Why d laugh chairman, na serious matter be this oo. My chickens are yet to lay d golden eggs. I am apprehensive nw. These guys are 18 yet they are playin tricks on me. Vets pl come in.

You should have a freelance consultant nearby

So why did you want to pour in more money when these ones haven't even started laying the golden egg?

@ basking, be patient, I would think you will start seeing your golden eggs from the 20th week and something like 1 or 2  the first day and it will be gradual improvement. It's so capital intensive! Goodluck!!

Many thanks Limeone,

I THINK I AM BEING TOO EXPECTANT.

Even humans do have premature babies, the cost of feeding them continues to sky rocket unabated, reason for the apprehension. I have decided to take things easy now and continue to feed them till they they actually start laying.

the extra 2weeks to feed them will cost us another 120k but we'll pull through.

Thanks for the words of encouragement.

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@ Basking, Sorry ooo, Hope and pray you recoup your cash! since u managing it yourself,no problems! we in the same shoes!!, I have mine going on 18 weeks this thursday and farm is at wasimi in abeoukuta! Hopefully we can compare books! I have  6,000 and am crying ma ma mia
I should mention also,I have followed with keen interest your posts since day one that you started construction of your brooder house, thanks for the pics as well!

Many thanks Limeone,

Nice to know that i have someone who is feeling what I am feeling at this stage too.

My farm is in lagos but we have a new and bigger facility very close to atan in Ota area of ogun state. You really must be feeling the bite harder than me cos of your current stock level.

I realy wouldnt mind us comparing notes. Regards.

Hello Farmers,
Pls help me out.
I have about 80 birds. They're 26wks + and its just 4 of them that has been laying since 2wks ago. Those 4 lays good big eggs
What can I do to boost egg production for the rest. Cost of feeding is not funny.
Pls. help me.

@Basking4me,
Welldone,
Pls, post the feed formulation u used for your birds.
How old are they when u administered the vaccines?
thx

Weldone basking. More grease to your elbows. Your pepper go soon begin enter, Hindsight where are you Kindly post an update as many of us are waiting!

hindsight Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh! where are you? pls let us know how far no matter what may have happened.

Where are the people that kept this thread alive?
This thread has been dormant for some time now.

Where should i start from? I would like to thank Basking for keeping this thread alive. To all those who've followed this thread with keen interest i would like to say THANK U and may God see u thru ur dreams and projects. My layers started laying @ about 18 weeks (phew, ) it wasn't easy cos they ate and ate, anyways we have started selling eggs will post some pixs tomorrow.

WE THANK GOD THAT YOU SCALED THROUGH THE FIRST PHASE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
GOD WILL GRANT YOU FAVOUR AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THE NEXT AND SUBSEQUENT PHASES.

@ hindsight, dats gud news!
Kindly lemme know where your farm is in kad so we can come take a look, and possibly learn a thing or two from you. You could reply thru uchstar4@yahoo.com or 08182982657. Expecting a positive reply from you

Good initiative there. Cheap feeding formulations can be made and fortified with lots of calcium to promote quality egg production.

@Hindsight very delighted to know that you story after all this while is that of success. I can not wait to see those pics. Also please update us on your experience all this while. Thank you and God bless

@ hindsight. relieved dat u r ok. my husband and i set up a poultry farm some years back as an extra stream of income and something went wrong and we lost almost 600 chicks in three days. despite dat he is considering owning a large livestock farm when we tire o ourf white collar jobs and city lights. he has even acquired a huge land in our village. past experience haunts me but he loves farming. at least i know who to ask questions. may ur farm last for a very long time and more success.

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@Hindsight, Well done for the hard job and Congrats on your bird laying the Golden Eggs. God will continue to sustain you. (amen)
To All other poultry farmer, please keep this thread bursting, we like reading and learning from you lot,

The golden eggs @ last

Bear in mind that the size of the eggs has greatly improved after weeks of laying small-small eggs.

missuzoma:

@ hindsight. relieved dat u r ok. my husband and i set up a poultry farm some years back as an extra stream of income and something went wrong and we lost almost 600 chicks in three days. despite dat he is considering owning a large livestock farm when we tire o ourf white collar jobs and city lights. he has even acquired a huge land in our village. past experience haunts me but he loves farming. at least i know who to ask questions. may your farm last for a very long time and more success.

Thank u my sister. I tell u it wasn't easy at a point we were ready to sell the chickens and forget the whole thing but thank God we stuck it out. I think if u can forget about your past experience and try again u will make it. It does take a lot of patience but in the end u will smile

@Hindsight, At Last !!! money will start spinning inn after the gruesome 17 weeks of heavy expensis. The eggs reasonably big.

How many birds did you start with? please keep your diary/book keeping intact as I personally will ask more question on feeding expensis.
For now I will give you a break to concentrate on the Golden Eggs, More Grace bruv/sis

olumolar55:

@Hindsight, At Last !!! money will start spinning inn after the gruesome 17 weeks of heavy expensis. The eggs reasonably big.

How many birds did you start with? please keep your diary/book keeping intact as I personally will ask more question on feeding expensis.
For now I will give you a break to concentrate on the Golden Eggs, More Grace bruv/sis

It is Sis oh! . The feeding aspect was quite a challenge as we had already decided from the beginning we were not going to compromise but will use the best feed available. So we have been using Vital feeds even tho it's a lot more costly than most feeds.





@basking i feel u, i hope they have started laying now.

@ hindsight. please give us a breakdown of the costing for the 1000 birds and the profitability structure, thanks

i am really happy for you-Hindsight, congrats. i am coming to have a shot soon.

Great job you've done, to successfully raised 1000layers to point of lay you will spend about 900 per each meaning you should be prepared to spend N900, 000. i'll advice that you start with what you can successfully raised as you can not economise the feeding, they give you what you feed them.

@Hindsight
Congrats at long last, I'm happy for you.

@Eremy,

Can u help with a better feeding formula

@Hindsight.
How old are they when u administered all the vaccines u used?
What are the diseases you treated in the course of raising the birds
thx