steel5800:

Hi guys. So sorry I haven't updated the house on my birds. Well I re stocked on dec 3rd and they will be 5weeks on tuesday. I bought 1600 while my mum bought 3100 but we lost alot on their first week due to poor handling while transporting them from ibadan to kano but they've since stabilised n hv stopped dying. I have about 1400+ now n they r doing very great. I've tried uploading pics but they are always too large to upload (about 2 to 3mb) and I'm always too busy nowadays to first send to my computer n compress b4 uploading. We gave them 24hr lighting during their 1st 4wks so as to enable them feed well n pick up fast. We also used charcoal for heating n there r 3 workers permanently on the farm. Heating has stopped now as the birds r big enough n we've also stopped giving them light at nights

steel5800:

Hi guys. So sorry I haven't updated the house on my birds. Well I re stocked on dec 3rd and they will be 5weeks on tuesday. I bought 1600 while my mum bought 3100 but we lost alot on their first week due to poor handling while transporting them from ibadan to kano but they've since stabilised n hv stopped dying. I have about 1400+ now n they r doing very great. I've tried uploading pics but they are always too large to upload (about 2 to 3mb) and I'm always too busy nowadays to first send to my computer n compress b4 uploading. We gave them 24hr lighting during their 1st 4wks so as to enable them feed well n pick up fast. We also used charcoal for heating n there r 3 workers permanently on the farm. Heating has stopped now as the birds r big enough n we've also stopped giving them light at nights

kaura5000: please house what is the maximum egg laying ability for layers? for example if i stock 300 birds how many of them wont be laying?

holajeedayy: fellow nairalanders,my broiler business dis decmber is nothing much to rit about,wen i got to market i saw cheaper and bigger broiler.if any body cud help me wit vaccin or fattner dat cud speed up bird growth and make it big .......thanks

jamp: Haba my fellow farmers,nobody bothered to ask me how far with my birds. Its not fairoo.

Nbg4real: great! Sorry for d lost. Which breed or steel d black harco from zartech? I‘m going restock too but ds time brown from AMOR, did any body from d house has experience on amor birds more especially layers?

Nbg4real: how far jamp, what percentage & have you change to layer ration?

jamp:

Thanks brother, thank God the birds are picking up now.

The problem they had was malnutrition due to poor debeaking. I want to advice my fellow farmers to be careful of who they get to debeak their birds.
The debeaking was so bad that a flock of 1000 was eating one bag a day sometimes two bags a day for almost 3wks. To the Glory of God we are doing 8.1% now @21wks

Nbg4real: eyyah i have similar experience but mine was not as bad as yours. I debeak them 3days after my first egg, within 5days their eating habbit resumed normal but some1 said that was contributed d delayed i experienced so far. He advised me not to debeak in future untill after 50% production

steel5800:

pls was it a vet doctor that advised u on this? Cos we always debeak long b4 the birds start laying.

Rzq4: Amo has a very gud breed @stock(isa brown). Howeva, av seen sum farmers complainin abh dia management. A farmer very close to me lost almost all his birds in d first 4wks due to hatchery problem. Anoda farmer complain of marek disease wc cld be as a result of a vaccine failure. 4me i cant take d risk of bookin in dia farm cos i live very close to wia dia farm is located in ilora. Nbg, watsup?

Rzq4: Amo has a very gud breed @stock(isa brown). Howeva, av seen sum farmers complainin abh dia management. A farmer very close to me lost almost all his birds in d first 4wks due to hatchery problem. Anoda farmer complain of marek disease wc cld be as a result of a vaccine failure. 4me i cant take d risk of bookin in dia farm cos i live very close to wia dia farm is located in ilora. Nbg, watsup?

jamp:
Am surprised at this cos I heard Amo is better than animal care cos they hv parent stock while animal care buys from CHI.

Anyway people experience differs. Some might be lucky while others are not.both AMO and animal care are good

Nbg, debeaking should be done before the birds starts laying.debeaking will affect the birds production. If u have ur birds in cage,debeaking can be done once.

Cheers

Nbg4real: specifically at what wk pls?

jamp:

Before 14wks.
Can I get POL from AMO dis feb?

Nbg4real: @ fnk hope u sell up ur birds ds festives or yet ready? Long time we din‘t hear from your bird‘s development.

omotititi: @Safex101......welldone. Your farm construction is insprining and challenging.I am starting mine next week and wont mind if you can share your construction notes with me.I noticed that you ddnt d the initial block work,pls any reason? Is it easy to complete the wood work first before doing the block work? Your advice will be highly appreciated.

safex101: My farm still under construction

franjid: bros how many plots is your farm