYBRID WHITE BROILERS. HELP PLS

@Bona305,
Call me for that.

@bona305
YOU CAN GET IT FROM CHI AJANLA,ZARTECH AND MACADEX IBADAN

@RURIE
THANKS VERY MUCH ,CAN I HAVE UR PHONE NUMBER PLS

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Plz i will like to kw the marketing strategies for marketing boilers.

Hi guys, pls i have this little backyard poultry that i just put together for xmas consumption. But things have not been going the way i thought it would, bcuz the chicks(broiler) are not growing as fast as i want them to. And they get sick easily pls is their any way i can prevent them from getting sick and which drug can u buy bcuz 1 us very sick now............ Pls help a bro thankssss

ayobarmy: Hi guys, pls i have this little backyard poultry that i just put together for xmas consumption. But things have not been going the way i thought it would, bcuz the chicks(broiler) are not growing as fast as i want them to. And they get sick easily pls is their any way i can prevent them from getting sick and which drug can u buy bcuz 1 us very sick now............ Pls help a bro thankssss

Where are you located? If you are in Lagos, I can give you some V-Mix to try on you birds. My office is in Ikeja So let me know.

fnk:

Where are you located? If you are in Lagos, I can give you some V-Mix to try on you birds. My office is in Ikeja So let me know.

thanks bro, but am not in Lag but ph....

ayobarmy: thanks bro, but am not in Lag but ph....

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@ fnk. Really appreciate ur input in this thread. I ve come τ̅☺ love this poultry farm biz after going through the whole 21page, i presently ve #500.000 τ̅☺ start up a biz, but not certain on which τ̅☺ invest my money. what is the American product u are introducing and marketing, Can I be involved? I'm based in Abuja, can I start this poultry biz (broiler) dis week and ¶† will be ready for consumption by 20th of December? Will also appreciate if u send me d study u did for ur poultry farm. @yahoo.com. Thks

I met a consultant today τ̅☺ put me through Øŋ how τ̅☺ start a poultry farm, I want τ̅☺ start with 1000 broiler, she said she will supply me @ d rate of 220 per chick, will be depositing d money tomorrow, Απϑ she said I will get d supply no (23rd) tuesday morning, which means 23rd of dec will make them 8weeks and ready for sale for d festive season. I ve also negotiated for a house where I will rear them, will renovate d place tomorrow. Dear NLders if u ve any advice for me, pls do not hesitate τ̅☺ drop them here. i.e the consultant is a specialist in poultry farm, she has a farm within distance where I want τ̅☺ set up mine, Απϑ I will be registering with her company, so that she will be giving me advice from time τ̅☺ time, Απϑ visit my poultry farm if required.
@ fnk will like τ̅☺ buy ur v-mix, send me an email on how τ̅☺ contact u. Thks

Hi all,
I have finally decided to embark on this poultry farming business after reading/watching/researching for about two years.

I would not mind any suggestion from the experienced poultry farmers on nairaland. Although, I have three plots of land (just bought somewhere in Otta) I intend to use. This does not mean I am a fan of 'hot-water' syndrome. I only intend to start with 1000 layers.
Clearing of the site was done today and construction of the fence would (by God's grace) commence tomorrow.

Suggestions, suggestions, suggestions would be appreciated.

NOTE: I am spending 1.5m on fencing.

Thanks in advance guys........

fnk:

Where are you located? If you are in Lagos, I can give you some V-Mix to try on you birds. My office is in Ikeja So let me know.

i am also in ikeja. can i meet you?

yes

miqos02:
i am also in ikeja. can i meet you?